Manager, Inventory Control
About The Position
FTAI Aviation Ltd. (NASDAQ: FTAI) owns and maintains commercial jet engines, focusing on the Maintenance, Repair, and Exchange (MRE) of CFM56 and V2500 engines. FTAI's proprietary products and joint ventures aim to simplify, reduce costs, and improve environmental friendliness in engine maintenance. The company also owns and leases jet aircraft, which aids in acquiring engines at favorable prices. FTAI invests in aviation assets and aerospace products that yield strong, stable cash flows with potential for growth and appreciation. FTAI operates globally with offices in New York, Miami, Montreal, Singapore, Dubai, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.
Requirements
- 7+ years in inventory control with real ownership of a control environment; aviation MRO, aerospace, or regulated parts distribution preferred.
- Has directed a 3PL or distribution center and held it to SLAs.
- Knows aviation parts documentation (ARC, COC, USM, condition codes) and FAA/EASA traceability.
- Hands-on ERP; Quantum Control preferred.
- Strong on root-cause work and cycle count methodology.
- Can set priorities, hand out work, and drive things to resolution without being managed through it.
- Miami-based, on-site at the distribution center.
Responsibilities
- Owns the inventory control environment for Miami and can direct and prioritize day-to-day inventory work across the 3PL.
- Assigns and follows through on counts, investigations, holds, and corrections; can place and release inventory holds.
- Site-level escalation point for inventory issues; decides what gets fixed locally and what goes up to Global Supply Chain.
- Signs off on cycle count plans, variance write-offs within set thresholds, and corrective-action closure.
- Own inventory accuracy across all stock consigned, owned, USM.
- Keep perpetual inventory clean in Quantum Control; reconcile the system of record to physical and 3PL-reported positions.
- Own the cycle count program (ABC-based); chase variances to root cause and close them.
- Make sure parts coming back to stock (repair returns, cores) are received and booked right, with correct condition codes and traceability (ARC/COC).
- Keep part status accurate; manage holds and their release.
- Day-to-day owner of the 3PL relationship and first point of contact.
- Direct and prioritize their work; hold them to SLAs receiving accuracy, put-away, pick/pack, count compliance, inventory accuracy.
- Run the daily/weekly cadence; push corrective action on discrepancies and service misses and drive to closure.
- Check facility pass-through activity; reconcile billed vs. actual against the contract.
- Bridge between the site and Global Supply Chain on inventory issues, shortages, and holds.
- Report inventory KPIs and exceptions accuracy %, cycle count results, shrinkage, aged/held stock.
- Find control gaps and fix the process behind them.
- Keep the operation compliant with internal controls, audit requirements, and FAA/EASA traceability.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
