Senior Manager, Logistics and Transportation (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-06-04

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the company’s immigration sponsorship now or in the future. The company will not offer immigration sponsorship for this position.​ The company will not seek an export authorization for this role.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

We are seeking to recruit a Senior Manager Materials, Logistics and Transportation to join our team!  

This position will lead Transportation and Logistics for the Mission Systems and Avionics business units. The position is responsible for managing functional areas or teams, including inbound logistics, outbound logistics, transportation, and data analytics to support SIOP.  This leadership position also includes coordinating standards and processes across multiple sites and involving multiple functions.   

Senior Manager Materials, Logistics and Transportation requires coordination and close collaboration with site leadership, Central Logistics, Global Trade, Program Management, Procurement, Sourcing and Accounts payable to accomplish cross functional goals. The successful candidate will possess leadership and organizational skills necessary to lead a team through complex problems, acting as the subject matter expert (SME) for all major initiatives and high value shipments. The successful candidate will be expected to manage the onboarding and management of carriers to include budgets and performance. This position will be expected to work in collaboration with the Collins and RTX level teams to achieve cost saving goals through implementation of key initiatives across the business unit. 

 

What You Will Do 

• Set strategic direction, plan and execute on short to medium term strategies and projects (up to 2 years) for all Logistics and Transportation 

• Responsible for evaluating, coaching, providing guidance and identifying learning opportunities to all Logistics and Transportation staff members 

• Ensure governance compliance through the adherence to company rules, policies, guidelines, audits for the site 

• Establish leading key performance indicators associated with Logistics and Transportation performance and reports plus oversee corrective and preventive countermeasures 

• Establish and maintain processes to optimize logistics and transportation goals 

• Act as an internal / external consultant – triage situations and provide ‘best’ solutions 

• Build relationships and work across multiple internal functions to achieve stakeholder expectations 

• Communicate and work closely with our freight payment and audit suppliers – FBAP (Freight Bill Audit Payment) 

• Participate in QBR’S (quarterly business reviews) including generation of material to support the review 

• Work in close liaison with Global trade and risk management 

• Participate in RFP (request for proposals) generations associated with contract renewals / contract awards 

• Attend all central logistics meetings / calls as functional representative 

 

Qualifications You Must Have 

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience 

• 5 to 7 years experience using SAP systems and process