Northrop Grumman

Principal Operations Research Analyst

Northrop Grumman

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: LinthicumMarylandUnited States

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Salary

💰 $98,900 - $148,300 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Engage with various proposal teams across the Mission Systems Sector as you help to build up Material and Labor cost estimates.
  • Develop in-house tools/solutions to drive efficiency and maintain compliance with FAR/DFAR requirements.
  • Analyze data and develop sector wide cost factors and cost estimating relationships, while assisting in bringing estimating into the S4 environment.
  • Primary responsibility to develop and maintain material and factory labor cost factors and cost estimating relationships (such as SARM, material quantity adjustment curve, and escalation).
  • Secondarily, coordinate the preparation and documentation of priced Bill of Material (BOM) and Factory Labor cost estimate developments as required.
  • Validate estimating approach and participate in customer negotiations.
  • Analyze historical data and perform ad hoc data mining and analytics.
  • Support Estimating System and Proposal Audits as well as Customer Fact Finding ensuring TINA compliance during all aspects of the proposal process.
  • Support Estimating transition of Tools and Methods from ERP2 to S4 Hana environment.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science degree plus 5 years of experience in pricing, operations, business management, or a related field (i.e. supply chain, etc.)
  • OR a Master of Science degree plus 3 years of experience as described above.
  • Experience w/VBA & SQL in Access and Excel
  • US Citizenship is required
  • The ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance.
Benefits
  • Health Plan
  • Savings Plan
  • Paid Time Off
  • Education Assistance
  • Training and Development
  • 9/80 Work Schedule (where available)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
cost estimatingdata analysisad hoc data miningcost factorscost estimating relationshipsVBASQLExcelS4 HanaBill of Material
Soft Skills
communicationnegotiationcollaborationproblem-solvingattention to detail
Certifications
DoD Secret security clearance