Date Posted:2026-07-13
Country:United States of America
Location:US-CA-CHULA VISTA-B107 ~ 850 Lagoon Dr ~ BLDG 107, Mail Zone 1-C
Position Role Type:Onsite
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: This job requires a U.S. Person. A U.S. Person is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S. are considered U.S. persons. For a complete definition of "U.S. Person" go here. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62
Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required
Security Clearance Status: Not Required
The Senior Procurement Manager will play a critical role in driving supplier performance and ensuring seamless execution across a complex global supply base. Acting as a strategic, hands-on partner to quality, engineering, and senior leadership, this individual will lead key supplier initiatives, resolve production challenges, and mitigate risks that threaten schedule, cost, or quality. The role also provides high-visibility support through executive-level presentations, pricing and financial analysis, and management of high-impact supplier escalations. Based onsite in Chula Vista, CA, this position offers the opportunity to influence major programs while traveling up to 30% domestically and internationally.
What You Will Do:
- Manage a group of suppliers from PO placement through order delivery.
- Directs and manages all schedules, and purchase orders for the client account or the product family, ensuring on time delivery and meeting all Quality requirements for products
- Review critical shortages with the multiple stakeholders.
- Managing the supplier relationship and improvement activities
- Proactively identify, analyze, and communicate program execution risks of supplier deliverables
- Compiles price proposals, financial reports, and other data and information to provide input on reasonable prices.
- Communicate and work closely with different internal organizations and internal customers such as quality and engineering to overcome any production and quality impediments.
- Reviews request for proposals (RFP) and bid packages.
Present to senior leadership - Travel up to 30% domestically and internationally
- Able to work on special projects presenting direct to Senior Leadership.
- Able to support other team members for escalations at complex suppliers.
- Responsible to monitor and implement corrective actions to ensure adherence to team metric targets.
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 of 7 years' experience
- Aerospace industry or similar experience in areas of Engineering, Supply chain, Procurement and Operations
- SAP experience
Qualifications We Prefer:
- Technical aptitude to understand complex manufacturing processes
- Project management skills
- Lean Manufacturing knowledge and Continuous Improvement
- Process Improvement experience
- Executive presentation experience
What We Offer Benefits This position offers relocation.
Some of our competitive benefits packages include:
- 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!
The salary range for this role is 145,600 USD - 276,800 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.
Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company's performance.
This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.
RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.
*Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role.
- Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
