Manager, Material Support

What are your contributions to the team?

• Adhere to Bombardier General Work Requirements
• Perform managerial responsibilities and recommend related actions, for example, hire/fire, disciplinary actions, PMP, training and certifications, work assignments, scheduling vacation, monitoring attendance, review approve, and verify employee's hours worked and paid
• Manage inventory levels and material planning functions to achieve established customer service goals, maintenance program requirements, and fill rate objectives
• Manage warehouse operations, for example, material handling/stocking, tool control, shipping and receiving and inventory cycle count procedures to comply with all federal and state regulations 
• Manage warehouse operations to provide 24/7support to call center requirements
• Manage procurement and material planning to ensure adherence with company policy and procedures
• Communicate company and department manager’s goals and objectives to employees as well as employee suggestions and concerns to management
• Prepare, monitor, and control department capital and operating budgets and implement (upon approval) capital requests required for budgets 
• Initiate material policy revisions and updates and purchasing revisions unique to material support operations
• Prepare and present reports on material support operations for assigned area(s) to management on a scheduled basis 
• May function as Material Business Process Advisor for service center network and parts logistics organization
• Responsible for staff development and training
• Lead and direct a group of two or more employees for given projects or tasks and direct efforts and provide technical guidance on complex issues

Knowledge & Skills 

• Working knowledge of general accounting principles and of a Profit and Loss
• Working knowledge of process improvement methodology and application 
• Working knowledge of accounting and budgeting principals necessary to read and interpret profit/loss statements, financial reports, and meet financial objectives for assigned area and programs
• Working knowledge of Federal regulations governing material support functions, for example, FAA, DOT, and OSHA
• Working knowledge of material support functions including procurement, planning, warehouse, stock, tool crib, shipping, and receiving
• Research and analytical skills necessary to collect, analyze, and interpret survey data, customer behaviors, and general trends within the fractional aircraft market

How to thrive in this role?

• 7-8 years experience in inventory administration and management and 3 years progressive supervisory experience
• Bachelors degree in Business, Management, or a related field
• Planning and organizational skills necessary to prioritize, assign, and coordinate workload of assigned area and employees within a multiple project setting
• Interpersonal skills necessary to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, employees, management and contractors
• Computer skills necessary to learn and/or operate word processing, spreadsheet, database, email, and web-based applications
• Working knowledge of FAA and Federal Aviation Regulations