Manager, Supply Chain Management

Prattwhitney; Polanahalli; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Transportation facility.

Group Health Insurance.

Vacation and contingency leave

Job summary

Collins Aerospace, a RTX company, seeks a Supply Chain Manager to lead cross-functional efforts, solve urgent production issues, and drive long-term process improvements. You will manage supplier relations, implement corrective actions, and advance cost efficiency while ensuring on-time delivery and high quality.

Travel ~25–40% as needed. The role requires a university degree with 5+ years of experience or an advanced degree with 3+ years, and strong SAP/Excel skills.

Qualifications

• University degree and at least 5 years' experience, or an advanced degree with 3+ years.
• Meaningful experience with suppliers.
• PM and/or Lean improvement experience.
• Customer service mindset with strong follow-up.
• Delivery assurance experience.
• Experience organizing initiatives and processes.
• Strong SAP and MS Excel/PowerPoint skills.
• Experience with multiple commodities.
• Aerospace experience.

Responsibilities

• Act as a problem solver and go-to leader when urgent issues threaten production flow.
• Identify and implement operational solutions that remove barriers to delivery.
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment by balancing multiple projects and deadlines.
• Collaborate across departments to ensure process outcomes align with goals.
• Build strong relationships with suppliers and internal teams to influence results.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions for sustainable solutions.
• Drive operational efficiency, cost savings, and process improvements.
• Apply project management and fact-based decision making to deliver results on tight timelines.
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve operational effectiveness and customer satisfaction.

Skills

University Degree

5+ years experience

Supplier experience

Project management

Lean experience

Customer service mindset

Delivery assurance

SAP

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Multiple commodities

Aerospace experience

Education

University Degree

Advanced Degree

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where challenges demand quick thinking and decisive action? As our Supply Chain Manager, you’ll be the go-to leader for solving problems, removing roadblocks, and ensuring suppliers deliver on time. This role is about more than managing processes—it’s about jumping in when issues arise, driving solutions, and keeping production moving. Working closely with suppliers worldwide, you’ll play a critical role in delivering affordable, high-quality parts that meet the dynamic needs of our customers. You’ll not only fight today’s fires but also drive long-term process improvements that strengthen supply chain performance and enhance profitability. Travel expectation would be approximately 25-30% but can fluctuate up to 40% depending on needs of the business.

What You Will Do

• Act as a problem solver and go-to leader when urgent issues threaten production flow.
• Identify and implement operational solutions that achieve business objectives and remove barriers to delivery.
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment by balancing multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Collaborate across departments to ensure business process outcomes align with organizational goals.
• Build strong relationships with suppliers and internal teams to influence results and accelerate resolution.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions to ensure sustainable solutions.
• Drive operational efficiency, cost savings, and process improvements that support long-term growth.
• Apply project management and fact-based decision making to deliver results under tight timelines.
• Continuously seek out opportunities to improve operational effectiveness and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience.
• Meaningful experience working with suppliers.
• Project management and/or process improvement/Lean experience.
• Customer Service mindset and strong follow up skills.
• Delivery assurance experience.
• Experience organizing initiatives and processes.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP and Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with a variety of commodities is ideal.
• Passion for driving results and ability to build relations with various partners.
• Aerospace experience.

We Prefer

• Master’s degree in business or technical field preferred.
• Meaningful experience working with suppliers.
• Project management and/or process improvement/Lean experience.
• Customer Service mindset and strong follow up skills.
• Delivery assurance experience.
• Experience organizing initiatives and processes.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP and Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with a variety of commodities is ideal.
• Passion for driving results and ability to build relations with various partners.
• Aerospace experience.

About Collins Aerospace: Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies 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. The next chapter of our future as an aerospace company is here, and we are excited about what this means for our employees and customers! Get onboard the Collins Aerospace Operations team and play a part in managing our innovative products from inception to delivery. The Operations team continues to grow and aims to strengthen the connection of Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain and Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) across Collins Aerospace. In this dynamic environment, you will have the opportunity to network across our businesses and functions, all while improving the productivity, quality and efficiency of our operations worldwide. WE ARE REDEFINING AEROSPACE.

Competitive Benefits Package

• Transportation facility.
• Group Term Life Insurance.
• Group Health Insurance.
• Group Personal Accident Insurance.
• Entitled for 18 days of vacation and 12 days of contingency leave annually.
• Employee scholar programme.
• Work life balance.
• Car lease programme.
• National Pension Scheme LTA Fuel & Maintenance /Driver wages And more!

Background check and drug screen required (every external new hire in the India) Drug Screen only performed for Operations Positions

At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other – propel us all higher, again and again.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

RTX is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 195,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.