Integrated Planning Lead

Date Posted:

2026-08-03

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-KY-LOUISVILLE-102 ~ 6201 Strawberry Ln ~ STRAWBERRY

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 Type:

None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status:

Not Required

At RTX, the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. 

Raytheon brings 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. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.  

The Integrated Planning function within RTX is responsible for driving schedule alignment with financial, factory, program operations, and engineering stakeholders which results in an integrated plan, providing the basis for long term sales and operations planning (S&OP). S&OP gives program managers and value stream leaders the ability to come together and make strategic and tactical decisions about how to collectively run their businesses to optimize customer satisfaction and financial performance.  The Integrated Planning team drives execution efficiency by applying analytics and optimization to system data to support business processes.

This execution position is focused on program readiness for major end-items tied to firm contracts.  This role is responsible for understanding production demand profiles and the corresponding internal and external constraints to ensure potential issues are well-understood, communicated, and addressed in a timely manner. The individual selected for this role will work to enable decision making and collaboration across a variety of functions and program areas through data analysis, simulation, and fact-based influence.  In addition to driving accountability for known issues, this role will identify areas of greatest risk and variability and analyze different scenarios to establish contingency plans as needed to increase our ability to deliver on schedule. 

The execution planner will be directly involved in scheduling and planning decisions for major deliverables and provide process support and oversight with focus on near-term and mid-term plans.  The individual in this role will need to leverage strong interpersonal and leadership skills to be successful in optimizing the schedule around factory efficiency, high customer satisfaction, and consistency in achieving financial targets. This role will work closely with the cross-functional execution.

What You Will Do:

• Interface and coordinate with Program Leadership Team and other Functional customers
• Interface with Factory Production Control Leads and Planners
• Communicate schedule changes across multiple factories
• Program Master Scheduler (exception message management, coordinate, create and enter MSALT changes)
• Run and analyze Kinaxis simulations for strategic execution
• Coordinate material for various test milestones
• Help develop strategic mitigation plans (MRSP) with the Program and Material Program Managers
• Drive MRP Health data integrity
• Maintain Planned Independent Requirements and Dependent Demand
• Coordinate PRISM set-up for transition to full rate production
• Manage Program Residual
• Compliance Support for DCMA and other scheduled audits
• MOCAS/DD250 Coordination and Management
• Coordination of a Program Line of Balance
• Support customer-oriented meetings and briefing material
• Maintain inventory and support engineering efforts for program laboratories
• This role may have direct reports

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a university degree or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 5 years’ experience
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in engineering, operations, or analytics.
• Experience planning