Principal Specialist, Production Planner (Onsite)

RTX•Cedar Rapids, IA

9d•$86,800 - $165,200•Onsite

About The Position

At RTX, the world's largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Collins Aerospace is a leader in technologically advanced, intelligent solutions that help redefine the aerospace and defense industry. With a comprehensive portfolio and deep technical expertise, we help customers meet the demands of the global market. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. Collins Aerospace is looking to hire a Principal Specialist, Production Planner to support our Cedar Rapids, Iowa location. In this role you will be responsible for managing all activities to enable the creation and release of production work orders planned to start within a 90-day horizon and the delivery of FG based on strategy (order start to finish). You will play a key part in daily and short-term production planning, detailed scheduling, and coordinating across various departments to ensure schedule adherence, material availability, and capacity alignment. You will proactively manage exceptions, to ensure seamless production execution and customer delivery performance and mitigate risk of shortages.

Requirements

Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Planning, Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, Operations, or a related field.
Prior knowledge of production planning, scheduling, and order management.
Prior understanding of manufacturing KPIs and industrial production processes.
Proficiency in MS Office applications
ERP experience (SAP strongly preferred)
Material handling experience
Understanding of white boards, banana charts and other factory tools.
Ability to read engineering drawings.
Ability to communicate effectively and persuasively, verbally and in writing, to individuals at all levels and to cross-functional groups.
Knowledge of ACE/CORE and/or Lean Six Sigma is encouraged.

Responsibilities

Manage daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules, ensuring material and resource readiness to support S&OE and month end plan alignment.
Coordinate closely with cross functional teams including scheduling, engineering, quality, purchasing, inventory, operations, and program management.
Identify and resolve material shortages, bottlenecks, and capacity risks; implement mitigation and recovery actions.
Monitor and communicate material availability, production readiness, and cleartobuild status to support order release and prioritization.
Process exception messages for internal work orders and STOs and drive timely resolution.
Prepare and report key planning metrics such as on time starts, cleartobuild, COGIs, and exception trends.
Manage nonstandard material flows including passthrough shipments, outside processing, and overload work.
Develop and maintain SIOP and materials plans, establishing accurate demand forecasts in partnership with product, sales, and operations teams.
Facilitate capacity planning, identify gaps, and support long range demand visibility for OE and aftermarket.
Improve and standardize planning processes and systems to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and customer delivery performance.
Mitigate short term supply risks and maintain alignment with internal suppliers to support customer commitments.
Evaluate, release, and sequence production orders to maintain smooth material flow and meet customer needs.
Identify bottlenecks, manage past due recovery, and drive near term execution.
Interpret and resolve MRP exceptions and escalate risks impacting delivery commitments.
Coordinate inter site transfer orders to support production and customer priorities.
Track essential execution metrics (schedule adherence, WIP, NCM, trapped inventory, cleartobuild).
Support month end rescheduling and ensure accurate alignment going into a new planning cycle.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
Tuition reimbursement program
Student Loan Repayment Program
Life insurance and disability coverage
Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
Adoption Assistance
Autism Benefit
Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs