Procurement Manager

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide excellent leadership to entire team of buyers and to internal and external Supply Chain Solution clients.
• Work closely with assigned buyers or take lead on difficult, hard to source material requests.
• Track team performance using metrics and feedback from internal and external customers, including service levels and savings.
• Provide leadership to fleet teams, serving as single point of contact for their programs, tracking action items and feedback to ensure excellent customer service.
• Monitor procurement queue on an on-going basis, moving and assigning resources to address spikes in requirements or delayed response.
• Lead regularly scheduled calls with buyers.
• Schedule buyers for holiday and weekend coverage.
• Provide input to forecasting and stocking decisions for parts.
• Maintain regular communication with and provide pro-active status updates to Technical Advisors, Product Line Representatives, and Supply Chain Solution customers.
• Become an expert on internal processes and systems.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts to enhance performance for both Hourly Cost Maintenance and Supply Chain Solution performance.
• Establish, maintain and report metrics on cost savings.
• Prepare Monthly Activity Report identifying cost saving, buyer activity, vendor activity, etc.
• Manage team of buyers, including:
• Completing performance reviews.
• Scheduling PTO and coverage during PTO
• Managing AOG rotation schedule
• Perform buying duties 50% of the time:
• Source parts to fill demands from purchase requisitions, Aircraft on Ground (AOG) orders, Requests for Information (RFI), etc.
• Create competitive Requests for Quote (RFQ) and/or negotiate prices with suppliers to obtain best available prices while
• maintaining configuration, quality and delivery requirements.
• Create purchase orders and repair orders for all Supply Chain Solution customers, Trust accounts, JSSI Inc., and JSSI Parts.
• Create and track purchase orders and expedite them through Salesforce/AMS/AvSight/Traxxall to maintain a closed loop status
• interface with Technical Advisors and Supply Chain Solution customers with regard to parts requirements.
• Follow parts through the system to make sure parts costs are transacted to the correct project and that all costs associated are
• billed accordingly to the clients.
• Assure parts are delivered in a timely manner to meet schedule requirements and meet the appropriate quality and life limits.
• Participate in an AOG on-call or shift rotation to support afterhours critical requests.
• Search for and maintain knowledge of parts availability within the aviation industry through existing and future vendor
• selections.
• Establish supplier performance metrics, monitor performance and evaluate suppliers on a regularly scheduled basis.
• Establish, maintain and report metrics on cost savings.
• Work 10 AM to 7:30 PM Central time. Working times may be changed at management discretion. 

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or a combination of High School Diploma or GED and 5 years’ experience in aviation related procurement and inventory control
• 3 years of experience leading or managing people.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including weekends and holidays on rotation.
• Experience working in a high pressure, fast pace environment working Aircraft on Ground (AOG) situations.
• Business Aviation purchasing experience
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Ability to find hard-to-source parts.
• Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external clients
• Ability to solve problems and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to generate reports using Microsoft Excel or Word
• Critical thinking skills
• Experience using systems for inventory control and purchasing, preferably AvSight/Salesforce
• Domestic and international travel may be required for this position
• Fixed wing product knowledge, which could include Pratt, Honeywell, or Rolls Royce engines, Bombardier, Dassault, Embraer, Textron, or Cessna.
• Helicopter product knowledge, which could include Airbus, Sikorsky, Bell or Leonardo, as well as related engines.