Integrated Planning Lead

RTX

2d•Remote

About The Position

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. The Integrated Business 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 the annual operating plan (AOP) and the long range plan (LRP). Integrated Planners give program managers and value stream leaders the ability to come together and make strategic and tactical decisions about how to collectively run their businesses in order to optimize customer satisfaction and financial performance. The Integrated Planning team drives execution efficiency and forecast accuracy by applying analytics and optimization to system data to support business processes. This position is focused on strategic and operational readiness for major end-items tied to firm contracts and non-firm proposals. 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 integrated planner will be directly involved in scheduling and planning decisions for major deliverables and provide process support and oversight with a focus on mid-term and long-term operational readiness. 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 and leadership teams. 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

Typically requires a 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
Minimum 8 years in engineering, operations, analytics or similar.
Experience setting and working towards goals at a big picture level and effecting change at a detailed operational level
Experience understanding complex systems and processes, and filtering and distilling relevant information from complex datasets into simple messages
Experience mediating discussions between stakeholders with varying incentives and arriving at a consensus.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting material planning/procurement issues and driving successful outcomes.
Experience leading in a matrix environment and working with ITAR rules and regulations, as well as DFAR/FAR
Experience with SAP systems or other ERP systems, and with Government and Depot type processes
Experience reading and evaluating lists of parts required for production work and working with a production planning system.
Experience with internal processes for developing financial plans (i.e. AOP, EAC, proposals, etc.), and working within Kinaxis
Experience interfacing, collaborating, and communicating with all levels of an organization, as well as with a large external customer base to accomplish tasks.

Responsibilities

Interface with key stakeholders from Program, Operations, Supply Chain and Finance to drive business alignment between operational and financial plans
Drive data validation and integrity to ensure accurate demand and supply forecasting
Communicate schedule impacts across multiple factories and programs
Run MRP simulations against scenarios developed to inform strategic execution
Coordinate MRP set-up for transition of non-firm proposals to awarded contracts
Support customer-oriented executive meetings and briefing material
Support Industrial engineering and factory operations to validate factory equipment capacity and headcount analysis
Identify bottlenecks within value streams providing an integrated factory analysis
Act as a bridge between demand and supply planning to foster collaboration, enhance communication, and prevent operational silos.