Principal Production Planning Scheduler/Sr. Principal Production Planning Scheduler - Sunnyvale, CA, United States - Northrop Grumman

Description

Manufacturing and Production
Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)


Travel Required:
No


Relocation Assistance:
Relocation assistance may be available

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 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.

Northrop Grumman Marine Systems (NGMS) is seeking a Principal Production Planning Scheduler/Sr. Principal Production Planning Scheduler for our Sunnyvale, CA location.

Plans, prepares, issues and controls production schedules and tracks material requirements to ensure a controlled flow of approved materials timed to meet production requirements.

Schedules equipment and personnel, confirms material supply and demands, and prepares work orders or purchase requests based on a master production schedule, shop load and inventory requirements.

Participate in internal production meetings for assigned work center area and communicate status changes to program management in a timely manner.

Coordinates interdepartmental activity with production coordinator, quality assurance, manufacturing, purchasing, engineering, and MRP planning.

Shift start: 6:30am.

This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Production Planning Scheduler level or a Sr. Principal Production Planning Scheduler level.
Basic Qualifications for a
Principal Manufacturing Production Scheduler:
~ Bachelor's degree with 6+ years directly related work experience in production control, production planning, or work center scheduling specifically for onsite manufacturing or in machine shop environment; 2+ years hands on experience with Shop Floor or Machine Shop Planning, utilizing MRP system; SAP preferred.
~ Must have demonstrated analytical skills required for determining priorities, lead times, and shop floor schedules.
~ Must have demonstrated ability to clearly express oneself verbally and in writing in the English language using good grammar and vocabulary. Excellent verbal and written communication skills to include excellent presentation, project and organizational skills.
~ Must have demonstrated Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite; Excel, Word, PowerPoint (i.e. working with pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and conditional formatting)


Principal Manufacturing Production Scheduler:
~ Bachelor's degree with 10+ years directly related work experience in production control, production planning, or work center scheduling specifically for onsite manufacturing or in machine shop environment; 2+ years hands on experience with Shop Floor or Machine Shop Planning, utilizing MRP system; SAP preferred.
~ Must have demonstrated analytical skills required for determining priorities, lead times, and shop floor schedules.
~ Must have demonstrated ability to clearly express oneself verbally and in writing in the English language using good grammar and vocabulary. Excellent verbal and written communication skills to include excellent presentation, project and organizational skills.
~ Must have demonstrated Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite; Excel, Word, PowerPoint (i.e. working with pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and conditional formatting)

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or Business Management.
CPIM or APICS training.
Lean manufacturing or Six Sigma process improvement experience.
Proficiency in Microsoft Project.

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.

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.