Northrop Grumman

Compensation

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Description: • Contracting for Executive Search, Consulting, Professional Services and/or various products • Managing all aspects of key and strategic suppliers including supplier relationship, performance and corrective action • Lead sourcing activities for professional services • Preparing requests for proposal packages (RFx) for SOW • Conducting competition, analysis and evaluation of bidder proposals, facilitating the selection/recommendation of the winning bidder, negotiating agreement terms, conditions, provisions and pricing, issues awards, preparing and administering resulting contracts and orders • Strong emphasis on commercial contracting and terms and conditions • Review and communicate requirements to supply base for compliant bids • Participate as an integral member of the proposal team • Reviewing suppliers’ agreements to ensure Northrop Grumman’s minimum requirements are met and all risk areas are identified and mitigated • Negotiating terms and conditions of all components of contractual agreements, including Statements of Work, Professional Services Agreements, and Purchase Agreements • Negotiating and coordinating additions, deletions, or modifications to existing contracts or purchase orders • Positive price negotiation • Reviewing and negotiating service agreements • Issuing Purchase/Change Order(s) to support contracts • Post-award administration including project implementation support to ensure supplier(s) adherence to contractual deliverables and timeline • Providing effective corrective action follow up for significant performance issues with suppliers Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree with a minimum 8 years’ relevant experience OR Master’s degree with a minimum of 6 years’ relevant experience OR Associate’s degree with a minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience OR High School Diploma with a minimum of 12 years’ relevant experience • Experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, contract management, program management, and/or project management • Excellent organizational skills • Demonstrated negotiation skills • Sourcing strategies • Excellent written and oral communication skills with all levels of management/executives • Strong problem solving and analytical skills • Program or project management expertise • Relationship development skills • Ability to work with minimum direction and in a fast-paced, business-oriented environment • Demonstrated experience supporting consulting, professional service, purchase order development, invoice resolution, supplier onboarding process • U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions (note) Benefits: • health insurance coverage • life and disability insurance • savings plan • Company paid holidays • paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business • Annual bonuses • Long Term Incentives (for Vice President or Director positions)