Manager, Scheduling
About The Position
Raytheon is hiring a Manager, Scheduling for its Circuit Card Manufacturing value stream at its Andover, Massachusetts facility. The role uses experience with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems and data-driven decision-making to support effective material and workforce forecasting. It involves advanced management skills and daily interaction with cross-functional teams, programs, and business units, including planning, production control, operations, quality, and manufacturing, test, and design engineering. The position leads Production Control Managers and Professionals, drives metric-based improvements, and coordinates material availability, kit readiness, production schedules, and shop-floor activity. The manager works with internal teams and external partners to support customer commitments, maintain accurate shop-floor, MRP, and inventory systems, and meet organizational goals. This is an onsite role in Andover, MA and requires an active, transferable U.S. government security clearance before the start date; U.S. citizenship is required.
Requirements
- A university degree or equivalent experience and at least 8 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and at least 5 years of experience.
- Experience working with Material Resource Planning (MRP) systems or special program access applications.
- Experience in supply chain, production or planning control, MRP, inventory management, logistics, manufacturing, or another production-driven environment.
- Experience leading daily team operations or comparable leadership experience.
- Ability to obtain an interim Confidential U.S. government-issued security clearance before starting; U.S. citizenship is required for clearance eligibility.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with manufacturing tool sets and leveraging information from material receipt through DD250 within a defense contracting organization.
- Experience with Foreign Military Sale (FMS) and Direct Commercial Sale (DCS) contracts.
- Experience supporting cross-functional teams.
- Experience with Microsoft Office applications.
- Experience with manufacturing processes.
Responsibilities
- Present and drive metric-based improvements across the value stream.
- Manage a team of Production Control Managers and Professionals.
- Analyze, track, and report material availability; release production orders in the MRP system and confirm them in the shop-floor system.
- Manage and coordinate kit readiness with teams responsible for bills of material, material master data, process engineering, operations, and document control.
- Provide production-floor support, including replacement-part management, material staging, work-in-progress movement through shared resource areas, completion of units in shop-floor and MRP systems, delivery to the next step, and meeting the MRP schedule.
- Control the physical disposition of nonconforming or specially handled material, including returns to vendor, purged material, WIP stops per contractual restrictions, and configuration of components or subassemblies as required.
- Manage coordination and execution of program schedules with Global Supply Chain Management, Subcontracts, Engineering, and other functional areas.
- Support and coordinate actions needed to meet customer commitments.
- Drive and mitigate accountability across business teams and escalate issues across cross-functional teams.
- Complete Estimate at Completion (EAC) tasks.
- Maintain shop-floor, MRP, and inventory systems using key performance metrics.
- Process piece-part movement to support internal build requirements through subcontractors, internal resources, and other Raytheon facilities.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible work schedules
- Employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation, subject to eligibility and program conditions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
