Date Posted:

2024-09-09

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HTX17: Advanced Structures - Fort Wor 4630 N. Beach Street , Haltom City, TX, 76137 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Collins Aerospace is on the hunt for an exceptional leader to fill the role of Associate Director, Military Procurement within our Landing Systems division located in Haltom City, TX. This is a high-impact position designed for a visionary with a proven track record in talent development and a passion for fostering a positive, inclusive culture.

As the Associate Director, you will lead a seasoned team of procurement professionals based in Haltom City, Texas and other locations while working onsite to collaborate closely with internal customers and functions. Your role will be pivotal in shaping our procurement strategies for military landing gear, ensuring we meet and exceed our supply chain goals with a sharp focus on customer needs and outcomes.

Your leadership will be instrumental in driving excellence, influencing key decisions, and guiding your team to deliver outstanding results. If you’re a dynamic leader with a commitment to creating a collaborative environment and a drive to achieve excellence in procurement, this is your chance to make a significant impact at Collins Aerospace. Join us and lead the way in advancing our military landing gear capabilities!                                                                                                                                                           

What You Will Do:

• Drive Supply Chain excellence across customer value streams within the Landing Gear businesses.

• Evaluate industry trends within a 3-to-7-year horizon and collaborate with value stream management on solutions to achieve mid to long term business objectives.

• Develop and implement a cohesive supply chain strategy through spend/cost optimization, risk strategies, performance management, talent development, and diversity of supply to ensure their supply base can scale and remain capable of supporting future business needs.

• Communicate across all levels of leadership both within Collins, its customers, and their suppliers.

• Compliance to procurement manual policies, procedures & governance

• Supply chain performance – perfect quality, on time, every time

• Security of supply strategies and execution thereof

• Develop, maintain, and execute work standards.

• Develop and align Supply Chain initiatives in support of business goals.

• Collaborate with SLT/ELT on long term strategies and operational targets.

• Negotiate conflict resolution and influence supplier strategies and investment to the benefit of the business.

• Claim resolution and support closure of customer assertions.

• Update/Status ELT on critical supplier & customer initiatives

• Drive stake holder buy-in for key projects and initiatives impacting commercial gear.

• Solicit ELT support for long term supply strategies & risk abatement activities.

• Analytics & tool development

• Functional group collaboration to drive product producibility and yield improvements.

• Inventory strategies - forward stocking & third-party materials management

• Execution of critical projects and sustained performance to key program metrics (cost, quality, delivery)

• Interfacing with Senior Leadership within the organization, customers, and within the supply base

• Partnering with internal customers and support organizations to drive supply chain activities.

• Supplier performance- On Time Delivery, Buffer Attainment, Perfect Quality, & Delivery corrective action boards

• Integration and coordination of Commodity & Business Unit Strategies

• 15% Travel

                                                                                                                                                        

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires University Degree and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 16 years of relevant experience

• U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or granted refugee or asylee status) as defined here:  https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

• Minimum 6 years’ experience in supply chain management

• Minimum 4 years’ experience in the management of personnel

Qualifications We Prefer

• Demonstrated track record of managing to plan and achieving customer satisfaction.

• Demonstrated leadership skills.

• Cost sensitivity and business judgment with proven bottom-line results

• Able to lead in a collaborative team environment.

What We Offer

• Eligible for relocation

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees

• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option

• Tuition reimbursement program

• Student Loan Repayment Program

• Life insurance and disability coverage

• Optional coverages you can buy: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection

• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits

• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning

• Adoption Assistance         

• Autism Benefit

• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions

• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program

• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits

• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services

• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program

•  And more! 

Learn More & Apply Now!

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.     

This role is also eligible for the Re-Empower Program.  The Re-Empower Program helps support talented and committed professionals as they rebuild their capabilities, enhance leadership skills, and continue their professional journey.  Over the course of the 14-week program, experienced professionals will gain paid, on-the-job experience, have an opportunity to participate in sessions with leadership, develop personalized plans for success and receive coaching to guide their return-to-work experience.  Upon completion of the program, based on performance and contributions participants will be eligible for a career at RTX.

To qualify for the Raytheon Technologies, Re-Empower Program, candidates should:

• Be on a career break of one or more year at time of application

• Have prior experience in functional area of interest

• Have interest in returning in either a full-time or part-time position

Our Advanced Structures team leverages advanced materials and additive manufacturing to develop complex interior and exterior solutions. These solutions ensure structural integrity of the aircraft, help aircraft take off and land, stay trim in the air, move forward, carry cargo and conduct rescues. We delight our customers with superior products and best-in-class service. Our global team is committed to continuous improvement – we work hard to make our solutions lighter-weight, stronger and more technically advanced, so that plane travel can be safer, more affordable and more sustainable in the years to come. We are looking for the best and brightest to fly and land with us! 

Please consider the following role type definitions as you apply for this role.

• Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

To learn more about Collins’ Landing Systems business; please click this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qcXPa0ZCeE                       

The salary range for this role is 143,000 USD - 287,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

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.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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