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Director, Supplier Development – Engineered Items
Location
North Carolina
Posted
3 days ago
Salary
$186.2K - $353.8K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Director, Supplier Development – Engineered Items
RTX
• Lead and manage a global, cross-regional commodity supplier development team • Set and deploy strategy for supplier performance, risk mitigation, and capability advancement across all sites and programs within the commodity • Own and oversee commodity-level portfolio management including GMRE exposure, product lifecycle status, supplier performance, and spend distribution • Drive manufacturing process standardization and execution within the supply base, ensuring alignment with technology and operational excellence goals • Champion product knowledge maturity, value engineering, and cost improvement programs across the commodity supply base • Implement and sustain part/part family/commodity-level risk identification, FMEA (including DFMEA), and mitigation strategies • Act as the Global Supplier Development sponsor for assigned Strategic Business Units (SBU), serving as the primary interface between GSD and SBU executive leadership • Represents the commodity team in senior level forums, ensuring supplier development priorities are aligned with BU goals and strategic initiatives (e.g., profit recovery, BCC transitions) • Operate as a matched pair with BU supply chain leadership to co-own goals, drive aligned priorities and resolve escalations • Provide a data-driven, balanced voice of the supply base in BU decision-making processes • Drive SBU KPIs alignment and prioritization across commodity actions to ensure resources and initiatives are focused where most impactful • Support business travel to supplier sites as needed - minimum of 50% of time
Job Requirements
- Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum of 14 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 12 years’ experience
- Demonstrated leadership of global teams and success in cross-functional, matrixed environments
- Analytical skills and ability to interpret complex data sets and KPIs
- Site Lead/Ops Manager experience or a proven track record in supplier performance improvement and development
- University degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
- Strong manufacturing and quality systems expertise, including FMEA, PFMEA, APQP, Root Cause Analysis, Corrective Action planning, and performance tracking tools
- Experience in regulated or complex manufacturing industries (aerospace, defense, automotive, industrial systems)
- Six Sigma or Lean certification (Green Belt or higher)
- Executive‑level communication and influencing skills with the ability to lead through ambiguity and drive accountability across regions and functions.
Benefits
- 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!
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