Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations.
Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our inclusive team. As a Sr. Principal Procurement Analyst, you’ll be crucial to missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one.
This position will in one of the following locations:
San Diego, CA
Commerce, CA
Oxnard, CA
Goleta, CA
Requires up to 10% travel. Hybrid position at the above California sites. This is not a virtual/teleworking position. Relocation assistance will not be provided.
Key Responsibilities:
Conduct supplier evaluations and performance monitoring to ensure quality and reliability.
Manage all pre-award and post-award subcontract activities, including but not limited to onboarding suppliers, drafting RFPs and RFQs, analyzing bids and conducting negotiations, completing compliant purchase order/subcontract packages meeting FAR/DFAR requirements, managing subcontract performance, and closing out subcontracts.
Coordinate and collaborate with key internal stakeholders such as contracts, engineering, quality, planning, operations, programs, end-users, and others to finalize Statements of Work (SOWs), manage supplier performance, and draft various agreements like Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) and Long-Term Purchasing Agreements (LTPAs).
Ensure strict compliance with public laws, company policies, import/export regulations, flow-down clauses while upholding high standards of procurement integrity and ethical business practices.
Continuously refine processes to improve efficiency, reduce costs, mitigate risks, and drive program success, while implementing strategies to optimize cost savings and reduce supplier-related risks.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of relevant experience in supply chain, purchasing, subcontracts, or contracts. Or in lieu of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience in supply chain, purchasing, subcontracts, or contracts.
Must have government purchasing/subcontracting experience
Experience in an MRP system, SAP, Costpoint, or Oracle
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