The Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Global Supply Chain organization is seeking a knowledgeable Supply Chain Professional to join our Subcontracts Administration team. The primary responsibilities for the successful candidate will be to serve as one of a small group of Subject Matter Experts who interpret, develop, and refine procedures, work instructions, and forms; provide advice and counsel regarding the interpretation and application of company command media and regulatory requirements; and promote awareness and understanding of fundamental concepts and best practices to facilitate organizational compliance and audit readiness.
Specific roles and responsibilities include:
Interfacing and corresponding with suppliers
- Developing sourcing/evaluation strategies
- Supplier identification
- Source selection
- Coordinating export control/security requirements
- Preparing and issuing RFPs with appropriate customer flow downs and terms & conditions
- Conducting bidders' conferences
- Conducting proposal evaluations
- Conducting negotiations to meet contract/program targets/schedules, and terms and conditions, payment terms for materials & services
- Ensuring compliance with FAR/DFARS regulations and purchasing policies & procedures
- Validating pricing and maintain proper purchase order files with correct documentation
- Management of subcontract agreement modifications, which include coordination of required additions, deletions, or other modifications or formal documented communication to subcontractors
- Arranging and participating in supplier meetings and controlling and reporting supplier progress
- Evaluation of customer RFP's
- In conjunction with the program management teams, develops subcontract RFP's that include Statements of Work, Technical/Quality Specifications, Deliverable Requirements List and Schedules, Performance Assessment Requirements, terms and conditions, proposal preparation and pricing requirements/templates, compliance matrices and supplier profiles
- Preparation of Non-Disclosure Agreements, Teaming Agreements, and Memorandums of Agreement
- Preparation and management of internal step reviews of new opportunities and formal customer proposal preparation
- Analyzes and evaluates subcontractor proposals, negotiates deviations from work statements, schedule, and/or terms and conditions, while working closely with the program management team
- Provides subcontractor pricing, deviations from scope and/or terms and conditions, comprehensive cost analysis and justifications, and technical data assertions to the Business Management Group
- Interacts with Contracts and Pricing Business Division during the proposal preparation phase
- Selects or recommends subcontractors, writes formal awards, processes internal justifications, and documents files in preparation for internal and external audits
- Administers resulting subcontracts, ensuring that all requirements are performed in accordance with the scope of work and delivery schedules.