[Hiring] Senior Manager Procurement @RTX

Role Description

Join our dynamic Supply Chain team as a Procurement Manager, where you will lead and manage procurement activities to ensure compliance, efficiency, and alignment with organizational goals. You will oversee a team of procurement professionals, fostering their growth and ensuring operational excellence. Your responsibilities will include:

• Manage the non-energetic scope of procurement teams, establishing and monitoring performance metrics to drive team success.
• Ensure team members possess the necessary knowledge and skills to execute purchasing tasks, including compliance with FAR/DFAR regulations, and provide on-the-job training to address skill gaps.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and subject matter experts to define and refine the scope of supply, purchasing requirements, and statements of work for procurement activities.
• Oversee compliance with procurement processes, ensuring all required approvals are obtained prior to purchase order release.
• Address conflicts or risks related to supplier terms and conditions that deviate from standard company purchase order terms, engaging with relevant specialists as needed.
• Lead supplier engagement activities, including negotiations, performance management, and on-site supplier evaluations when appropriate.
• Guide team members in managing internal customer and supplier relationships to achieve organizational objectives.
• Support the recruitment, training, mentoring, and development of team members to build a high-performing procurement team.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, or an Advanced degree and a minimum of 7 years of experience.
• Experience in procurement and contracting, including familiarity with FAR/DFAR regulations.
• Experience managing procurement activities, including purchase order compliance, supplier negotiations, and supplier performance management.
• U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee or asylee) or eligible to obtain necessary export authorizations required.

Requirements

• Prior experience working with cross-functional teams such as Finance, Program Management, Engineering, Operations, and Material Program Managers.
• Experience managing geographically dispersed teams and influencing operational-level outcomes within a compliance framework.
• Prior experience with multiple subcontract types, including Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Time and Material (T&M), Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), and Cost Plus Incentive Fee (CPIF).
• Experience in the defense industry, particularly within aerospace.
• Experience guiding executive and program-level supplier reviews and conducting supplier negotiations.
• Ability to understand technical concepts and applications relevant to procurement activities.
• Experience managing financial and operational risks and opportunities.
• Experience in recruiting, training, mentoring, and coaching procurement teams to enhance performance.
• Experience delivering executive-level presentations and effectively communicating with stakeholders.
• Ability to obtain and/or maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance.

Benefits

• 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.