**Date Posted:** 2025-08-20 **Country:** United States of America **Location:** HIA32: Cedar Rapids, IA 400 Collins Rd NE , Cedar Rapids, IA, 52498-0505 USA **Position Role Type:** Remote **U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:** U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract. **Security Clearance:** None/Not Required The **Principal Specialist, Non-Product Procurement,** will join our Non-Product Procurement team that buys products for our facilities in North America. In this role, you will support the Supply Chain team in managing supplier relationships, communicating the multiple programs’ needs to the assigned suppliers, and ensuring that materials and other deliverables are available on time and at the required quality level. **What You Will Do:** + You will work in a **remote capacity.** + Source, negotiate and manage Non-Product Procurement activity aligned to commodity strategies and program objectives + Place purchase orders and manage multiple suppliers/components and ensure on time deliveries meet quality standards + Lead the relationship with suppliers to meet key program goals + Monitor key metrics and track supplier milestones significant to meeting deliverables + Understand and review performance to cost targets, communicating any impacts + Develop and implement corrective action plans to address supplier risks and concerns + Engage with Program, Engineering, Quality and Operations teams to eliminate roadblocks to achieve business goals + Actively take part in special projects to develop and refine processes, ensuring effective and exact metrics + Support counterparts within Supply Chain Management in defining and identifying areas of opportunity for the team to improve performance and increase efficiency + Explain policies, practices, and procedures and influence others in their development + Create spreadsheets, pivot tables and v-lookups in Microsoft Excel + Support programs by addressing and predicting needs + Participate in continuous improvement events and activities such as Value Stream Mapping or Kaizen events **Must Have Qualifications** + Typically requires a University Degree and minimum of 5 years of prior relevant Supply Chain experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and 3 years of prior relevant Supply Chain experience + Experience in Aerospace Supply Chain Procurement **Qualifications We Prefer:** + SAP knowledge + Familiarity with CORE - Continuous Improvement / Lean manufacturing efforts **Learn More & Apply Now!** Our Advanced Structures team leverages advanced materials and additive manufacturing to develop complex interior and exterior solutions. These solutions ensure structural integrity of the aircraft, help aircraft take off and land, stay trim in the air, move forward, carry cargo and conduct rescues. We delight our customers with superior products and best-in-class service. Our global team is committed to continuous improvement – we work hard to make our solutions lighter-weight, stronger and more technically advanced, so that plane travel can be safer, more affordable and more sustainable in the years to come. We are looking for the best and brightest to fly and land with us!  **What We Offer** + Some of our competitive benefits package includes:  + 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 + Relocation assistance available +  And more!  *Please ensure the role type (defined below) is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. **Remote:** Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). An employee may be expected to travel to the site location as needed. *Position is remote; however, if you live within a reasonable commute of a Collins site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite presence associated with this role. At Collins, the paths we pave together lead to limitless possibility. And the bonds we form – with our customers and with each other -- propel us all higher, again and again. Apply now and be part of the team that’s redefining aerospace, every day The salary range for this role is 82,000 USD - 164,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills. Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance. This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply. RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window. _RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act._ **Privacy Policy and Terms:** Click on this link (http://www.rtx.com/privacy/Job-Applicant-Privacy-Notice) to read the Policy and Terms 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.