Value Stream Owner - Director of Manufacturing Operations

Requisition ID : R10173491

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.

AOA Xinetics (AOX), a wholly owned Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP), Payload and Ground Systems Division Business Unit, is a leading supplier of complex electro-optic and photonic systems and subsystems that control and manipulate light waves for a variety of applications. AOX designs, develops, and manufactures precision, advanced optical products and systems such as deformable mirrors, optical systems, adaptive optics control systems and silicon carbide optical structures for the U.S. Government, commercial customers, and U.S. defense prime and second-tier contractors. Markets for these technologies include civilian astronomy and semiconductor capital equipment as well as defense ISR and Directed Energy. We are currently seeking a Value Stream Owner to provide site and operations leadership and execution support to the AOA Xinetics sites in Devens, MA and East Hartford, CT. This position may be located in Devens, MA or East Hartford, CT

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Overview

Reporting to the Mission Enabling Products (MEP) Director of Manufacturing Operations, the Value Stream Owner is accountable for complete operational execution, from contract award through delivery to external and internal customers, for the entire AOX strategic business unit.

Role and responsibilities :

Develop the consolidated AOX operations functional plan and roadmap to implement an operations operating model and value stream organizational design. Evaluate and implement AOX and business unit operations and product best practices. Implement operations daily management standards, standard business systems and tools, and align improvement focus with engineering and programs teams.

Accountable to meet or exceed the operations safety, quality, delivery, employee and cost (SQDEC) expectations of external and internal customers across all AOX products / programs. Ownership and accountability for effective hand-offs through all functional and process center areas. Own, execute and continuously improve daily management processes and communicate / escalate key issues to leadership and throughout the organization

Collaborate and coordinate with master scheduling, product value streams, process centers, functional leaders (manufacturing engineering, quality, production planning and material control) and business support functions (program managers, finance, contracts, and human resources) to achieve product and site goals via sharing of resources, tools, equipment, and processes.

Accountable to meet / under-run AOX manufacturing rates and manage overhead and direct labor yield (DLY) rates. Authority for all operations hiring, onboarding and training plan.

Develop facility capital project plans and prioritize AOX cap-ex spending, in collaboration with programs and engineering functions, and ensure continuous monitoring of projects and achieve performance / quality, delivery, and budget commitments.

Own AOX operations resource management, escalation, prioritization, and conflict resolution decisions.

Strengthen the operations team through develop and deploy operations strategies and tactics to leadership team, coaching and personnel development, intense focus and ownership of leadership and employee development, and ensure discipline and continuous improvement of all process standards

Support customer proposals through delegation participation and approvals and ensure management team provides basis of estimates for labor and schedule durations

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelor’s degree with at least 10 years of operations, engineering, and / or program leadership experience

Requires a proven track record and passion and relentless drive for achieving manufacturing and operational results, financial results, and effective and timely decision making

Root cause problem solving and continuous improvement skills

Broad technical experience, preferably in optics

Knowledge and experience with executing process standards and risk management identification and mitigation

Requires experience creating a culture of engagement and inclusion, continuous improvement and teamwork

Experience interfacing with external customers and developing customer relationships

Ability to travel up to 40% of the time to provide additional support to other MEP sites

Ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance is required

US Citizenship is required

Preferred Qualifications :

Degree in STEM discipline and / or Business Administration

5 years’ experience managing Operations functional leadership

Salary Range : $173,300 - $259,900The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and / or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce.