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Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Global Supply Chain (GSC) Staff Project Manager to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Global Supply Chain Organization. This ex-pat role is located is in-country in Weeze, North Rhein-Westphalia, Germany.

The visa process for an ex-pat can take up to 9 months before you would be on site in Germany. During that time a requirement to be located in Palmdale, CA for training on the manufacturing line.

In this role you will be supporting the Northrop Grumman expatriate team stationed at Rheinmetall Aviation Services GmbH (RAS) at their facility in Weeze, Germany. You will be supporting the F-35 Program by ensuring the on-time F-35 Center Fuselage (CF) Production program in Weeze to meet the demands of the recurring production rate. The position will be interfacing with the Supplier Program Manager for RAS, Palmdale F-35 IPTs, F-35 Functional Support teams, Supplier Management Team leads and Customers in RAS’ baseline program plans, validating the updates, follow-up and reporting. The selected individual should be able to interact and influence RAS’ management and communicate effectively with both oral and written presentations. The responsibilities include regular customer interface and establishing and maintaining customer and supplier relationships.

This expatriate assignment is expected to provide uninterrupted two (2) years in-country leadership.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

On site Point of Contact (POC) responsible for management of GSC functions to the International Integrated Product Team (IPT) Director
Owns the timely closure of assigned actions, projects, initiatives and efforts for GSC in support of the International IPT goals and expectations
Accountable for all Weekly required GSC metrics health, status and visibility
Accountable for the GSC shipping plan of all Germany Non-recurring items
Supports the multi-functional team to establish and execute a POCLs consumable strategy for Rheinmetall and responsible for the plan to transfer to Rheinmetall’s GSC responsibilities
Supports the multi-functional team to establish and execute a standard hardware strategy for Rheinmetall and responsible for the plan to transfer to Rheinmetall’s GSC responsibilities
Supports the multi-functional team to establish and execute an indirect consumable strategy for Rheinmetall and responsible for the plan to transfer to Rheinmetall’s GSC responsibilities

Basic Qualifications:

Must have 12 years of experience with Bachelors Degree, 10 years of experience with Masters Degree or 8 years of experience with PhD
Experience must be in one or more of the following: Supply Chain, Project Management, Program Execution and/or Program Management
Experience in aerospace/defense industry
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance within a reasonable amount of time deemed by business needs

Preferred Qualifications:

International Business Experience
Agile training
Experience of familiarity with aircraft production, supply chain, and engineering.
F-35 Program Familiarity.
Ability and obtain/maintain a DoD Secret level security clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the Company to meet its business needs

Primary Level Salary Range: $133,000.00 - $199,600.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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R10246890

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Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees are Defining Possible every day to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will allow you to work together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines.

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