Integrated Planning Lead

RTX•El Segundo, CA

1d•$118,300 - $224,900•Hybrid

About The Position

The Integrated Planning function within RTX is responsible for driving schedule alignment with financial, factory, program operations, and engineering stakeholders which results in an integrated plan, providing the basis for long term sales and operations execution (S&OE). S&OE gives program managers and value stream leaders the ability to come together and make strategic and tactical decisions about how to collectively run their businesses to optimize customer satisfaction and financial performance. The Integrated Planning team drives execution efficiency by applying analytics and optimization to system data to support business processes. This execution position is focused on program readiness for major end-items tied to firm contracts. This role is responsible for understanding production demand profiles and the corresponding internal and external constraints to ensure potential issues are well-understood, communicated, and addressed in a timely manner. The individual selected for this role will work to enable decision making and collaboration across a variety of functions and program areas through data analysis, simulation, and fact-based influence. In addition to driving accountability for known issues, this role will identify areas of greatest risk and variability and analyze different scenarios to establish contingency plans as needed to increase our ability to deliver on schedule. The execution planner will be directly involved in scheduling and planning decisions for major deliverables and provide process support and oversight with focus on near-term and mid-term plans. The individual in this role will need to leverage strong interpersonal and leadership skills to be successful in optimizing the schedule around factory efficiency, high customer satisfaction, and consistency in achieving financial targets. This role will work closely with the cross-functional execution team. This role will also help with responsibilities across the Integrated Planning Organization. The candidate will provide strategic and organizational support to ensure the efficient execution of activities for Integrated Planning that drive high impact and high visibility.

Requirements

University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience.
Experience in engineering, operations, material planning, S&OP, analytics or similar.
Proficient with MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Experience with an ERP system and an Advanced Planning Tool (ex: Kinaxis).
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience interfacing, collaborating, and communicating with all levels of an organization, as well as external customer base to accomplish tasks.
Success and demonstration of supporting material planning/procurement issues and driving successful outcomes.
Proven leader in a matrix environment.
Experience with SAP systems or Kinaxis.
Experience with Government and Depot type processes.
Experience reading and evaluating line of balances/clear to build requirements for production.
Understanding of internal processes for developing financial plans (i.e. AOP, EAC, proposals, etc.).

Responsibilities

Driving schedule alignment with financial, factory, program operations, and engineering stakeholders.
Ensuring an integrated plan for long-term sales and operations execution (S&OE).
Applying analytics and optimization to system data to support business processes and drive execution efficiency.
Understanding production demand profiles and internal/external constraints.
Ensuring potential issues are understood, communicated, and addressed promptly.
Enabling decision-making and collaboration across functions and program areas through data analysis, simulation, and influence.
Identifying areas of greatest risk and variability.
Analyzing different scenarios to establish contingency plans.
Directly involved in scheduling and planning decisions for major deliverables.
Providing process support and oversight with focus on near-term and mid-term plans.
Optimizing the schedule around factory efficiency, customer satisfaction, and financial targets.
Working closely with the cross-functional execution team.
Providing strategic and organizational support to the Integrated Planning Organization.
Ensuring efficient execution of Integrated Planning activities that drive high impact and high visibility.