Material Program Manager (MPM)

Job Description

Analyst, Supply Chain Management | Raytheon

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Raytheon, located remotely in the United States. Raytheon, through its Collins Aerospace business unit, delivers technologically advanced solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry, specifically supporting Air Traffic Systems products like air traffic control, weather, and navigation. This Material Program Manager role is critical for ensuring material availability for program and customer deployments, directly enabling mission-critical production and product requirements.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Remote
• Pay: $57200–$108800 yearly
• Team: Part of a team of Material Program Managers, representing supply chain to internal stakeholders and leadership.
• Mission: Ensure material availability for program and customer deployment, enabling mission-critical production and product requirements.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft office suite, especially excel (VLOOKUP, pivots, etc.), MRP / SAP / KINAXIS

What You’ll Actually Do
• Strategy Alignment: Align supply chain strategies with the acquisitions team to ensure timely purchase order placement and effective supplier oversight.
• Supplier Management: Manage key strategic suppliers and lead weekly status reviews to monitor performance.
• Performance Tracking: Track and report key performance indicators to maintain program health and supplier performance, including aging requisitions, past-due purchase orders, and supplier on-time delivery.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with program management, materials, engineering, quality, and operations to align supply chain actions with program and customer priorities.
• Material Expediting: Expedite critical materials to meet deployment schedules using line-of-balance tracking.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field, suitable for an entry-level professional.
• Experience: At least 1 year of experience in a supply chain management, procurement, subcontracts, or other similar role, with prior experience working with suppliers or in supplier management.
• Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel functions like VLOOKUP and pivots; strong written and oral communication skills; demonstrated ability to lead efforts and resolve problems.
• Bonus: Master’s degree in business, management, finance, supply chain, or a similar concentration; strong experience with supplier management; comfort and willingness with public speaking; experience with MRP / SAP / KINAXIS; must obtain MPM and EVMS online training certification within 1 year of hire.