Sourcing Manager - HR Categories

RTX (Raytheon); Farmington (CT); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

RTX Corporation is seeking a senior sourcing leader for the Enterprise Services Strategy and Transformation Team in the US. You will drive HR category strategy, lead end-to-end procurement, and translate supplier knowledge into actionable negotiations to meet technical, financial, and performance goals.

You will coordinate global supplier relationships, manage recruitment/learning and development vendors, and ensure compliance across labor laws and privacy regulations while partnering with HR

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree and minimum 5 years of experience, or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with sourcing roles and functions, including creating sourcing roadmaps, developing category strategies, licensing/asset management, risk management, and requirement change management.
• Demonstrated expertise sourcing vendors.

Responsibilities

• Drives contract requirements and negotiations for HR categories.
• Develop sourcing strategies and lead negotiations to ensure favorable terms aligned with RTX objectives.
• Serve as trusted advisor to HR and business stakeholders, aligning sourcing activity with strategic priorities.
• Leads end-to-end sourcing activities: requirements gathering, market analysis, RFx creation and management, supplier evaluations, and award recommendations.
• Manages partnerships with recruitment agencies/headhunters for global talent acquisition needs.
• Evaluate and select suppliers for learning and development programs and e-learning platforms.
• Oversee supplier relationships for benefits administration and employee wellness programs.
• Coordinate relocation and mobility services contracts, including providers of immigration and expatriate services.
• Create and execute category strategies balancing cost, compliance, and employee experience.
• Ensure compliance with labor laws, GDPR, and privacy regulations; collaborate with global stakeholders.
• Coordinate across time zones to support regional HR operations; drive vendor consolidation for contract savings.
• Facilitate supplier performance reviews, benchmarks, and reporting; build partnerships with legal, finance, and other stakeholders.
• Develop executive-level analyses and presentations; track trends and changes in the market.

Skills

Sourcing strategy

Vendor management

Contract negotiations

Cross-functional collaboration

RFx management

Education

University degree

Advanced degree

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-09-29

Country: United States of America

Location: US-CT-FARMINGTON-0010 ~ 10 Farm Springs Rd ~ 10 FARM SPRINGS

Position Role Type: Hybrid

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the company's immigration sponsorship now or in the future. The company will not offer immigration sponsorship for this position. The company will not seek an export authorization for this role.

Security Clearance Type: None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status: Not Required

RTX Corporation 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 Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 185,000 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, VA.

The following position is to join our RTX Enterprise Services (ES) Strategy and Transformation Team:

As part of the Enterprise Services (ES) Strategy and Transformation team, this role will support business needs and projects across indirect categories, with an emphasis on HR categories, including recruiting, learning-and-development, benefits administration, wellness programs, mobility services, and employee onboarding/offboarding.

The ideal candidate will draw from past experience with various communications, marketing, and event management suppliers and can assist with translating this knowledge via contract negotiations and project management skills to lead the coordination, communication and integration of suppliers to support the achievement of technical, financial and performance objectives. This individual will have an understanding of supplier products/services and develop various strategies to drive year on year cost savings to help RTX meet its bottom line.

An understanding of the end-to-end procurement process, from contract negotiations to requisition and PO placement is needed for this role. The successful candidate will have excellent communication and presentation skills, with ability to develop effective presentations and present to leadership and peers.

What You Will Do:

• Drives contract requirements and negotiations.
• Develop sourcing strategies and lead negotiations for HR contracts to ensure favorable terms aligned with RTX technical, financial, and performance objectives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to HR and business stakeholders, aligning sourcing activity with strategic priorities.
• Leads end-to-end sourcing activities, including requirements gathering, market analysis, RFx creation and management, supplier evaluations, and award recommendations.
• Manages partnerships supporting recruitment agencies and headhunters to support global talent acquisition needs.
• Evaluate and select suppliers for learning and development programs, including training providers, leadership development solutions, and e learning platforms.
• Oversee supplier relationships related to benefits administration, employee wellness programs, and other HR services.
• Manage relocation and mobility services contracts, including relationships with relocation firms and providers of immigration and expatriate services.
• Create and execute category strategies balancing cost efficiency, compliance, and employee experience.
• Ensure compliance with labor laws, GDPR, and applicable privacy regulations throughout the contracting and supplier engagement process.
• Partner with HR consulting firms and global stakeholders (e.g., Singapore) to support international sourcing requirements.
• Coordinate and lead calls across multiple time zones to support regional HR operations.
• Aligns with stakeholders on vendor consolidation activities to drive contract savings
• Facilitate supplier performance reviews, benchmarks & reporting
• Build strong partnerships across various stakeholders (legal, finance, etc.)
• Develop executive level analysis & presentations
• Work with Stakeholders on benchmarking industry trends and changes, as requested.
• Partner with key stakeholders on strategic vendor meetings and strategies.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience or in absence of a degree, 12 years of relevant experience
• Experience with sourcing roles and functions, including creating sourcing roadmaps, developing category strategies, licensing/asset management, risk management, and requirement change management
• Demonstrated expertise sourcing vendors