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Supply Chain Manager - Gosport, England

Company/Organization: StandardAero

Position: Management

Job Type: Permanent

Posted: 9/2/2024 4:55:06 PM

Description:

Build an Aviation Career You’re Proud Of

At StandardAero, we use our ingenuity and know-how to find solutions for the simple to the most complex challenges in aviation. Together, we get the job done and done well. Our stability, resources, and respectful culture supports you in building a solid career with a great team you can count on day in and day out for the long term.

Key responsibilities and duties:

  • Lead the Supply Chain teams/departments, ensuring regular communication to make them aware of priorities, targets and operational requirements
  • Direct management responsibility for Supply Chain teams within Fleetlands Engines, Portsmouth programmes, International Shipping, and Planning
  • Provide full governance and support for UK Supply Chain, located across all five UK sites. Provide support as necessary for other Europe facilities.
  • Management of staff resources in accordance with the business requirements, all within budget and service standards
  • Provide advice and guidance on security, import/export regulations, logistics, space utilization, transport costs etc.
  • Plan for and execute cycle counting on all stock holdings
  • Manage inventory levels in line with business requirements and within set AOP budgets.
  • Ensure all Supply Chain policies procedures are maintained and legally compliant
  • Work closely with business units to ensure that operational requirements are achieved to cost, quality and target dates.
  • In liaison with StandardAero Corporate, negotiate favourable terms, volume discounts and long­ term contracts with suppliers and prepare and process requisitions and purchase orders.
  • Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to organisation policy and discuss defects and delivery problems with suppliers and negotiates refunds.
  • Monitor purchases on a monthly basis, ensuring compliance with current authorisation requirements
  • Provision of any statistical data to senior management, as required
  • Identify Risks and Opportunities and remove any unnecessary expenditure.
  • Collaboratively develop plans with key stakeholders to ensure alignment of targets, improve supplier performance, and implement continuous improvement plans across spend
  • Actively contribute to Continuous Improvement within the Supply Chain/Logistics department.
  • Carry out any further activities in support of the business, as required.
  • Adherence to Quality Management Systems (QMS), Safety Management Systems (SMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and all associated Business Manuals.
  • Negotiate and agree terms and conditions with suppliers, setting up Service Level Agreements (SLAs) or Contracts as necessary, and ensuring compliance through contract life.
  • Ensure implementation and compliance to all StandardAero group and corporate policies, and full reporting of all KPIs/Metrics.
  • Development, mentoring and training of associates within team to increase understanding, competence and skills within the Supply Chain function.

Competencies:

Core: These are relating to behaviour competencies within the role e.g. (Communication, People management, leadership etc skills)

  • Highly customer focused and results oriented
  • Assertive, resilient and change focused
  • Self-aware, adaptive and optimistic
  • Natural leader with the ability to motivate and develop others
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Good IT skills, in particular, knowledge of procurement systems, and Microsoft Excel
  • Analytical and numerical
  • Good understanding of customer deliverables and the impact of failure / cost of poor quality
  • Good planning skills and able to meet targets and deadlines
  • Excellent attention to detail skills
  • Proven track record/Experience of Transformation and Experience of leading a large team with results

Professional Qualifications/Education and Training:

  • Degree educated in Supply Chain Management; and/or
  • CIPS qualified

Organisational Relationships:

  • Reporting to Engines SMT Director Engines

Professional Qualifications/Education and Training:

Essential These are vital to be able to perform the role and will be used as selection criteria during recruitment process

  • Degree educated in Supply Chain Management; and/or
  • CIPS qualified

Experience:

  • Working within a Supply Chain in an Aerospace MRO environment
  • Good understanding of certification requirements, especially with regards to EASA, CAA, FAA, and Military requirements
  • Knowledge of Cap-Ex Purchasing and Equipment Purchases
  • Proven contract negotiation skills
  • Knowledge and understanding of consumables – relating to both indirect business requirements, and supply of chemicals or other consumables for other direct product requirements
  • Knowledge and understanding of REACH regulations
  • Knowledge and understanding of lean techniques may be advantageous

Benefits that make life better:

  • 206 hours annual leave per year for employees working 37 hours per week, plus 8 public holidays
  • 4 employer match pension scheme
  • YuLife wellbeing services, including 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Program, personalised online fitness programs, and many more!
  • Bonus opportunities
  • Generous paid sick leave
  • Life assurance cover
  • Salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme
  • Onsite gym at both the Fleetlands and Almondbank sites
  • Eye test vouchers
  • Seasonal flu jabs administered on site each year by Bupa
  • Learning and training opportunities

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