Manager, Materials Planner (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2025-08-12

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HNY02: Engine Comp (Power) - Rome 104 Otis Street, Rome, NY, 13440 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

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

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market. 

As a key contributor to the materials planning and operations team, this role is responsible for ensuring the smooth and efficient flow of materials and assemblies through all stages of manufacturing. By evaluating and enhancing process flows, monitoring material availability, and identifying potential production risks, the individual in this position will play a critical role in minimizing work stoppages and ensuring timely delivery. This position requires close collaboration across departments—including quality assurance, manufacturing, purchasing, and engineering—to drive continuous improvement initiatives, support complex bill of material analyses, and lead proactive efforts to resolve material shortages and recovery plans.

What You Will Do

• Support production planning needs
• Evaluate and improve process flows regarding the assemblies that are in progress, material availability, and potential production problems. Propose solutions to mitigate any work stoppage the factory teams may experience due to any slips in material orders.
• Controls on hand material through its life cycle; issue to work orders or projects, returns to suppliers, ships to customers, etc.
• Support analysis of multiple and moderate complexity, Bills of Material in an MRP system; releasing work
• Leads projects and teams to accomplish continuous improvement.
• Coordinate interdepartmental activities with quality assurance, manufacturing, purchasing, and engineering.
• Performs escalated expediting when required to ensure on time delivery of material.
• Mitigates risks for short-term shortages with internal suppliers to ensure successful customer delivery.     
• Support and communicate recovery efforts
• Collaborate to ensure customer needs are met   

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience

Qualifications We Prefer

• SAP Experience
• Capacity planning experience
• Lead through influence
• Project management

What We Offer

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:   

• 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!  

Eligible for relocation

Learn More & Apply Now!

We make modern flight possible for millions of travelers and our military every second.  Our major product lines are on-board virtually every aircraft flying. Be it keeping passengers safe with our emergency power generation systems or creating a positive in-flight experience through reliable cabin pressure controls and quieter engines, Power & Controls focuses on delivering a best-in-class experience to our customers. We hire the top people in the industry. Their ideas drive our performance, and their integrity keeps our customer