Manager Supplier Quality 3

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time Description 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. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector is seeking a Supplier Performance Management (SPM) Manager 3 to join the Mission Systems(MS) sector’s Supplier Performance Management (SPM) team located in either ,Linthicum, MD, Rolling Meadows, IL or San Diego or Woodland Hills, CA .  This position will lead the field engineering team and report to the MS SPM Global Supply Chain (GSC) Director.  This team is responsible for conducting audits, source inspections, and assisting suppliers to resolve quality issues. Qualified candidates will have demonstrated success leading broad organizational changes within cost and schedule while achieving internal customer expectations and focusing on organizational and team success. The position requires a solution-based orientation, unwavering ethics and values, and the demonstrated ability to be a trusted partner. Roles and Responsibilities Engage in Program Capture and Kickoff activities to identify and quantify supplier quality risk in program sourcing plans, influence sourcing strategy to include capable suppliers and to identify risk mitigation strategies to minimize impact of poor supplier quality. Collaborate with Program Quality to ensure appropriate quality requirements for programs are identified and flowed down to suppliers via purchasing documents. Coordinate with Program Quality to ensure that program risk mitigation strategies are executed in conjunction with key program schedule milestones. Collaborate with Quality management,  GSC, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Program Management organizations to identify and understand supplier quality issues identified in receiving inspection and on the factory floor. Collaborate with all stakeholders to drive suppliers to sustained Root Cause & Corrective Action. Work with program personnel to ensure adequate funding is identified for Supplier Quality risk mitigation and product validation activities; monitor Supplier Quality team activities to ensure consistency with the spending plan. Frequently interface with division/ sector / supplier executives and customer representatives concerning supplier quality risks, mitigation plans, and issue resolution. Support the efficient and effective execution of First Article Inspections and source inspection as well as providing technical troubleshooting across a diverse slate of commodities. Use data-driven processes to measure supplier quality performance, mitigation of risk, and to lead continuous improvement processes at suppliers by building and maintaining trusted partnerships.  Support the creation and maintenance of supplier management plans.  Establish and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)  to identify and pursue systemic improvement opportunities. Promote the professional development of the SPM team and foster a collaborative culture that sustains the momentum around employee engagement and inclusion, affordability, innovation, value growth, and continuous improvement. Provide clear assignments, help employees connect their efforts to the bigger