Date Posted:
2025-11-19
Country:
United States of America
Location:
HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA
Position Role Type:
Unspecified
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
Security Clearance:
Rockwell Collins Inc. d/b/a Collins Aerospace has an opening for an Associate Director, Materials, Planning, SIOP in Cedar Rapids, IA. National travel up to 4 times per year required.
Joining Collins Aerospace isn’t just about finding a job; it’s about embarking on a journey to redefine the future of aerospace technology.
What YOU will do
- Responsible and accountable for the overall health and maturity of the RTX Kinaxis RapidResponse and SAP advanced planning tools across the organization. Lead, manage and mentor a team of supply, demand and inventory analysts and provide them with priority and technical directions to successfully close defects and enhancements in Kinaxis Rapid Response, SAP, and other advanced planning applications.
- Manage a team of supply, demand and inventory personnel in a highly constrained environment and provide them with priority and technical directions to successfully close defects and enhancements on time.
- Lead the Kinaxis council and update the Petitioner's leadership and stakeholders with Kinaxis health metrics, success stories, risks, and strategy for future adoption. Lead the council to share the best practices, process solutions and success stories.
- Responsible for leading and managing user community development activities such as learning labs, End User Training, user acceptance testing and communications. Work closely with digital technology to lead and manage enterprise-wide transformation initiatives to deploy Kinaxis rapid response to new business units and sites.
- Partner with digital technology for system upgrade, go-lives, and sustainment activities of Kinaxis platform. Responsible for collaborating with the Supply, Demand, Master data and SIOP leads on the team to mature our SIOP & Material processes by leveraging the Kinaxis capabilities.
- Lead prioritization, development and deployment of enhancements needed for enabling Kinaxis rapid response and SAP advanced planning tools to standardized and mature SIOP processes across Collins. Collaborate with process owners, business users from 5 strategic business units and digital technology organization to lead sustainment activities for Kinaxis Rapid Response and SAP applications to ensure availability of planning systems for continuity of critical business planning functions.
- Lead and manage deployment and sustainment activities of Kinaxis Rapid Response application to implement integrated business planning global design solutions at 5 SBUs of Collins aerospace. Play the role of a subject matter expert for SAP, Kinaxis Rapid Response, and other business critical applications to develop, maintain and enhance policy, procedure, and standard work to support SIOP & Material planning processes.
- Collaborate with SBU leads, digital technology and COE to resolve escalations and create strategy and roadmap for increased adoption and standardization. Lead and manage training activities across five SBUs for SIOP, Kinaxis Rapid Response and SAP Plan To Deliver (P12D) processes to support continuous education and user community development.
- Collaborate with Collins leadership to lead and manage various enterprise-wide technology transformation and deployment initiatives for Kinaxis Rapid Response, SAP Integrated Business Planning and SAP S4 in the Plan To Deliver process area. Supervise the following: Manager, Kinaxis Supply Planning; Sr. Manager, Kinaxis SIOP & Inventory and Sr. Manager, Kinaxis Demand Planning.
Qualifications You Must Have
- Must possess at least a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in Supply Chain, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering or related field and at least 12 years of progressive experience as a Digital Technology, IT Manager or related role in production planning and execution (SAP). In the alternative, at least a master’s degree or its equivalent in Supply Chain, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering or related field and at least 10 years of experience as a Digital Technology, IT Manager or related role in production planning and execution (SAP) would be acceptable.
- Must possess at least 7 years of experience with Kinaxis.
- Must possess at least 7 years of experience in Operations, Supply Chain, Materials, SIOP or Materials.
- Must possess at least 5 years of experience with SAP.
- Non-US Person - 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.
Learn More & Apply Now!
Avionics: Our Avionics team advances flight deck solutions, airborne communications, vision systems, sensors and fire protection for commercial and military customers around the world. That means we’re helping people reach their destination safely and keeping pilots, passengers, flight crews, airlines, airports and military personnel connected and informed. And we’re providing industry-leading fire protection and safety systems that our customers can count on when it matters most. Are you ready to learn from the most knowledgeable experts in the industry, develop the technologies of tomorrow and reach new heights in your career? Join our Avionics team today.
Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work onsite. This
includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.
The salary range is $147,000.00 to $295,000.00 USD per year. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.
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.
This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.
RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.
RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.
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