Material Program Manager

RTX RTX · Aerospace · mckinney, TX +1 · Supply Chain

Material Program Manager for Electro-Optical (EO) & Infrared (IR) Solutions supporting sustainment, development, and production across ARMY Programs. Responsibilities include supplier management, material forecasting, cost and schedule adherence, metrics creation, supplier assessments, and proposal support. Requires leadership and project management experience.

What you'd actually do

  1. Be the single point of contact to management and internal customers, including Program Office, Quality, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Contracts
  2. Develop and execute Material Program Strategy (MPS)/Material Program Plans (MPP), Material Sales Forecasts for assigned programs, and Earned Value Management/ Financial management including Material Estimates at Completions (EACs) and Material Forecasting
  3. Support front end of the business SC activities including early SC involvement and early supplier involvement and other strategic sourcing initiatives.
  4. Support Supply Chain proposal activities including task descriptions and basis of estimates, Price to Win strategies; ability to develop and communicate SCM business plans including small business and SCM risk mitigation plans.
  5. Represent the Supply Chain organization on policies, strategies, and objectives, oversee all SC activities needed to meet program requirements.

Skills

Required

  • University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years experience
  • Experience with SAP/and the Supply Chain suite of tools or related material planning tools
  • The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.

Nice to have

  • Experience in Integrated Product Team (IPT)/Cross functional teams
  • Experience collaborating with Subcontract Administrators and business leadership.
  • Experience working in the defense industry within the supply chain function

What the JD emphasized

  • U.S. citizenship is required
  • Obtain Material Program Management (MPM) certification within one (1) year in the role