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.

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Summary

Our Pratt & Whitney Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Engine Center site in West Palm Beach has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual to join our team as a SIOP Materials Buyer Planner. The person in this role will be a key part of our supply chain team and will maintain proper inventory levels of materials needed to run our 2nd shift operations. You’ll interface with internal customers to identify needs and work with 3PL partners to ensure on-time delivery of materials.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create purchase orders to fulfill Operations demand and track to ensure on time delivery of hardware

• Manage vendor relationships and oversee vendor repair schedules to ensure material will meet the engine delivery schedule

• Document, track, and communicate critical hardware constraints, and identify alternative options to mitigate risk

• Maintain an optimal level of inventory that meets cost objectives and fulfills demand

• Integrate seamlessly with Operations, Engineering, Finance, and Customer Service to ensure all production activity meets established quality standards and cost estimates

• Support implementation of processes, performance metrics, and trends to drive increased performance and production cycle time

• Be a part of a responsive and adaptive culture where cross training, teamwork, and knowledge sharing is apparent

• Implement base processes and refine a necessary

• Investigate production control problems

• Drive positive gains from the organization

• Ability to work with internal delivery assurance personnel to assure that purchased parts arrive in a timely manner and are processed though Gate 2 on time

• Assist in coordinating activities of others throughout the plant to help alleviate shortages and to meet schedule requirements

• Execute on jobs requiring quick turnaround to production areas keying off communications from the Operations and Quality teams

• Research and resolve issues, questions, or problems that arise to include part shortages

• 2-3 years of Supply Chain Experience

• Support Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon Technologies EH&S policies and procedures and actively support continuous improvement initiatives driven by the CORE operating system

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 2 years of experience in Supply Chain, Purchasing, Buying, Planning, Materials and/or Inventory Management within a manufacturing or logistics environment; OR Associate’s Degree and 4 years of relevant experience; OR High School Diploma and 6 years of relevant experience
• U.S. citizenship required due to government contracts

Preferred Qualifications:

• Aerospace MRO Aftermarket experience preferred

• SAP experience preferred

• Ability to meet commitments, balance and resolve conflicting priorities

• High energy, dynamic individual who strives for continuous improvement

• Results focused work ethic to resolve issues in a timely manner

• Excellent leadership, communication, problem solving, analytical, prioritization and multi-tasking skills

• Ability to work with all levels of management and communicate effectively with peers, customers, and clients

• Ability to drive obligations to closure with precision to benefit the organization and every constituent

• Highly motivated individual who enjoys operating in a dynamic environment and who enjoys the challenges of process improvement and lean manufacturing initiatives

• Success working in a high energy and fast paced manufacturing environment with the ability to adapt to changing business conditions

• Ability to plan projects and to use written and verbal communication, analytical, and organizations skills to influence business objectives

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:

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance workers, as they are essential to the development of our engines.

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.

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.