Supplier Performance Specialist (Remote - Residing in Greater Tampa Bay, FL Area)

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power systems and has been revolutionizing modern flight for over 100 years. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

*This position will be remote based (work from home) in the Greater Tampa Bay, FL Area.  The position will require frequent travel in Greater Tampa Bay, FL Area and therefore the selected candidate must live in this region.

What You Will Do:

• 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.

• 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

• Must be able to travel up to 80% of your time within the Greater Tampa Bay, FL Area

• On-site at suppliers 80% of your time

• 20% of the time working from home office

Qualifications You Must Have:

• A College Degree or equivalent experience and 5 years of prior delivery assurance, supply chain, or related experience; or an advanced degree with 2 years of experience.

• Reside in the Greater Tampa Bay, FL Area

• U.S. Citizen - U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience in Operations, Supply Chain Management, or related field

• 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

• Openly considers the ideas of others, analyzes, and develops innovation to reality

• Flexible, enthusiastic self-starter

• Proficient in SAP and Qlik/ Power BI

• Experience working with cross functional teams

Please ensure the role type defined below is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. This position is classified as:

Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). If you live within a reasonable commute of an RTX site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite presence associated with this role.