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 Defense Systems is seeking a Production Operations Manager 3 (POM). This position is located in Huntsville, AL and leads the Huntsville Production Operations team through the development & build of the Post Boost Attitude Control Module (PBACM) portion of the Sentinel Air Vehicle Equipment (AVE) for our Air Force customer. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package. This position requires a comprehensive understanding of design and production, program management skills, proven strategic planning and business execution capabilities, as well as ability to work collaboratively across multiple disciplines. The position will be a key leadership role interfacing with Sentinel leadership staff in establishing & executing to the baseline program plans. In addition, the candidate should be able to interact and influence executive level management and communicate effectively with both oral and written presentations. The POM will provide operational focus (cost, quality, and schedule) for the PBACM Production Operations effort. The POM is responsible for the overall operational performance for the lifecycle of the program starting with engineering & development, standing up our production facility in Huntsville, and positioning for future production. The POM will act as the senior Production Operations leader in Huntsville with accountability to both the program and functional leadership team. The POM will have responsibility to ensure all operations aspects of the program from material procurement to finished product delivery are properly planned and executed in accordance with the Program Execution Plan. This includes establishing needs and driving delivery of Engineering products and support as required to support the build schedule. The Production Operations Manager 3 position has the following duties and responsibilities: Work in partnership with the Functional Teams and Program Leadership to define and execute the Production Operations statement of work in alignment with the customer SOWs. Responsible for leading the team assigned to PBACM consisting of the Manufacturing Engineering/Tooling, Industrial Engineering & Operations Project Management, Manufacturing Integration and Field Operations disciplines. Key member of the AVE Production Operations leadership team to help create the alignment with the division manufacturing strategy. Stand up our production facility in Huntsville, AL. Oversee all proposal efforts for the Huntsville Production Operations team. Develop and execute baseline program plan for Production Operations deliverables (e.g. Mfg. planning CDRLs, Master Build/Production Schedule, HW deliverables; etc.). Coordinate accurate and executable resource plans, work plans and associated Visibility Metrics aligned with the Master Production Schedule (MPS) & Integrated Master Schedule (IMS). Develop program operations status and metrics on a regular basis and present to management and the customer, as applicable. Ensure engineering structure (drawings and build documentation) are developed for manufacturability, efficiency, affordability and configured for incorporation into the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Material Resource Planning (MRP) system. Provide a manufacturing presence with program change boards to ensure design changes have been properly vetted with operations/manufacturing schedules, operational.

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