Global Supply Chain Strategy Lead (Remote)

Socket.dev; Arizona; Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Flexible work schedules

Educational assistance

Job summary

RTX is seeking a strategic, highly autonomous leader to join the Global Supplier Strategy & Development team within Operations & Supply Chain. The role shapes international sourcing directions, aligns executives, and accelerates co-production planning across multiple countries.

You will lead high-visibility projects and deliver executive-ready reports while partnering with cross-functional leaders to drive growth.

Qualifications

• 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 experience.
• Minimum 10years experience in Strategy, Supply Chain, Program Management, or Operations/Manufacturing.
• Experience developing or contributing to the development and implementation of functional, business, or portfolio strategies, developing business cases, ROI analyses.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working in the Aerospace & Defense industry.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop, communicate, implement country- and supplier-level sourcing strategies.
• Ensure alignment and buy-in from leaders and global stakeholders.
• Support the development of international co-production, second sourcing, industrial participation projects aligned with international OSC, SBU, and functional strategies.
• Partner with Program/Capture teams, OSC SBU leads, and functions such as Global Trade, Engineering, Global Industrialization, Contracts, etc.
• Apply International Co-production Playbook best practices to accelerate decision-making and execution.
• Ensure supplier onboarding readiness for strategic international suppliers (i.e. NDAs, assessments, due diligence, assessments).
• Support planning and participate in supplier assessments for new international suppliers.
• Lead supplier onboarding tasks for new strategic international suppliers (i.e. NDAs, ESDM, RECON due diligence, RESA 1-3, UCC approvals, etc.).
• Maintain international supplier capability database, ensuring data integrity and accuracy.
• Support Strategy and Submit/Commit gate reviews.
• Collaborate internally and externally to support the development of capture strategies for international pursuits and offset/industrial participation projects.
• Create and deliver executive-level presentations and leadership-ready reports.
• Engage in strategic assessment of proposed business solutions, including partner selection, project evaluation and development, and financial valuations.
• International and domestic travel approximately 5-25%.

Skills

Strategy

Supply Chain

Program Management

Operations/Manufacturing

Education

University degree or equivalent

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

SAP (PRISM)

Job description

RTX is seeking a strategic, highly autonomous leader to join the Global Supplier Strategy & Development team within Operations & Supply Chain. The role shapes international sourcing directions, aligns executives, and accelerates co-production planning across multiple countries.

You will lead high-visibility projects and deliver executive-ready reports while partnering with cross-functional leaders to drive growth.