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AVIATION MATERIALS SPECIALIST
Avelo

   Location: Morrisville North Carolina

  Time: 7 months ago

 

 

Requirements 

Ensure supplier and delivery commitments are met.

  1. Understand supplier lead times and logistic requirements to ensure inventory availability.
  2. Contract and supplier review
  3. Inventory availability
  4. Fill rates 
  5. Annual supplier performance reviews

 

Collaborate with operations to define material service requirements. 

  1. Manage purchase orders to meet organizational demands. 
  2. Understand TechOps requirements; MEL, Deferred maintenance items, etc. to ensure aircraft reliability and readiness. 
  3. Identify interchangeable parts and seek engineering approval to procure 
  4. Manage backorder reports
  5. Expedite orders to meet urgent requirements

Develop and manage purchasing cost saving opportunities. 

  1. Identify Supplier price breaks, minimum order quantities and compare to JIT requirements to achieve spend cost effectiveness.
  2. Streamline logistic requirements.
  3. Identify PMA & other cost saving opportunities
  4. Consolidate supplier orders and shipments

Support inventory planning to ensure inventory levels and fill rate are met 

  1. Establish min max levels and to optimize inventory usage versus supplier lead times.
  2. Inventory turns 
  3. Minimize surplus

Negotiate supplier agreements. 

  1. Work with our partners to establish agreements with fixed pricing.
  2. Establish deliverables that support our inventory logistic needs.
  3. Establish approved price catalog
  4. Avoid purchases outside approved contracts

Decision Participant (Influences)

 

  • Monitor supplier performance.
  • Track & Manage borrows and loans.
  • Continuous improvement; contracts and supplier annual performance reviews. 
  • Streamline logistic flow and sales cycle to ensure timely return of components.
  • Supplier contract negotiations
  • Inventory levels
  • Min/Max requirements.

Functional Competencies 

  • Self-initiative and ability to work independently with little supervision.
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills
  • Excellent computer skills; proficiency in Microsoft Office
  • Must be able to work 12-hour shifts.

Behavioral Competencies 

  • “Safety always in everything we do, caring for others.”
  • Demonstrate the ability to work through complexity to identify root causes and develop effective and simple solutions.
  • Tenacious problem solving and continuous improvement mindset.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Foster and develop teamwork and leadership that embraces our company’s “Purpose, Values and Vision”.
Requirements

Basic Requirements

  • Move throughout the office or line maintenance environments for extended periods of time (up to 10-12 hours per day).
  • Ability to work through multiple problems/solutions prioritizing and sequencing the execution of issues to manage and resolve them quickly and effectively.
  • Possible travel for supplier meetings, or issue resolution up to 25%.
  • Comfortable and casual-dress business environment, with occasional requirement for full business attire for meetings or presentations.

Education / Experience Requirements

  • College degree in business or related field preferred; in lieu of a degree a combination of relevant education and experience will be considered.
  • 1+ years in airline / aviation experience or analytics
  • Project management experience 
  • Previous purchasing and/or inventory planning experience 

May perform other responsibilities, as assigned. Responsibilities and duties may change when circumstances dictate. (e.g., emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technical developments, etc.)