Manager Production Planning Scheduling - Level 3

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking a Manager Production Planning Scheduling  – Level 3 to join our team in Hanover, MD. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

  

An organization within Northrop Grumman’s Intelligence Systems Division’s (ISDs) Mission Enabling Products (MEP) business unit, Thermal, Optics & Power Systems (TOPS) operating unit is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that enable satellites of all classes. Products include thermal components, electrical components and assemblies, harnesses, spacecraft panels, small bus structures and optics. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 25 years. The Manager Production Planning Scheduling 3 reports to the Director of Manufacturing and Operations for the TOPS operating unit.

This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

In this job, you will:

• Accountable for meeting or exceeding the Safety, Quality, Employee, Delivery and Cost expectations for internal and external customers and within the TOPS Production Planning, Material Control and Scheduling functions

• Plans, prepares, issues and controls TOPS production schedules and coordinates with material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of approved materials timed to meet production requirements

• Advises TOPS management of the status of work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure that personnel, equipment, materials and services are provided as needed.

• Coordinates scheduling of TOPS equipment and personnel, confirms material supply and demands, prepares work orders or purchase requests for the production or purchase of components or parts based on a master production schedule, shop load and inventory requirements

• Coordinates TOPS interdepartmental activity with quality assurance, manufacturing, purchasing, engineering, inventory control, traffic, etc.; schedules and expedites the movement of parts by means of move orders, stock transfers and requests for shipping orders

• Ownership of all TOPS Property, Planning and Logistics process execution from contract award through customer delivery.

• Drive implementation and alignment of TOPS ERP Systems, ensuring compliance for system usage and leading efforts to implement process improvements for ERP execution.

• Accountable for meeting or exceeding the safety, quality, employee and cost expectations of internal and external stakeholders for property, planning and logistics efforts across all TOPS programs.

• Collaboration across TOPS Value Streams, process centers, and business support functions to manage multiple conflicting priorities driving target alignment.

• Collecting, analyzing, and reporting TOPS metrics/KPI’s to minimize risk and improve team performance.

• Lead site implementation of SCD BU SIOP initiatives for overall process improvement to drive TOPS OTD and efficiency up and cost down.

• Responsible for all TOPS sites compliance to MMAS and NGC corporate audit standards for MRP, Material management and Inventory control.

• Collaborate and coordinate with other functional managers to meet business and program objectives.

• Own & Execute Daily Management Review processes and communicate/escalate key issues to TOPS leadership and throughout the organization.

• Enable Continuous Improvement across your functional area of responsibility and all TOPS locations by driving standardization.  This shall be accomplished by implementation of best practices via standard functional execution PRoPs, business systems and tools.

• Establish and pe