Supervisor, Material Logistics

In your role, you will

• Manage a group of 10 (+) employees in charge of purchasing, managing the delivery flow of parts, address non-conformity of parts, supplier payment roadblocks and support purchasing of OP/Structural parts, Hardware/Raw material, and equipment.
• Perform managerial responsibilities and recommend related actions, for example, hiring, disciplinary actions, performance management process, training and certifications, work assignments, scheduling vacation, monitoring attendance.
• Motivate and support team members in their daily concerns.
• Manage proactive communication to Director Parts Operation and Forecasting, as well as the other staff in the Parts Service group.
• Manage workflow and provide leadership with respect to customer’s overall satisfaction.
• Identify reasons for process or workflow inefficiencies and develop strategies to overcome issues.
• Ensure the development, coach, and delivery of training within the functional group.
• Develop and maintain KPIs that pertain to the purchasing performance and the ability of the team to stock the right parts, in the right place, at the right time.
• Facilitate and lead, staff and other meetings as well as projects related to the material management operations.
• Manage the development of tools to increase efficiencies throughout the team.
• Manage customers escalations & expectations as well as escalations with suppliers.
• Manage team to achieve the functional targets for the facility, support Continuous Improvement initiative and yearly or ad hoc objectives.

As our ideal candidate

• You possess a bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain management or related field.
• You have a minimum of 5 (+) years of experience in a purchasing, customer service or inventory management role.
• You possess the ability to excel and remain calm under pressure, to work across a range of management levels, disciplines and cultures.
• You have the ability to plan, organize, prioritize and handle multiple time sensitive tasks in a demanding global environment.
• You demonstrated ability to be a team player and take initiative, as well as the ability to be decisive.
• You have computer skills necessary to operate word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software (including but not limited to, MS Office suite, MS Outlook, SAP (or ERP and EWM systems)
• You have the ability to use SAP, Oracle or/and other programs to build governance, reports and KPIs to support the business unit.
• You are able to develop and deliver presentations to staff and the leadership team.
• You ideally have previous experience in the manufacturing industry and an understanding of commercial and business aircraft aftermarket preferred.
• You ideally have previous experience with purchasing process improvement and continuous improvement in administrative functions.
• You are bilingual (English and French)