Leadership Development Program – Operations, Materials Management Track (Starts June 2027)

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About the role

Discover an extraordinary opportunity to accelerate your career and develop into a future operational leader at RTX. Our two-year rotational Operations Leadership Development Program (OLDP) Materials Management track provides challenging, high-visibility assignments across the enterprise, allowing you to build a powerful global network. You will receive high-caliber training, professional mentoring, and front-line, hands-on experience that expands your business acumen and sharpens your functional expertise. This fast-paced path prepares you to make a lasting impact on our operations organization. Actively recruiting for the next cohort beginning June 2027.

Responsibilities

• Complete three 8-month rotational assignments across various U.S. locations, adapting quickly to new manufacturing facilities, business units, and operational teams.
• Execute core duties within key functional areas across Materials Planning, Execution, Demand Management, and Logistics.
• Communicate cross-functionally with engineering, global supply chain, contractors, logistics personnel, and business programs to align operational goals.
• Present key deliverables, performance metrics, and operational updates during weekly executive escalation calls, production meetings, and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) reviews.
• Lead and participate in high-impact special projects focused on cost reduction, continuous improvement, inventory optimization, and new enterprise system integration (such as SAP S/4HANA).
• Manage, analyze, and maintain part health and availability within standard planning architectures, evaluating Material Requirements Planning (MRP) signals and adjusting Reorder Point (ROP) logic.
• Identify and implement shop floor process improvements that eliminate waste, increase production output, and reduce overall costs.
• Coordinate and ensure accurate, timely material flow across the assembly floor while maintaining rigorous 6S workplace organization standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Management, Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Business Administration, Analytics, Industrial Engineering, or a related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) major. Degree must be obtained by start date.
• Willing and able to operationally relocate to various RTX geographic locations across the United States for three distinct 8-month program assignments.
• Demonstrated experience presenting or communicating technical or operational data to external stakeholders, peer groups, leadership, or customers; OR holding a designated leadership or coordinator role within a student organization, design team (such as Formula SAE), or project group.
• Experience or coursework utilizing data analytics, business intelligence, or visualization tools—such as advanced Excel, Tableau, SQL, Qlik Sense, SAP, Power BI or other relevant tools.
• Relevant internship/co-op or work experience.

Qualifications We Prefer

• Demonstrated leadership capability through academic projects, student organizations, or professional initiatives.
• Strong team-oriented mindset with the ability to collaborate effectively across multi-functional peer groups.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven capability to interface comfortably with all levels of management, shop floor personnel, and external vendors.
• Self-motivated operational style with the agility to thrive and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Proven ability to work autonomously with minimal guidance or successfully execute milestones within cross-functional project teams.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) for project tracking and reporting.
• Experience in one or more of the following core functional areas: procurement, capacity planning, MRP/ERP systems, production systems, or inventory management.
• Foundational understanding or exposure to Lean Six Sigma methodologies and continuous improvement tools.
• Baseline familiarity with enterprise resource planning (ERP) architectures, specifically SAP.
• Strong data literacy with a demonstrated capability to interpret, analyze, and drive decisions from large operational data sets.
• Previous experience as an intern or co-op within an RTX business unit (Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, or Raytheon).

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and robust total rewards package.
• Healthcare, wellness, retirement, and work/life benefits.
• Parental (including paternal) leave.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Achievement awards.
• Educational assistance and child/adult backup care.
• RTX leadership, functional, and business acumen training.
• Upon program completion, LDP graduates receive continued mentorship and a solid platform of skills to launch a successful RTX career.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts.
• Employee assistance program and Employee Scholar Program.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (eligibility dependent on role level and collective-bargaining agreement).

Pay

The salary range for this role is 59,000 USD - 139,000 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.