Gestionnaire de Modernisation / Retrofit Manager

Airbus • Montreal, QC

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

The A220 commercial aircraft Programme is looking for a Retrofit Manager to join our Retrofit Operations team based in Mirabel (Québec, Canada), where you will work with multi-functional teams. You will be part of the Retrofit Operations team responsible for providing efficient and reliable solutions for the in-service fleet on standard service bulletins and monitoring according to economic reasons or difficult supply chain. The team organization is established to promote cross-collaboration autonomously, supporting each other and learning collectively. Your role as Retrofit manager will be to support the improvement of the aircraft maturity. The A220 Retrofit Manager is the key enabler of the A220 In Service Operations process. In that context the A220 Retrofit Manager has the responsibility to manage the retrofit solutions and the Request for stock provisioning (eRSP) for modifications, upgrades kits and defensive spares for the A220 program.

Requirements

• Combination of a university degree in business administration and/or industrial engineering, and a minimum of 10 years of experience in supply chain and/or program; OR a minimum of 15 years of experience in supply chain and/or program
• Strong understanding of aircraft systems, project management at program level and customer needs
• Delivery-focused, customer-minded, and technically-oriented person, being autonomous whilst fostering strong collaborations internally and externally
• Strong supply chain knowledge and management skills
• Program management knowledge and the good skills to drumbeat the internal organization to ensure commitments, customer satisfaction and cost targets
• Ability to build and own project path, and to maintain project consistency at any time
• Good communication skills (internal/external) with internal and external customers
• Able to build strong, trusting relationships and manage expectations
• Proactive and have good organizational skills
• Good team player, ability to collaborate in cross-functional teams and include remote teams to ensure consistent ways of working
• Demonstrate curiosity and openness to change and continuous improvement
• Advanced level in French and English (written and spoken)

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of the A220 organization and its processes
• Knowledge of Skywise (an asset) or the ability to learn and develop on Skywise (an asset), Google, etc., and all the digitalization tools available for self-made development

Responsibilities

• Initiate, prepare, launch and monitor retrofit solutions in accordance with program/customer targets (time, cost, and quality)
• Understand the technical solution and take the lead of the deployment (responsible on behalf of program)
• Contribute & challenge program retrofit & mitigation strategy and support development of technical solution
• Translates the program & retrofit requirements (target cost per aircraft, embodiment rate, policy etc.) into inputs to other departments, including the “Supply chain manager retrofit”
• Provide all required inputs to “Supply Chain manager” to enable supply chain industrialization of retrofit with kits
• Contribute to negotiation supplier capacity & cost alignment with Procurement (PMR/PCR/PES), material reservation and missing parts management
• Define & steer all inputs from engineering, procurement, suppliers, supply chain, program to ensure global retrofit material strategy in accordance with retrofit objectives (time, cost, quality) and the retrofit embodiment until final fleet completion
• Creates a planning between Airbus, Supplier and Operator.
• Follows the embodiment of the retrofit with the Airline
• Prepare, launch and monitor eRSP in accordance with program/customer targets (time, cost, and quality)
• Collect & challenge eRSP inputs from requestor
• Define & steer all inputs from engineering, procurement, suppliers, supply chain, program to ensure and document global strategy in accordance with program objectives (time, cost, quality)
• Present and ensure eRSP validation
• Monitor eRSP and ensure material reception, consumption after eRSP validation
• Manage any deviation on eRSP performance and turn rate: analyze material ordering/inbound/oubound, corrective actions on PO/eRSP characteristics, etc.
• Manage eRSP financial performance
• Prepare eRSP for closure and participate in closure meeting
• Suggest continuous improvement and use digital solutions (such as Skywise, etc ..) to develop internal tools to help the team in performing

Benefits

• Attractive salary
• Annual bonus
• Group insurance plan
• Pension plan
• Share purchase plan
• Hybrid working policy (based on operational needs)
• On-site cafeterias
• Highly competitive holiday policy
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discount Program
• On-site Medical Service
• Access to a public shuttle service between Laval (Montmorency metro station) and Mirabel
• Carpooling application
• Great upskilling opportunities
• Development prospects with unlimited access to +10.000 e-learning courses to develop your employability
• Certifications
• Accelerated development programmes
• National and international mobility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior