Supply Production Control, Senior Manager

RTX•Tucson, AZ

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Supply Production Control Senior Manager will perform a variety of tasks with a focus on purchased material in support of program and factory build plans. The candidate needs to be energetic, willing to learn, able to work independently and have the ability and desire to be a change agent. The candidate also must be ready to work in fast paced environment and be prepared to learn logistics/transportation in supporting factory needs. The associated tasks listed below are necessary to prevent a work stoppage or a slip in schedule, both of which would have a significant impact on the factory and/or program’s cost and schedule requirements. The Supply Chain Planning Senior Manager 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). This position will lead a team focused on program execution for major end-terms tied to firm contracts for the Advanced Products & Solutions (APS) business. 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. This position is an onsite role and will be a transitional role to the Supply Chain Planning Manager in 4th quarter of 2026.

Requirements

Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum ten (10) years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum seven (7) years' experience.
Experience with either Supply Chain. Logistics, Planning or Production Control, Program Management, and or Operations.
Experience managing daily team operations or equivalent leadership responsibilities.
Ability to obtain Interim Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
U.S. citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Cross-functional leadership skills with experience setting and working towards goals at a big picture level but affecting change at a detailed operational level.
Experience filtering and distilling relevant information from complex datasets into simple messages and mediating discussions between stakeholders with varying incentives and arriving at consensus.
Experience applying operations research concepts and creating strategic simulations.
Experience with internal processes for developing financial plans (i.e. AOP, EAC, proposals) and experience with SAP.
Master’s degree or equivalent in engineering, operations research, business, operations, supply chain management or related field.

Responsibilities

Manage a team consisting of multiple team members that support multiple factories and plant sites.
Schedule and plan decisions for major deliverables.
Provide process support and oversight for the APS business with focus on near-term and mid-term plans.
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.
Work closely with the cross-functional execution teams for APS.
Assist with responsibilities across the Integrated Business Planning Organization.
Provide strategic and organizational support to ensure the efficient execution of activities for Integrated Planning that drive high impact and high visibility.
Support End Item with Escalate constraints through Tiered accountability process to Senior Cross functional leadership.
Be responsible for managing team headcounts to appropriate accounting structure.
Assist and lead your team to success that is measured through Control Towers and various metrics.
Run various Factory Material Order coverage meetings with factories for the programs that you support.
Review, analyze and release purchase requisitions to Supply Chain in PRISM per MRP or MPM PO placement plans, as applicable.
Evaluate material availability, identify potential gaps and proactively working supplied material problems.
Facilitate cross functional activities with Quality, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain.