Date Posted:

2023-05-04

Country:

United States of America

Location:

PW109: West Palm Beach 17900 Beeline Highway, West Palm Beach, FL, 33410 USA

Position Role Type:

Remote

Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flight—designing, building and servicing engines unlike any the world has ever seen. And because transformation begins from within, we’re seeking the people to drive it. So, calling all curious.

Come ready to explore and you’ll find a place where your talent takes flight—beyond the borders of title, a country or your comfort zone. Bring your passion and commitment and we’ll welcome you into a tight-knit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry that’s evolving fast to the future.

Innovation through diversity of thought. At Pratt & Whitney, we believe diversity of thought enables creativity, innovation, and a foundation for inclusion. By fostering an inclusive culture, we accept a shared accountability and responsibility to recognize, sponsor, coach, hire and promote talent equally. We welcome our employees to be their whole - best - selves at work because trust, respect and integrity, are a part of our DNA.

At Pratt & Whitney, the difference you make is on display every day. Just look up. Are you ready to go beyond?

The Supplier Performance Specialist (SPS) will be responsible for identifying bottlenecks, capacity constraints, and acting as a liaison technical lead, utilizing expert problem-solving skills while building effective working relationships with all Functional Groups, (including, but not limited to Procurement, Supplier Development, Engineering, Quality, Production, New Product Introduction, Transitions as well as sub-tier support) to improve supplier deliveries. The SPS would also support production rate improvement projects across all PW programs.

The SPS leads and coordinates the operational aspects of developed projects and serves as liaison between the supplier, and the commodity team by assessing part issues and developing resolutions to meet production throughput, productivity, quality and customer satisfaction goals and objectives through collaboration with the Delivery Assurance Manager , Supplier Development Managers and Supplier Development Leaders.

Job Responsibilities Include but are not limited to:

• Identify Bottleneck/Capacity Constraints that will be used to develop improvement and mitigation plans for improved on time delivery from suppliers
• Acquire a vision of the big picture and understand that enhancing operational effectiveness is key to organizational business performance
• Drive for results, consistently pursuing continued ways to accomplish goals and objectives that requires your extraordinary determination, self-motivation, and interpersonal skills to satisfy our Customer’s needs.
• Develop a strong understanding of the products and the operational processes they go through at the suppliers you will be working with.
• Ability to generate and gain opportunities to break functional, operational, & logistical barriers faced with getting products out the door.
• Reveal and work to remove barriers to business goals specific to the on-time delivery of parts.
• Effectively driving tasks/projects to completion which includes Leading Indicator (LI) data collection : RM availability and on order, WIP tracking , Quality notification closures, and Sub- Tier supplier tracking.
• Possess strong communication skills
• Passion for results and ability to build relations with various partners, customers, and suppliers.
• Working with multiple projects and interact with several departments and various levels of management simultaneously
• Manage / assist with process improvement projects, prioritizes project work, and support the needs of CORE operating system
• Utilizes project management approach and process improvement discipline to lead projects according to plan, including identifying and mitigating project risks
• Gather feedback and work to identify new improvement projects in conjunction with Supplier Development Leaders
• Will be an active participant in Commodity Days, EMMs and SEMO (Supplier Exec Management Overviews), and Co-lead with our customers and Supplier Development Leaders on the respective Supplier Business Reviews
• Home base location in the Ft Lauderdale/West Palm area
• On - site and travel to suppliers is up to 60 % of your time

Key Competencies:

• Continuous performance improvement mindset and the ability to lead and inspire change
• Learns quickly, grasps the 'essence of what is happening’, and can change the course quickly
• Builds strong relationships with peers and partners outside of team to enable higher performance
• Never satisfied with the status quo
• Openly considers the ideas of others, analyzes, and develops innovation to reality
• Positive negotiation skills
• Ability to handle many conflicting priorities
• Flexible, enthusiastic self-starter

Basic Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience
• Home base location in the Ft Lauderdale/West Palm area
• US Citizenship required due to contracts

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, or related field
• Strong customer focus
• Experience working with cross functional teams
• Exceptional written and verbal communications at all levels
• Proficient in MS Office as well as SAP ERP

What is my role type?

In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We’ve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment. This role is:

Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home).

Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.

The salary range for this role is 62,000 USD - 124,000 USD; however, Raytheon Technologies considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role 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.

Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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