Staff Process Improvement Analyst
Northrop GrummanAbout the role
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 Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Staff Process Improvement Analyst to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The preferred location for this position is Huntsville, AL or Roy, Utah but can be worked at any Major Defense systems site i.e (Mclean, Virginia, Linthicum, Maryland, Virginia; Orlando, Florida, Plymouth, MN).
Position Overview:
The Staff Process Improvement Analyst will join the DS Sector Team to work on multiple programs within the Sector.
Responsibilities will include working with internal stakeholders to identify, prioritize and lead/facilitate improvement efforts resulting in measurable operational efficiencies. You will be responsible for primary support of the state Sector driven continual improvement projects at various locations
Essential Functions:
- Lead/facilitate integrated, multi-disciplined continuous improvement projects that support the sector’s strategic direction
- Engage in targeted activities with program teams at the request of the leadership
- Coach/mentor improvement teams to develops solutions to problems of varying complexity which require a high degree of ingenuity and creativity
- Establish performance metrics to measure and sustain improvements
- Provide coaching, training and consultation in Six-Sigma and Lean principles to colleagues pursuing certification
- Demonstrate success in leading diverse cross functional teams to higher performance
- Maintain positive working relationships with peers, leadership, and team members when interacting on difficult systematic problems
- Communicate improvement progress and issues through visual, verbal, and written methods to stakeholders and business leaders
- Foster a collaborative culture that sustains the momentum around employee engagement and inclusion, affordability, innovation, value growth and continuous improvement.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university and 12 years of related experience in Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering, Mission Assurance or Program Management, or a Master's Degree and 8 years of related experience
- Proven success in leading multiple process improvement teams/activities across programs or disciplines
- Ability to organize, prioritize and self-manage a variety of improvement activities
- Basic knowledge of Tableau and/or Power BI, SharePoint and Jira/Azure DevOps
- Six-Sigma Green Belt Certification
- Ability and willingness to travel 50% of the time.
- Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Government security clearance at the DoD Secret level
Preferred Qualifications:
- Six-Sigma Black Belt or Lean Expert Certification
- Proficiency in Data/statistical analysis
- Microsoft Office products
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- A current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance
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