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.

Responsibilities:

• Sources and procures goods and services of a commodity nature from many suppliers.
• Initiates Requests for Quotations and Proposals and receives same, analyzing proposed pricing from potential suppliers.
• Establishes agreements with suppliers using a mix of contract types including firm fixed price and time & material.
• Evaluates and monitors supplier quality and reliability, as well as supplier ability to support required delivery schedules.
• Provide prompt and professional purchasing services to internal customers by communicating effectively with the Operating, Engineering, and Maintenance areas
• Works with internal customers to ensure specifications are appropriate for the services or products required.
• Identifies opportunities to reduce cost, improve efficiency and manage risk through targeted negotiations.
• Issues purchase orders.
• Manages performance of purchase orders, ensures compliance with all public law requirements as well as company (and business) policies and procedures including import/export regulations.
• Employs sound business practices and assesses supplier performance as part of follow-up activities.
• Ensures that appropriate documentation is provided to logistics/transportation & warehouse organization so that proper receipt is recorded.
• Reviews and approves supplier payment as needed.
• Utilizes process tools such as Lean Six Sigma with suppliers to drive quality, efficiency and continuous improvement.

This position may be filled at a higher grade based on the requirements below.Basic Qualifications for level 2:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 3+ years’ experience in purchasing, or supply chain management.  4 additional years of work experience and/or education can be substituted for the degree
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• Expertise using software like Excel to perform data analysis

Basic Qualifications for level 3:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 6+ years’ experience in purchasing, or supply chain management.  4 additional years of work experience and/or education can be substituted for the degree
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• Expertise using software like Excel to perform data analysis

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preferred Bachelor’s degree from an accredited 4 year university in supply chain management, business, finance or related field preferred
• Experience purchasing spare parts and indirect materials and services
• Familiar with electrical, plumbing, or mechanical parts..
• Assists integrated commodity teams to formulate work packages for blanket agreements.
• Leads negotiations with suppliers
• Ability to read technical drawings and documents
• Knowledge of government contracting requirements and regulations (e.g. FAR, DFARS, ITAR, etc.)
• Experience developing and applying best value analysis
• Experience with concurrent engineering

Salary Range: 58300 – 108400

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.