Production Planning Scheduling Manager 3

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 50% 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.

An organization within Northrop Grumman’s Intelligence Systems division, Mission Enabling Products is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. Products include spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors.

Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years. Learn more about Mission Enabling Products at our website: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/spacecraft-components/.

 

Mission Enabling Products has an opening for a Manager, Production Planning and Scheduling 3 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals with the Intelligence Systems division in Oxnard, CA or Goleta, CA.

 

Manager, Production Planning and Scheduling (Level 3)

Accountable for all aspects of Production Planning or Inventory Control for the Northrop Grumman Space Systems Division San Diego facility. The candidate’s background, experience and skillset will determine the team for which they’re responsible. Active involvement in both the leadership and daily operations of the assigned area/team is required to achieve site goals and objectives. Responsible for establishing and adhering to departmental policies and procedures.

Vision / Leadership

• Communicate, manage and achieve site strategic and tactical goals for the Production Planning and/or Inventory Control teams

• Provide cross‑functional leadership by facilitating collaboration between departments to find real‑time solutions to internal constraints and/or external customer issues

• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, teamwork and disciplined root‑cause problem‑solving

• Intense focus and ownership of employee development, including recognition and discipline

• Demonstrated expertise in enforcing board‑level accountability and standard work that drives measurable outcomes

• Proven ability to close system gaps and reduce audit findings through disciplined process ownership

Execution

• Accountable for meeting or exceeding the safety, quality, delivery, employee and cost expectations of internal and external customers

• Lead one of the following two teams:

  • Production Planning: Lead team in their preparation, release, execution and close‑out of all Manufacturing Work Instructions and Manufacturing Orders. This includes managing and resolving constraints and ensuring timely and effective hand‑offs through all functional and process center areas. Manage the planning of raw materials, semi‑finished and finished goods within the plant, focusing on optimizing inventory levels. Support the site’s production scheduling process to balance and optimize shop floor execution in support of program schedules and customer deliveries

  • Inventory Control: Lead team in their duties to perform all shipping and receiving tasks per internal and external customer needs, manage on‑hand inventory including customer/government property and support kitting of raw materials and finished goods. Manage inventory levels of materials, parts, and finished product to maintain appropriate supply on orders, production schedules, and forecasts.

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• Own, execute and continuously improve Daily Management processes (Daily Start‑Ups, DMR, Gemba) within Production Planning / Inventory Control. Review daily/weekly/monthly trend metrics, analyze performance/productivity issues and impleme