Manager - Inventory Performance

Description

There’s never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We’re on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose – Connecting People, Uniting the World – is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. And we’re growing – in the years ahead, we’ll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world?

At United, we have some of the best aircraft in the world. Our Technical Operations team is full of aircraft maintenance technicians, engineers, planners, ground equipment and facilities professionals, and supply chain teams that help make sure they’re well taken care of and ready to get our customers to their desired destinations. If you’re ready to work on our planes, join our Tech Ops experts and help keep our fleet in tip-top shape.

Key Responsibilities

The Manager - Inventory Performance is responsible for the oversight of the strategic productivity and tactical execution of United Airlines’ aircraft spare part's inventory. The Manager will supervise the accomplishment of tactical inventory execution through active project management, inventory planning, repair management, and procurement processes.

• Professional team member development
• Ongoing performance evaluations of team members
• Employee development and skill building of planning and role responsibilities
• Employee and team goal setting and measurement of performance
• Budget development and adherence for team and higher level supply chain
• Makes daily strategic adjustments to station inventory levels for Rotable and Expendable inventory assets to support the operation
• Analyzes and establishes system protection levels that support operations at the least total cost
• Ensures Allocation/ROP assignments are supervised and adjusted to support service level goals
• Accountable for life cycle of inventory – inception through final disposition
• Ensure material is available and visible throughout the system
• Establish new fleet provisioning plans
• Monitors, analyzes and reports on performance against plan
• Drive continuous improvement through the systematic use of tools and techniques
• Identifies alternatives to OEM Ownership
• Coordinates repair activities with approved suppliers for timely repair and return of Rotable and Recoverable inventory assets
• Monitors, analyzes, and maintains strong and productive relationships with external repair suppliers
• Accountable for ensuring repair operations are completed on-time and within budget
• Identifies various alternatives for repair options and purchasing additional inventory
• Handle purchases of incremental inventory
• Accountable for ensuring purchases are completed on-time and within budget
• Develops understanding of market availability for surplus inventory
• Improves operational reliability by minimizing aircraft out of service events, delays, and cancellations related to the unavailability of spare aircraft parts
• Ensuring engineering projects are efficiently, and timely supported through all inventory needs
• Development of tactical and strategic plans for Rotable, Expendable, and EA project inventory
• Evaluates demand sources, supplier capabilities, strength and weaknesses of existing Supply Chain and models
• Develops inventory requirements, alternatives and makes sound recommendations in support of customer and business plan
• Provides actionable insight to short- and long-term forecasts for the purposes of budgetary planning and integrated business planning
• Use analytical dashboards, automated tools, and the airline’s transaction-based computer ERP system (SCEPTRE)
  
  

United values diverse experiences, perspectives, and we encourage everyone who meets the minimum qualifications to apply. While having the “desired” qualifications make for a stronger candidate, we encourage applicants who may not feel they check ALL of those boxes! We are always looking for individuals who will bring something new to the table!

Qualifications

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience in Aviation Management, Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, or related field, or relevant leadership experience
• 5+ years experience in fields of the Supply Chain, Airline or Manufacturing Industry
• Up to 25% travel and requires valid passport
• Comprehensive understanding of Supply Chain
• Management/oversight responsibility of personnel for procurement activities, material requirements planning, supply chain management, and expediting
• Planning and Management
• Strong leadership skills
• Self Motivated Engrained Continuous Improvement experience
• Strong people skills and ability to develop internal and external relationships
• Strong communication and writing skills
• Ability to generate consensus among disparate viewpoints
• Experience reviewing, amending, and negotiating contracts
• Financial and budget/expense management
• Ability to establish and supervise policies and guidelines
• Ability to work with multiple team functions across various departments within United
• Experience working with suppliers within an expedited environment.
• Self-starter with high degree of initiative with the ability to meet deadlines
• Strong project management skills with the ability to handle multiple priorities
• Analytical approach to problem solving, with attention to detail and a sense of urgency
• Understanding of SQL or other data query languages
• Negotiation skills
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
• Reliable, punctual attendance is a crucial function of the position
  
  

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

• MBA or other related advanced degree or equivalent experience
• Lean Six Sigma Green/Black Belt preferred
• Airline, aviation, or Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) experience
• Experience leading direct reports
• Formal Lean Six Sigma/Continuous Improvement methodologies
• SAS statistical analysis experience
  
  

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact JobAccommodations@united.com to request accommodation.

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