Supply Chain Manager
Apply NowCompany: Precision Avionics Group
Location: Atlanta, GA 30349
Description:
Job Overview: The Supply Chain Manager uses people skills, system reporting, institutional knowledge and operational guidelines to serve internal customer needs by ensuring Piece Part and Rotable inventory is maintained and utilized in a strategic, business savvy manner. This role coordinates purchasing, creates scheduled delivery purchase orders, sets stocking levels, and forecasts to ensure increased service levels and profitability.
Reporting Structure: The Supply Chain Manager oversees a staff and reports to the COO.
Hiring Requirements:
Minimum 7 years' experience in Procurement; minimum 2 years' supervisory or leadership experience.
Minimum 3 years' experience in the Aviation Industry serving the General Aviation market.
Knowledge of MRO operations and legacy aviation parts and needs strongly preferred.
Ability to process complex planning activities for part purchases.
Hands on daily utilization of SAP or like software; experience with Pentagon 2000 ERP preferred.
Advanced computer skills with ability to build reports in Excel and SQL strongly preferred.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Ability to create, read, interpret various types of reports.
Direct experience in roles requiring effective negotiation and addressing objections in a collaborative team-oriented approach.
Knowledge of and ability to analyze market pricing to make strategic purchasing and additional billing decisions.
Ability to organize and manage multiple, potentially competing, objectives and priorities.
Experience making complex decisions with incomplete information and limited timeframes.
Key Functions:
Work collaboratively with other departments (Sales, Shop Operations, Logistics, Inventory) and analyze available data to identify inventory need solutions through strategic purchases and delivery and/or use of existing inventory.
Communicate delivery issues to Shops and/or Sales Team.
Negotiate supplier pricing and contracts to create reliable supply and cost savings. Evaluate and address vendor performance routinely.
Manage Procurement staff in buying, expediting, internal repair quotes, work order parts receiving and distribution. Provide training, daily direction, measurement of performance and accountability to ensure performance metrics are achieved.
Maintain inventory control through cycle counts and full inventory counts.
Audit process, Pos, WOs to identify and resolve issues.
Ensure continuous improvement through ongoing measurement of process, timeframes, costs, vendor relations, inventory availability and utilization.
Conduct competitive analysis of vendor performance and pricing; challenging the supply chain to be effective, efficient and cost-effective while achieving readiness reporting requirements.
Prepare spare parts PO's directly with vendors
Work with Processing Team to create MRO orders
Review/Approve Purchase Orders
Review/Approve Repair Orders
Determine Additional Billing needs and provide direction, training, and support for Additional Billing Specialist
Monitor Vendor and Market trends
Plan for timely and cost-effective delivery of product from vendors and maintain delivery schedule details
Assist in creation and negotiation of Purchase Orders in support of Sales/MRO activities
Effectively manage inventory/repair levels to support sales/MRO operations
Identify and investigate best vendor options for purchasing and MRO activities
Identify and communicate all Inventory availability/delivery issues
Success Metrics:
Timely, cost-effective purchasing of Piece Parts and Rotables
Efficient utilization of inventory
Timely and accurate additional billings
Compliance, support and enforcement of policy, procedure, regulations
Teamwork and associate performance and development
Providing 'value add' in the form of continuous improvement that supports increased revenue, decreased costs, improved safety
Reporting Structure: The Supply Chain Manager oversees a staff and reports to the COO.
Hiring Requirements:
Minimum 7 years' experience in Procurement; minimum 2 years' supervisory or leadership experience.
Minimum 3 years' experience in the Aviation Industry serving the General Aviation market.
Knowledge of MRO operations and legacy aviation parts and needs strongly preferred.
Ability to process complex planning activities for part purchases.
Hands on daily utilization of SAP or like software; experience with Pentagon 2000 ERP preferred.
Advanced computer skills with ability to build reports in Excel and SQL strongly preferred.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Ability to create, read, interpret various types of reports.
Direct experience in roles requiring effective negotiation and addressing objections in a collaborative team-oriented approach.
Knowledge of and ability to analyze market pricing to make strategic purchasing and additional billing decisions.
Ability to organize and manage multiple, potentially competing, objectives and priorities.
Experience making complex decisions with incomplete information and limited timeframes.
Key Functions:
Work collaboratively with other departments (Sales, Shop Operations, Logistics, Inventory) and analyze available data to identify inventory need solutions through strategic purchases and delivery and/or use of existing inventory.
Communicate delivery issues to Shops and/or Sales Team.
Negotiate supplier pricing and contracts to create reliable supply and cost savings. Evaluate and address vendor performance routinely.
Manage Procurement staff in buying, expediting, internal repair quotes, work order parts receiving and distribution. Provide training, daily direction, measurement of performance and accountability to ensure performance metrics are achieved.
Maintain inventory control through cycle counts and full inventory counts.
Audit process, Pos, WOs to identify and resolve issues.
Ensure continuous improvement through ongoing measurement of process, timeframes, costs, vendor relations, inventory availability and utilization.
Conduct competitive analysis of vendor performance and pricing; challenging the supply chain to be effective, efficient and cost-effective while achieving readiness reporting requirements.
Prepare spare parts PO's directly with vendors
Work with Processing Team to create MRO orders
Review/Approve Purchase Orders
Review/Approve Repair Orders
Determine Additional Billing needs and provide direction, training, and support for Additional Billing Specialist
Monitor Vendor and Market trends
Plan for timely and cost-effective delivery of product from vendors and maintain delivery schedule details
Assist in creation and negotiation of Purchase Orders in support of Sales/MRO activities
Effectively manage inventory/repair levels to support sales/MRO operations
Identify and investigate best vendor options for purchasing and MRO activities
Identify and communicate all Inventory availability/delivery issues
Success Metrics:
Timely, cost-effective purchasing of Piece Parts and Rotables
Efficient utilization of inventory
Timely and accurate additional billings
Compliance, support and enforcement of policy, procedure, regulations
Teamwork and associate performance and development
Providing 'value add' in the form of continuous improvement that supports increased revenue, decreased costs, improved safety