Production Planning & Scheduling Manager 1

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: NoCLEARANCE TYPE: NoneTRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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's Mission Enabling Products (MEP) Organization designs, builds and delivers space, defense and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. Our main products include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile products, subsystems and defense electronics; precision weapons, armament systems and ammunition; satellites and associated space components and services; and advanced aerospace structures.
Our Oxnard, CA location is in search of a Production Planning & Scheduling Manager 1 for the 1st shift.

The Production Planning & Scheduling Manager 1 will be accountable for all aspects of Inventory Control for MEP's Oxnard facility. They will maintain an active involvement in both the leadership and daily operations of the assigned area/team in order to achieve site goals and objectives. They are responsible for establishing and adhering to departmental policies and procedures.
Vision / Leadership

Communicate, manage and achieve site strategic and tactical goals for the Inventory Control team.

Provide cross-functional leadership by facilitating collaboration between departments to find real time solutions to internal constraints and/or external customer issues

Promote a culture of continuous improvement, teamwork and disciplined root cause problem solving

Intense focus and ownership of employee development, including recognition and discipline

Execution

Accountable for meeting or exceeding the safety, quality, delivery, employee and cost expectations of internal and external customers

Lead team in their duties to perform all shipping and receiving tasks per internal and external customer needs, manage on-hand inventory including customer/government property and support kitting of raw materials and finished goods. Manage inventory levels of materials, parts, and finished products to maintain appropriate supply on orders, production schedules, and forecasts.

Own, execute and continuously improve Daily Management processes (Daily Start-Ups, DMR, Gemba) within Inventory Control. Review daily/weekly/monthly trend metrics, analyze performance/productivity issues and implement countermeasures and corrective actions.

Manage multiple conflicting priorities across product value streams and process centers by collaborating with Master Scheduling and other downstream internal customers to ensure priority alignment. Follow escalation protocol to communicate/escalate key issues related to safety, quality, delivery, employee and cost upward to site leadership and downward into the organization