Senior Material Analyst for Planning

Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelor's Degree Business Admin or a related curriculum required or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. 4 years experience in at least one of the following areas of specialization: Demand planning inventory management, Procurement, Operational logistics across distribution networks. APICS certificate (Association for supply chain and operations management) preferred.

Position Purpose:

Under limited direction, provide technical guidance while performing the supply chain management activities necessary to maintain accurate part inventories at optimum stock levels that ensure the business can meet global demands, as appropriate to area of specialization or expertise.

Job Description

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential Functions:

1. Show superior technical skill and competence in performing the planning, procurement, logistics and inventory management of parts throughout the business unit and make recommendation for efficiency improvements.
2. Apply sound judgment, experience and specialized supply chain management knowledge to meet performance metrics.
3. Demonstrate proficiency to anticipate emerging trends; understand their potential impact to the business and make recommendations for mitigating risk.
4. Analyze key performance indicators to ensure supply chain service level goals are achieved and maintained.
5. Demonstrate understanding of the financial and logistical impact of inventory investment decisions across the business unit.
6. Perform lifecycle planning on rotable and perishable inventory items as required.
7. Prepare recommendations for changes to supply chain tactical plans in response to changing business requirements.
8. Assist in determining whether excess inventory is subject to re-distribution, sale or disposal.
9. Engage with members of other functional areas to understand problems relating to shortages, distribution, customer provisioning, service center demand, and over-the-counter sales. Recommend and implement solutions.
10. Support change management objectives.
11. Generate stakeholder confidence.

Additional Functions:

1. Develop replenishment plans which highlight future inventory imbalances. Take appropriate actions to re-balance inventory levels while minimizing associated logistics costs. .
2. Prepare daily, weekly and monthly reports pertaining to current status of group/individual workload, inventory levels, associated logistics considerations and overall customer fill rate. .
3. Review engineering drawings, vendor part catalogs, and purchased on assembly items to determine initial spares requirements in support of new and existing product lines. .
4. Complete audits as appropriate to area of specialization, identify discrepancies and recommend and implement solutions. .
5. Train team members and impart business knowledge, skills and experience. .
6. Participate in cross functional teams. .
7. Demonstrate ability and breadth of knowledge beyond area of specialization or expertise. .
8. Limited travel may be required, as appropriate to area of specialization. .

Perform other duties as assigned.

Other Requirements:

1. Experience in demand planning and managing inventories across distribution networks.
2. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software experience strongly preferred.
3. Experience with aircraft parts and regulations preferred.
4. Must be proficient in Microsoft Products such as Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

This job requires one to be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.