Sentinel - Supplier Scheduling Manager 1 (11650-1)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

The Sentinel program within Northrop Grumman's Defense Systems Sector is seeking a Supplier Scheduling Manager 1. This position will be located in Roy, UT. This is an on-site position with occasional travel requirements for supplier schedule reviews.

The Sentinel Supplier Scheduling Manager will have accountability for developing, maintaining, implementing and continuously improving EVMS compliant supplier scheduling processes across all major supplier operations to include MS Project Server and Oracle Primavera P6 environments and all program phases from early investment through sustainment and deactivation. They will also be responsible for overseeing a team of scheduling analysts including but not limited to training development, proposal and strategy support, and specific MS Project / Primavera interfaces in support of monthly deliverable (IPMDAR) generation. Additionally, the Scheduling Manager will be responsible for ensuring the scheduling implementation meets the reporting requirements along with providing analysis on metrics to provide insight into process excellence and continual improvement. Will provide day to day support to the team with guidance, troubleshooting, and satisfying programmatic requirements. Will manage multiple priorities and set expectations with the team. The Scheduling Manager will advise segment and program business managers on integrating project schedules with Earned Value Management and support internal and external reviews and audits.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Prepares, develops and coordinates the integrated master plan and integrated master schedule to meet all program objectives.

• Ensures major projects and program schedules and plans are horizontally and vertically integrated across company functional groups including finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality.

• Tracks plans and schedules, performs risk analysis, identifies and resolves critical path and network logic conflicts.

• Utilizes Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, earned value management and other project management techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas. 

• Review, provide feedback, and approve supplier scheduling team EVCRs to ensure compliance to EVMS standards.

• Manage supplier scheduling forecast update process including generation of MPE impact assessments

• Generate Accumen reporting for supplier schedule health and issue supplier IPMDAR feedback to the suppliers.

Basic Qualifications

• Requires an Associate's degree and 5 years of related experience; a Bachelor's degree and 3 years; or a HS Diploma (or equivalent) with 9 years of experience may be accepted in lieu of degree
• Requires 1 year experience leading projects or cross-functional teams
• Requires experience in Program Planning and with Scheduling tools
• Requires experience using Microsoft office suite, such as Excel, Word, and Power Point
• Requires US Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret or Top Secret Clearance as well as Program Special access (SAP) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs

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