Principal Specialist, Materials Planning

This is an onsite role located in McKinney, TX. U.S. citizenship is required, as the ability to obtain and maintain an active DoD Secret security clearance is required after day one.

About the role

Raytheon is seeking a Principal Specialist, Materials Planning within the Advanced Product Center. The successful candidate will operate in multiple shop floor control and Material Requirement Planning (MRP) systems to ensure alignment between material position and production schedule.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and coordinate program requirements to ensure a controlled flow of materials and services to meet customer requirements.
• Provide status of work in progress, material availability, and potential production problems to ensure personnel, equipment, materials, and services are provided as needed.
• Confirm material supply availability daily.
• Prepare purchase requests for components based on master production schedule, shop load, and inventory requirements.
• Work with program support staff to resolve material shortages and other issues impacting product build.
• Report on and troubleshoot MRP system-generated exceptions; take corrective action on unfavorable trends as necessary.
• Conduct quarterly physical inventory cycle counts and reconcile the system.
• Expedite the movement of parts via move orders, stock transfers, etc.
• Perform movement of material to and from the factory, pack/ship, or other areas as needed (must be able to lift per RTX EHS Lifting Guidelines).
• Maintain stacked LOB and extract impact data for weekly analysis in support of IPT/PPR meetings with programs.
• Attend, support, and/or lead weekly program and factory meetings.

Requirements

• Typically requires a university degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and a minimum of 3 years of experience.
• Experience in planning, scheduling, production control, supply chain, manufacturing, operations, finance, or project management.
• Experience with MRP and/or special program access.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience utilizing lean manufacturing concepts with a proven track record of lean or Six Sigma project implementations.
• Experience with ERP or purchasing systems.
• Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance, short-term disability, and 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.
• Eligibility for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs (payments not guaranteed and dependent on individual, business unit, and company performance).

Pay

The salary range for this role is $86,800 – $165,200 USD.