Materials Purchasing Manager

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. • Tucson, AZ

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About The Position

The Materials Purchasing Manager oversees procurement activities for aircraft parts, components, consumables, tooling, and repair services across MHIRJ’s service center network, support offices, and parts depots. The role helps ensure uninterrupted maintenance operations by managing supplier relationships, inventory strategy, regulatory compliance, and cost control while leading a purchasing team in a safety-critical aviation environment.

The manager oversees inventory levels and material planning to meet customer service goals, maintenance program requirements, and fill-rate objectives. The position manages procurement and material planning in accordance with company policies and procedures, controls departmental budgets and capital requests, maintains material policies and purchasing procedures, and reports on material support operations. It also supports SAP and EMX for Materials, leads and develops staff, and may serve as a Material Business Process Advisor for the service center network and parts logistics organization.

Requirements

• 7–8 years of experience in inventory administration and management.
• 3 years of progressive supervisory experience.
• Working knowledge of material support functions, including procurement, planning, warehouse, stock, tool crib, shipping, and receiving.
• Planning and organizational skills to prioritize, assign, and coordinate workloads across assigned areas and employees in a multiple-project setting.
• Interpersonal skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, employees, management, and contractors.
• Computer skills to learn and/or operate word-processing, spreadsheet, database, email, and web-based applications.
• Working knowledge of FAA and Federal Aviation Regulations.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in business, management, or a related field.
• SAP Super User experience.
• Empower MX Super User experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage inventory levels and material planning to achieve customer service goals, maintenance program requirements, and fill-rate objectives.
• Manage procurement and material planning in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Prepare, monitor, and control departmental capital and operating budgets.
• Prepare capital requests required for budgets and implement them upon approval.
• Initiate revisions and updates to material policies and purchasing procedures for material support operations.
• Prepare and present scheduled reports on material support operations for assigned areas to management.
• Support and lead SAP and EMX for Materials.
• Perform managerial responsibilities, including recommending disciplinary actions, managing performance plans, training and certifications, work assignments, vacation scheduling, attendance monitoring, and reviewing and approving employee hours.
• Communicate company and department goals and objectives to employees, and communicate employee suggestions and concerns to management.
• Develop and train staff.
• May function as Material Business Process Advisor for the service center network and parts logistics organization.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.
• Company-paid life insurance and short-term disability.
• Annual wellness incentives up to $750.
• Employee assistance program.
• 401(k) with 6% company match.
• Annual bonus plan.
• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed