Sales and Operations Planning Lead - Hybrid

RTX • Tucson, AZ

23h • Hybrid

About The Position

At RTX, the world 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. Raytheon brings 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. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. 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. With 100+ years of industry-leading innovation, we solve tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Lead Location: Tucson, AZ or Andover, MA– Hybrid Opportunity, but must be based out of Tucson or Andover - Relocation assistance is not provided. The Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Lead is part of the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) organization. It is responsible for providing deep analytical, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to facilitate decision-making with key stakeholders. The S&OP Lead must deliver a unified integrated demand plan that supports Long-Range Planning (LRP) to the organizational stakeholders across finance, factory operations, program operations, and supply chain to facilitate strategic and tactical decisions. The S&OP Lead’s assessments and subsequent executive decisions impact customer satisfaction, financial performance, and risk mitigation on the LRP. The S&OP process provides visibility across a long-term planning horizon to ensure forecasts are sufficient to align labor, equipment, facilities, material, and financial investments required to achieve business goals. This role will support one of four Strategic Business Unit (SBU), ensuring that demand, supply, capacity, and financial objectives align to meet future business goals. This includes providing risk assessments, scenario analysis, and data-driven recommendations to enable executive decision-making.

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 of experience in engineering, operations, supply chain, analytics, Sales and Operations Planning fields.
• Experience leading in cross-functional environments with competing priorities.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.
• Secret Clearance required from Day 1, TS would be a plus.

Nice To Haves

• MRP/ERP experience (SAP preferred).
• Strong Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Demonstrated ability to extract, simplify, and communicate insights from complex datasets.
• Experience with advanced planning tools (e.g., Kinaxis RapidResponse).
• Familiarity with Tableau, Power BI, or similar visualization tools.
• Experience supporting financial planning processes (AOP, LRP, EAC, proposals).

Responsibilities

• Facilitate S&OP demand and supply planning inputs, monthly demand reviews, and cross-functional consensus meetings.
• Align non-firm and firm demand with supply chain, factory capacity, supplier readiness, and financial plans.
• Drive structured process execution across demand, capacity, and executive reviews (monthly and quarterly).
• Lead collaborative, action-oriented discussions to identify and resolve constraints across operations, programs, finance, and supply chain.
• Mediate stakeholder conflicts and align multiple functions to a single, integrated plan.
• Partner closely with OSC Finance, Program Finance, POMs, and Supply Chain to ensure cohesive planning execution.
• Extract, consolidate, interpret, and visualize complex data sets from multiple business systems to support demand planning and executive decision-making.
• Conduct scenario modeling related to supplier capacity, factory capability, manpower, material constraints, and long-term investment needs.
• Identify planning risks, develop mitigation strategies, and present recommendations to leadership.
• Create and deliver presentations to all levels of leadership, summarizing constraints, risks, opportunities, and recommendations.
• Prepare executive review packages for quarterly S&OP reviews, capturing decisions and action-item follow-up.
• Drive simplification, standardization, and maturity of S&OP processes, proposing tooling and system enhancements.
• Promote consistent long-range planning practices and ensure data accuracy for aligned operational forecasts.

Benefits

• Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
• Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
• Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
• Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees