Senior Manager, Supply Chain Planning

With more than USD 2.2 bn in revenue, Satair U.S. Inc. is a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus SAS and a world leader in sales and distribution of spare parts for aircraft maintenance. We integrate the entire aerospace value chain connecting both ends of the aerospace aftermarket.

Every day our 1,200 employees at 10 offices and locations around the world work hard to build and sustain supplier relationships and to support airlines and MROs in optimizing their spare parts management, maximizing their distribution networks and realizing their business potential. We are devoted to creating innovative and reliable solutions for our business partners, continuously lifting industry standards. What we do is so much more than distribution, support and service. We deliver excellence. We connect people and business partners all over the world.

You will get a challenging job in an innovative, growing, global company with a world-class service ambition. Our culture is non-bureaucratic, with a hands-on professional approach and always focused on how Satair U.S. Inc. can help our customers and suppliers become more competitive in the long term.

Job objectives

• Disciplinary leadership of the Operational Planning Americas team, which ensures:
• availability, quality and on time delivery of products & services related to both the Americas region, and globally for selected product lines;
• inventory targets are met and slow mover costs are minimized;
• increased advantage by driving inventory efficiency across our product lines

Primary responsibilities

• Leadership of approximately 17 team members across 2 sites (Peachtree City, Georgia and Dulles, Virginia)
• Responsible for the execution of Planning as part of our Forecast-2-Inventory process, against applicable critical metrics, covering the following Product Lines:
• All Airbus Channel Product lines in the Americas region
• Allocated Satair Channel Product lines globally
• The A220 Product Line globally
• Responsible for the consolidation and execution of material demand plans from the Program Support & Solutions teams, to deliver availability for our Satair Service products and Program Support obligations.
• Deliver on a team budget responsibility of over $350m, while respecting availability targets and optimizing inventory Turn Rates.
• Closely coordinate and collaborate with the following organizations:
• Planning: Global peers with teams located in Germany, Denmark, Singapore and China
• Product Management and Sales: To secure inventory in-line with the sales plan for all Product Lines under the Operational Planning Americas remit
• Supply Management: To secure the timely delivery of the inventory plan
• Warehousing and Logistics: To ensure the timely availability of the inventory plan

General:

• To supervise the department's staffing needs in connection with staff holidays, flex time and working hours
• Set clear objectives, targets and success criteria for own area in accordance with management and ensure compliance, this includes annual reviews and qualification assessment, skills development; on-board and train newcomers
• Keep own employees advised about wider Satair and Airbus business
• Hold departmental meetings with documented notes
• Prioritize both own tasks and the tasks of the department
• Ensure functional effectiveness in order to meet defined objectives
• Establish and ensure reporting of agreed critical metrics both internally and externally
• To implement and ensure collaborative efforts between Planning, Product & Service Management and Sales, especially on forecasting of material requirements
• To achieve high material availability, according to company plan
• To reduce total supply chain costs (material stock, obsolescence, logistics)
• Collaborate and share knowledge with key supplier employees
• Control that planning policies are followed
• Ensure implementation, update and adherence of processes
• Advocate, supervise and communicate SLAs with internal and external customers
• Ensure Planning team meets both internal and external expectations

Secondary responsibilities:

• Participate in development of "Supplier and Customer Offering"
• Participate in the development of the Satair overall business
• Improve collaboration with suppliers and customers, especially around delivery performance

Education:

• A Bachelors' Degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, Business Management or a related field required.

Years of Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of supervisory / leadership experience
• Minimum 5 years of Supply Chain experience or similar field, preferably in the aviation industry

General

• Align with Satair's mission, values and Quality Management procedures
• Align with Satair's guidelines on Ethics & Compliance
• Understanding, sharing and living of Satair values and rules
• Respect Satair processes and procedures agreed per function
• Keep the direct report advised of the status of agreed tasks and of any critical problem areas
• Participate in optimizing Satair's business procedures by applying existing Satair's IT systems
• Comment/advise on unsatisfactory situations within the organization, and propose potential solutions for improvements
• Identify and offer suggestions to improve efficiency
• Be well informed about and familiar with the latest developments in Satair's business
• Have an inter-cultural understanding
• Participate in occupational safety and health efforts
• Cultivate a positive and inspiring working environment

Personal & interpersonal skills

• Strong ownership
• Ability to build trustful relationships both within and external to the team
• Customer-minded
• Strong teammate
• Excellent communication skills
• Good analytical skill; ability to see the bigger picture and derive mid to long term recommendations on way forward
• Ability to balance and align varying interests of partners
• Respectful sense and open/'out-of-silo' mind-set, ability to build successful relations across functions and with all partners
• Ability to work in an international context

Professional skills

• Solid understanding about the planning & procurement subject area, incl. analytical skills
• Demonstrated ability to run a planning operation
• Broad knowledge about customers' procurement needs
• Strong negotiation skills
• Ability to travel frequently (20% domestic and international)

Management & leadership skills

• Strong customer management
• Relationship management
• Leadership of multi-cultural/international team
• Effective collaboration with other leaders in Satair
• Act according to Satair's management guidelines and tools
• Ability to implement and inspire change

Key Performance Indicators:

• Budget/forecast
• Inventory
• Turn Rate
• Slow mover
• Stock-outs
• Material forecast accuracy
• Stocking policy adherence
• Customer performance
• OPEX
• Adherence to headcount and cost budget
• Level of employee satisfaction

Satair U.S. Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, political affiliation or belief.

As a matter of policy, Satair U.S. Inc. does not sponsor visas for US positions unless specified. Only applicants with current work authorization will be considered.

Satair U.S. Inc. does not offer tenured or guaranteed employment. Either the company or the employee can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $120,000.00 - $160,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Peachtree City, GA 30269