
Production Controller - Level 1
Oxnard, CAJob$37–61K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Northrop Grumman seeks a Production Controller to support operations in Oxnard, California. The role maintains material schedules, manages inventory and material flow, and coordinates with production, quality, purchasing, and related departments. The controller also researches shortages and traceability, conducts cycle counts, and supports quality and continuous-improvement processes. The position requires experience with inventory operations in an ERP system, specifically Deltek Costpoint, and Microsoft applications.
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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No
CLEARANCE TYPE: None
TRAVEL: No
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.
An organization within Northrop Grumman, Mission Enabling Products (MEP) is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. Products include spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years.
Learn more about Mission Enabling Products at our website: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/spacecraft-components/
We are seeking a Production Controller to support operations in our Oxnard, CA location.
Primary Responsibilities
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Maintains schedules for material requirements and availability for the manufacture of industrial and commercial products to support production control by optimizing inventory storage systems.
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Optimize inventory storage systems.
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Interface with Production, Quality Control, Purchasing, Production Control and other related departments to resolve problems relative to receipt and distribution of material.
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Make decisions on part categorization, default bin size and location
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Research kit shortages, expedite missing kits, and be meticulous in kit integration.
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Understand, research, and reconcile traceability.
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Ensure inventory processes comply with quality standards and procedures.
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Participate in 5S and other continuous improvement practices.
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Manage projects using relevant software tools and track to meet completion dates.
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Support the organization’s metric goals and objectives.
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Analyze flow of material to reduce time of request to delivery.
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Receive and transact all incoming material in MRP system.
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Conduct cycle counts to validate quantity, revision levels, stock location, and transfers.
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Expedites flow of materials, parts, and assemblies within or between departments in accordance with production and shipping schedules.
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Assists in determining possible and actual shortages may initiate action to correct these deficiencies. Uses knowledge of production, procurement, and engineering departments to alert proper authorities regarding potential problems and appropriate remedial action.
Basic Qualifications:
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High School diploma or equivalent and 0 years additional education and/or related experience.
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Experience with inventory operations within an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (Deltek Costpoint) system and Microsoft applications.
Preferred Qualifications
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Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
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Prefer experience with Kiting
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Liaising between manufacturing & Inventorying
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Excellent verbal and written communication ability
Primary Level Salary Range: $36,500.00 - $60,800.00
The 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.
Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
Job Category: Manufacturing and Production
How this job compares
Set against the 621 open Inventory Control jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$37–61K/yr
- California median$72–96K/yr24 salary ranges
- US median$65–87K/yr132 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $49K, is 45% below the California median midpoint ($89K) — in the lowest quarter of Inventory Control salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 62 open Inventory Control jobs in California and 621 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Jetro Holdings, Inc5 open
- Northrop Grumman (this employer)3 open
- General Atomics2 open
- Experience
- Inventory Control postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 4 years (376 postings).
- Education
- 33 of the 621 open Inventory Control jobs (5%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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