Integrated Planning Lead

Raytheon; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in Tucson, AZ is seeking an Integrated Planning Lead to enhance execution efficiency through analytics and optimization. The role involves coordinating with various functions to manage production demand profiles and address constraints. Candidates must have a university degree, at least 8 years of relevant experience, and an active U.S. DoD Secret security clearance. The position offers opportunities to drive strategic initiatives and collaborate across departments in a high-stakes environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years experience in engineering, operations, or analytics.
• Active U.S. government issued DoD Secret security clearance required.
• Experience with complex systems and processes.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Program Leadership Team and other Functional customers.
• Analyze Kinaxis simulations for strategic execution.
• Support customer-oriented meetings and briefing material.

Skills

Analytical skills

Critical thinking

Collaboration

Education

University Degree

Tools

Kinaxis

MS Office

Job description

Raytheon is looking for an Integrated Planning Lead to drive execution efficiency by applying analytics and optimization to system data to support business processes in Tucson AZ!

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.

This role will also help with responsibilities across the Integrated Planning Organization. The candidate will provide strategic and organizational support to ensure the efficient execution of activities for Integrated Planning that drive high impact and high visibility.

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
• 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.
• Utilizing analytical skills, critical thinking, and collaboration to plan, coordinate and direct activities and resources.
• Contribute to the completion of organizational projects and goals.
• Work within Kinaxis.
• Use MS Office applications including, but not limited to Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Contribute to the completion of organizational projects and goals.
• Mediate discussions between stakeholders with varying incentives and arrive at consensus.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a University Degree and a minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in engineering, operations, or analytics.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued DoD Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance and are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
• Experience planning, controlling and directing activities and resources
• Experience with complex systems and processes, and filtering and distilling relevant information from complex datasets into simple messages

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience in material planning and/or procurement role.
• Experience in ITAR rules and regulations
• Experience with SAP systems or other ERP systems
• Experience with Government and Depot type processes
• Experience reading and evaluating lists of parts required for production work and working with a production planning system.