RTX

Senior Manager – Product Cost Standards, Planning

RTX

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: ConnecticutUnited States

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Salary

💰 $132,400 - $251,600 per year

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About the role

  • Serve as the primary liaison between Operations Finance and Supply Chain teams, ensuring alignment on in-year Purchase Price Variance (PPV) management and annual Standards Roll activities
  • Facilitate regular communication and collaborative problem-solving between Finance and Supply Chain leadership to resolve cost-related discrepancies and conflicting priorities
  • Develop and maintain shared cost performance dashboards and reporting that serve both Finance and Supply Chain stakeholder needs
  • Drive alignment on quarterly and annual cost standard updates, ensuring consistency and accuracy across programs and commodities
  • Own the day-to-day management and continuous improvement of the product cost standards setting process
  • Establish and maintain governance frameworks, timelines, and quality control mechanisms for annual standards roll activities
  • Identify process inefficiencies and bottlenecks; develop and implement improvements to enhance speed, accuracy, and stakeholder engagement
  • Lead or co-lead the annual Long Range Plan (LRP) Product Cost process, ensuring alignment between demand forecasts and cost projections
  • Support the development of cost forecasts that account for market trends, supplier dynamics, and internal cost drivers
  • Interface between Finance and Supply Chain to identify and surface leading indicators of product cost risk and opportunity
  • Monitor supplier performance, market conditions, and commodity cost trends to anticipate cost pressures
  • Develop early warning metrics and dashboards that enable proactive cost management
  • Lead analysis of tariff impacts on product costs, supply chain, and sourcing strategy across programs and commodities
  • Assess and quantify the financial impact of tariff changes, trade policy shifts, and regulatory developments
  • Evaluate alternative sourcing and supply chain strategies to mitigate tariff exposure
  • Monitor rare earth element (REE) and critical material price volatility; assess impact on product costs and supply chain risk
  • Manage the mechanics and execution of annual Standards Roll activities, including communication, scheduling, and quality assurance
  • Identify variances between standard and actual costs; investigate root causes and recommend corrective actions

Requirements

  • Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience
  • 5+ years experience in cost accounting, financial analysis or supply chain management
  • Experience working across functional teams (Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations) in a matrixed environment
  • Experience with Excel, ERP systems, and financial modeling
  • Experience from the aerospace industry
  • Expedience in operations
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or related field
  • Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Supply Chain Management, or related field
  • Certification in Cost Accounting (CPA, CSCA) or Supply Chain Management (APICS, CSCP)
  • Familiarity with tariff schedules, trade agreements, and customs regulations
  • Knowledge of commodity cost drivers and supplier relationship management
  • Six Sigma or Lean certification
  • Experience with forecasting and planning tools and methodologies
Benefits
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
  • Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Student Loan Repayment Program
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
  • Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
  • Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
  • Adoption Assistance
  • Autism Benefit
  • Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
  • Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
  • Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
  • Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
  • Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
  • And more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
cost accountingfinancial analysissupply chain managementfinancial modelingforecastingplanning toolsdata analysiscost performance dashboardsprocess improvementtariff impact analysis
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborative problem-solvingstakeholder engagementleadershiporganizational skillsanalytical thinkingconflict resolutiongovernance framework establishmentquality controlmatrixed team collaboration
Certifications
CPACSCAAPICSCSCPSix Sigma certificationLean certificationMBAMaster's in FinanceMaster's in Supply Chain ManagementBachelor's in Finance