Principle Specialist, Material Program Management

Date Posted:

2025-09-17

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ233: 2800 E. Airport Drive, Tucson 2800 East Airport Drive , Tucson, AZ, 85756 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance:

DoD Clearance: Secret

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. 

RTX Global Supply Chain Management (GSCM) is seeking a Material Program Manager (MPM) with demonstrated project management skills who will be closely accountable for ensuring supplier termination performance. You must be a self-starter, capable of achieving organizational and program goals, and able to successfully interface with varying levels of management.  The MPM is accountable to overall supplier management, performance and success.  As the interface between Supply Chain, the Program Office/Integrated Product Team (IPT), supplier, and other functions working on both termination and contract closeout lifecycles; this role is responsible for developing and executing supply chain strategies and ensuring organizational and program objectives are achieved.

The ideal candidate will have project management skills and be directly accountable for ensuring overall execution of materials management. Key responsibilities include supplier material management, material forecasting, ensuring cost and schedule and quality requirements are met, creating metrics to monitor GSCM health, supplier assessments, and future proposal activities.

What You Will Do

• Drive processes to successful completion in support of a very aggressive schedule of deliveries
• Support for Gates 0-11 activities, EAC review, program review, and risk and opportunity management reviews
• Use critical thinking skills to propose sound and innovative business solutions to increase operational efficiencies to ensure business area and program success.
• Must have the capability to manage multiple conflicting priorities
• Process information from multiple sources to achieve a successful outcome
• Identify/Generate material risks and opportunities in alignment with program execution
• Support planning, execution, and reporting of material and labor budgets, earned value management, estimate at complete reporting and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) commitments
• Material Program Management (MPM) Certification required within one (1) year in the role
• Manages, and implements material program strategy (MPS) and the material program plan (MPP) (as applicable)
• Overall ownership of the supplier management process including supplier performance, supply chain metrics, Make/Buy Where strategy, strategic agreements, and communication of customer flow through requirements such as FAR/DFARS, ITAR, offset, public law, quality, warranty, etc.
• Support supply chain proposal activities including pricing and bases of estimates.
• Develop, lead, and implement common schedule creation, supply chain proposal activities, and risk/opportunity plans to meet program goals.
• Travel up to 25% domestically as required

Qualifications You Must Have

• Experience using manufacturing or enterprise planning tools, including MRP (Kinaxis/ SAP/PRISM).
• Minimum 3 years experience in program/project management, supply chain function, operations, procurement, and/or material management role. 
• Typically requires a university degree or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 3 years experience.
• Experience in desktop computing tools (MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Project).
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: