Leadership Development Program

About the Role

RTX Corporation, an Aerospace and Defense company, is recruiting for its two-year rotational Operations Leadership Development Program (OLDP) Materials Management track, beginning June 2027. This program offers challenging, high-visibility assignments, training, mentoring, and hands-on experience to develop future operational leaders.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete three 8-month rotational assignments across various U.S. locations, adapting to new manufacturing facilities, business units, and operational teams.
• Execute core duties in Materials Planning, Execution, Demand Management, and Logistics.
• Communicate cross-functionally with engineering, global supply chain, contractors, logistics personnel, and business programs.
• Present key deliverables, performance metrics, and operational updates in executive escalation calls, production meetings, and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) reviews.
• Lead and participate in special projects focused on cost reduction, continuous improvement, inventory optimization, and new enterprise system integration (e.g., SAP S/4HANA).
• Manage, analyze, and maintain part health and availability, evaluating MRP signals and adjusting Reorder Point (ROP) logic.
• Identify and implement shop floor process improvements to eliminate waste, increase production output, and reduce costs.
• Coordinate and ensure accurate, timely material flow across the assembly floor, maintaining 6S workplace organization standards.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Management, Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Business Administration, Analytics, Industrial Engineering, or a related STEM major. Degree must be obtained by the program start date.
• Willing and able to operationally relocate to various RTX geographic locations across the United States for three distinct 8-month program assignments.
• Demonstrated experience presenting or communicating technical or operational data to external stakeholders, peer groups, leadership, or customers; OR holding a designated leadership or coordinator role within a student organization, design team, or project group.
• Experience or coursework utilizing data analytics, business intelligence, or visualization tools such as advanced Excel, Tableau, SQL, Qlik Sense, SAP, Power BI, or other relevant tools.
• Relevant internship/co-op or work experience.
• U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications (Preferred)

• Demonstrated leadership capability through academic projects, student organizations, or professional initiatives.
• Strong team-oriented mindset and ability to collaborate effectively across multi-functional peer groups.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, comfortable interfacing with all levels of management, shop floor personnel, and external vendors.
• Self-motivated operational style with agility to thrive and prioritize in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Proven ability to work autonomously with minimal guidance or successfully execute milestones within cross-functional project teams.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Experience in one or more core functional areas: procurement, capacity planning, MRP/ERP systems, production systems, or inventory management.
• Foundational understanding or exposure to Lean Six Sigma methodologies and continuous improvement tools.
• Baseline familiarity with enterprise resource planning (ERP) architectures, specifically SAP.
• Strong data literacy with the ability to interpret, analyze, and drive decisions from large operational data sets.
• Previous experience as an intern or co-op within an RTX business unit (Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, or Raytheon).