Supplier Development Lead – Midwest

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🕒 September 12

🌽 Illinois, Iowa, +9 more states – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote 🌾 Iowa – Remote 🌪️ Kansas – Remote 🌾 Nebraska – Remote 🌾 North Dakota – Remote 🏈 Ohio – Remote 🚗 Michigan – Remote ❄️ Minnesota – Remote 🏰 Missouri – Remote 🗿 South Dakota – Remote 🧀 Wisconsin – Remote

💵 $132.4k - $251.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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RTX

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10,000+ employees

🚀 Aerospace

🎖️ Defense

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 $200k Grant - RTX on 2024-11

Aerospace • Defense • Manufacturing

RTX is a multinational aerospace and defense company that brings together aviation and defense businesses—including Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon—to design, manufacture and service aircraft engines, auxiliary power units, integrated aerospace systems and defense solutions. The company focuses on advancing technologies that power flight, strengthen national security and support government and commercial customers worldwide, with a global presence across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. RTX emphasizes engineering, manufacturing, and research to solve complex technical challenges for aviation and defense.

📋 Description

• Drive operational excellence and process compliance within the supply base through onsite visits and assessments • Resolve significant supplier issues with Purchasing, Engineering, Quality, and Operations leadership • Coordinate and resolve company- and department-wide risks and obstacles to align manufacturing, supply chain, and delivery schedules with customer needs • Report key suppliers’ progress on operational initiatives at executive reviews with senior-level internal and external leadership • Drive improvement of on-time delivery and quality performance at multiple suppliers • Develop and drive quality improvement plans; coordinate root cause identification and corrective actions • Lead onsite assessments with Buyers, Quality, and Engineering teams • Identify and remove barriers to continuous improvement for suppliers • Evaluate supplier performance and apply sustainable countermeasures and actions • Direct production readiness assessments for New Product Introduction and rate increases, including capacity confirmation • Monitor critical business-wide metrics and coordinate cross-functional work teams • Engage senior management of key suppliers to initiate and sustain major improvement programs • Plan, organize, direct, and report activities relating to supplier performance • Evaluate supplier performance, management, capacity, and production readiness • Assess supplier qualifications, including training and certifications • Develop supplier development plans and collaborate with suppliers to achieve best performance • Spend approximately 80% of time onsite at suppliers and 20% working from a home office

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply chain, Business Management, or related field and 10 years of experience in Operations, Quality, continuous Improvement roles, or related field; or an advanced degree with 7 years of experience • U.S. citizenship is required • Reside within the Midwest, USA area: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, or Wisconsin • Must be able to travel up to 80% of your time within the Midwest, USA area • Experience with strong structured project management and problem-solving skills preferred • Ability to initiate, lead and sustain change activities at suppliers preferred • CORE Professional certification preferred • Six-Sigma Blackbelt or Greenbelt or LEAN certificate preferred • RTX SHA certified assessor preferred • ITC experience preferred • SAP experience using Procurement and Quality transactions preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • 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 • Holidays • Annual short-term incentive compensation programs may be available • Annual long-term incentive compensation programs may be available