Textron Leadership Development Program

The Textron LDP Social Media team wishes everyone safe celebrations for the holidays! For our LDPs, please take a moment to reflect on your accomplishments this year amongst the festivities. As we move toward the new year, what are your goals for 2025? 🎊

Textron Aviation LDPs McKenzie, Kenna, Gabby and LDP Alum Shelby attended the WINGS Employee Resource Group (ERG) Holiday Party to celebrate the upcoming holidays, which was held in the customer lounge! 🎄 ERGs like WINGS provide a forum for Textron employees to connect with peers that share their values and engage in unique volunteer opportunities!

Meet Integrated Supply Chain LDP Alum Alexis! During her time in the LDP program, she was a logistics analyst at Bell in Fort Worth, Texas, a buyer at Textron Systems in Hunt Valley, Maryland, and a Material Planner at Kautex in San Antonio, Texas. After the program, she repatriated to Textron Systems as a buyer where she supported many projects as well as helping the company meet their budget and demand. She recently started a new position as a senior specialist of strategic logistics for Kautex Textron. In this position, she will help lead logistics planning for new programs and help eliminate costs for current programs. If she had to give a piece of advice to any current or incoming LDPs, it would be to keep an open mind. “There are going to be places that you may end up at that weren’t your top choice for location or job function, but just remember it’s not about where you go, but what you make out of it

Engineering LDP Kenna has been recognized as a 30 Under 30 honoree by SME! Check out the article below to read about Kenna’s experience. Congratulations Kenna!! https://lnkd.in/gBaNz2N7

Last week, our Integrated Supply Chain and Environmental Health & Safety LDPs completed their 2024 Functional Training. Held at Textron Specialized Vehicles EZ-GO, the LDPs got the opportunity to explore the city of Augusta, the home of the Masters Tournament! Alongside learning about TSV, the LDPs got the opportunity to get training on Six Sigma, EH&S, PowerBI, Intellectual Property, and Supplier Resource Management. Congratulations to all the LDPs for finishing up the 2024 Functional Training, with a special thank you to the LDP Alum and leaders who took time out of their busy schedules! We appreciate everyone following along for this year’s recaps! 

Finance & Accounting LDPs gathered last week in Fort Worth, TX at Bell for their annual Functional Training! They had four days full of networking events and specialized trainings from leaders at both Bell and Textron Corporate. Some of which included learning about Investor Relations, Tax, Military Finance, and Project Management. Thank you to all who attended and congratulations to the LDPs for completing the 2024 Finance & Accounting Conference! Check back in tomorrow for the Integrated Supply Chain and Environmental Health & Safety training recap! 

Human Resources LDP’s gathered earlier this month in Augusta, GA at Textron Specialized Vehicles EZ-GO for their yearly Functional Training! Our HR LDP’s and Early Career Professionals were treated to a full schedule of training and events. LDPs had the opportunity to tour EZ-GO facilities as well as network with leaders from across Textron. Second year LDPs presented their report-outs to the Human Resource Leadership Team, showcasing the work they’ve done during their time in LDP. Next up we have trainings for both ISC/EHS and Finance & Accounting, stay tuned for a recap of both trips!”

Meet LDP Alum Calissa! Her first rotation was at Textron Aviation in Wichita, KS as an EHS Engineer. During this rotation, she supported West Operations, directly covering the Citation Sovereign, Latitude, and XLS assembly lines. She loved getting to work in the manufacturing environment and seeing the impact she could have on someone’s work experience and personal safety. Her second rotation was at Corporate in Providence, RI as an EHS Specialist. This was a much different role, where she supported Corporate initiatives, disability and risk management, sustainability, site remediation, and auditing. She had the opportunity to travel at least once a month to attend and perform audits at different Textron facilities and was able to grow her knowledge on regulations and Textron businesses. Following the program, her repat role was as an EHS Engineer at Textron Aviation and she has since moved into an EHS Group Lead role, covering all of Mid-Continent. Her biggest advice for other LDPs would be to take every opportunity given to you, attend all the events, grow your network, and get as much as you can out of each rotation

Engineering LDP’s gathered last week in Wilmington, MA at Textron Systems for their yearly Functional Training! LDP’s were treated to a full schedule of events and training taking them into the historic city of Boston as well as the Business Unit to continue their personal and professional development. Second year attendees presented their report-outs to the Engineering & Technical Council (ETC) and other leaders from around the business. Next up is the Human Resources Functional Training, stay tuned for a recap of their trip!

Happy Veterans Day! We want to send a great thank you to all who served and sacrificed. #HappyVeteransDay