Senior Manager, Supply Chain (Onsite)
About the role
Date Posted: 2025-09-29
Country: Canada
Location: LOC13049 1400 South Service Road West,Oakville,Ontario,L6L 5Y7,Canada
Position Role Type: Unspecified
The Senior Manager, Supply Chain, will support the Landing Gear segment within the Advanced Structures Strategic Business Unit, overseeing the health of the forging and raw material supply base. This includes leading both direct and cross-functional teams across global sites in Texas, Poland, and Oakville, Canada.
You will manage a team of Account Managers/Buyers who are responsible for procurement and supplier performance across commercial and military programs. Additionally, you will lead and manage the Supply Chain Operations Excellence team, which focuses on identifying supply risks, assessing urgency and impact, and coordinating with internal stakeholders.
This role involves regular collaboration with global suppliers and internal teams particularly in Poland and Texas and requires a solid understanding of the overall business strategy. You will help shape the future direction of the forging and raw material commodity for the Landing Gear business.
Success in this role requires well-developed leadership qualities and the ability to collaborate effectively with peers both locally and across the global organization.
This position will be worked Onsite at our Oakville, ON facility. What You Will Do:
- Lead a team of procurement and delivery managers towards best-in-class customer service and thorough management of our international supply base.
- Continuously lead the organization through optimization and process improvements, based on proven change-management skills.
- Audit team's purchase orders for compliance, accuracy, and competitiveness, while fostering relationship with our compliance team.
- Act as escalation point for supply chain team to mitigate delivery risks and barriers we face with our supply chain, including driving a supply chain strategy that leads to future successes.
- Focus on driving down overall overdue and assisting the team in having strategic discussions regularly with the supply base concerning performance improvement initiatives.
- Travel 30 – 50%, domestic and international. Travel will primarily involve visits to suppliers and company facilities in Canada and Texas, with occasional trips to the Poland site (typically once per year).
Must Have Qualifications:
- Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience in Supply Chain or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience in Supply Chain
- Prior leadership experience required.
- Successful candidate must meet all requirements under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Controlled Goods Directorate (CGD)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience maintaining compliance with government requirements on purchase orders.
- Supply Chain experience within the Aerospace industry
- Experience with forging, casting, or raw material sourcing
- Knowledge of procurement compliance regulations and guidelines
- Understanding of logistics principles and practices
Learn More and 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!
- 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
RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Privacy Policy and Terms: Click on this link to read the Policy and Terms
About Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace is an RTX business. Our global team dreams, designs and delivers smarter, more connected solutions for passenger safety and comfort, mission success, space exploration, and operational efficiency and sustainability.
Senior Manager, Supply Chain (Onsite)
About the role
Date Posted: 2025-09-29
Country: Canada
Location: LOC13049 1400 South Service Road West,Oakville,Ontario,L6L 5Y7,Canada
Position Role Type: Unspecified
The Senior Manager, Supply Chain, will support the Landing Gear segment within the Advanced Structures Strategic Business Unit, overseeing the health of the forging and raw material supply base. This includes leading both direct and cross-functional teams across global sites in Texas, Poland, and Oakville, Canada.
You will manage a team of Account Managers/Buyers who are responsible for procurement and supplier performance across commercial and military programs. Additionally, you will lead and manage the Supply Chain Operations Excellence team, which focuses on identifying supply risks, assessing urgency and impact, and coordinating with internal stakeholders.
This role involves regular collaboration with global suppliers and internal teams particularly in Poland and Texas and requires a solid understanding of the overall business strategy. You will help shape the future direction of the forging and raw material commodity for the Landing Gear business.
Success in this role requires well-developed leadership qualities and the ability to collaborate effectively with peers both locally and across the global organization.
This position will be worked Onsite at our Oakville, ON facility. What You Will Do:
- Lead a team of procurement and delivery managers towards best-in-class customer service and thorough management of our international supply base.
- Continuously lead the organization through optimization and process improvements, based on proven change-management skills.
- Audit team's purchase orders for compliance, accuracy, and competitiveness, while fostering relationship with our compliance team.
- Act as escalation point for supply chain team to mitigate delivery risks and barriers we face with our supply chain, including driving a supply chain strategy that leads to future successes.
- Focus on driving down overall overdue and assisting the team in having strategic discussions regularly with the supply base concerning performance improvement initiatives.
- Travel 30 – 50%, domestic and international. Travel will primarily involve visits to suppliers and company facilities in Canada and Texas, with occasional trips to the Poland site (typically once per year).
Must Have Qualifications:
- Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience in Supply Chain or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience in Supply Chain
- Prior leadership experience required.
- Successful candidate must meet all requirements under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Controlled Goods Directorate (CGD)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience maintaining compliance with government requirements on purchase orders.
- Supply Chain experience within the Aerospace industry
- Experience with forging, casting, or raw material sourcing
- Knowledge of procurement compliance regulations and guidelines
- Understanding of logistics principles and practices
Learn More and 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!
- 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
RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Privacy Policy and Terms: Click on this link to read the Policy and Terms
About Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace is an RTX business. Our global team dreams, designs and delivers smarter, more connected solutions for passenger safety and comfort, mission success, space exploration, and operational efficiency and sustainability.