Senior Material Analyst for PS Planning
About The Position
Under limited direction, this role provides technical guidance while performing supply chain management activities necessary to maintain accurate part inventories at optimum stock levels. The goal is to ensure the business can meet global demands, as appropriate to the area of specialization or expertise. The Senior Material Analyst will show superior technical skill and competence in planning, procurement, logistics, and inventory management of parts throughout the business unit, making recommendations for efficiency improvements. They will apply sound judgment, experience, and specialized supply chain management knowledge to meet performance metrics, anticipate emerging trends, understand their potential impact on the business, and make recommendations for mitigating risk. The role involves analyzing key performance indicators to ensure supply chain service level goals are achieved and maintained, and demonstrating an understanding of the financial and logistical impact of inventory investment decisions. Lifecycle planning for rotable and perishable inventory items, preparing recommendations for changes to supply chain tactical plans, and assisting in determining the disposition of excess inventory are also key functions. The analyst will engage with other functional areas to understand and resolve issues related to shortages, distribution, customer provisioning, service center demand, and over-the-counter sales, recommending and implementing solutions, and supporting change management objectives to generate stakeholder confidence.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience in analysing and understanding part usage demand and developing forecasts for future replenishment.
- Strong knowledge of MS Office products (excel, power point, etcetera).
- 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.
- Experience in demand planning and managing inventories across distribution networks.
- 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.
Nice To Haves
- APICS certificate (Association for supply chain and operations management) preferred.
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software experience strongly preferred.
- Experience with aircraft parts and regulations preferred.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Apply sound judgment, experience and specialized supply chain management knowledge to meet performance metrics.
- Demonstrate proficiency to anticipate emerging trends; understand their potential impact to the business and make recommendations for mitigating risk.
- Analyze key performance indicators to ensure supply chain service level goals are achieved and maintained.
- Demonstrate understanding of the financial and logistical impact of inventory investment decisions across the business unit.
- Perform lifecycle planning on rotable and perishable inventory items as required.
- Prepare recommendations for changes to supply chain tactical plans in response to changing business requirements.
- Assist in determining whether excess inventory is subject to re-distribution, sale or disposal.
- 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.
- Support change management objectives.
- Generate stakeholder confidence.
- Develop replenishment plans which highlight future inventory imbalances.
- Take appropriate actions to re-balance inventory levels while minimizing associated logistics costs.
- Prepare daily, weekly and monthly reports pertaining to current status of group/individual workload, inventory levels, associated logistics considerations and overall customer fill rate.
- Review engineering drawings, vendor part catalogs, and purchased on assembly items to determine initial spares requirements in support of new and existing product lines.
- Complete audits as appropriate to area of specialization, identify discrepancies and recommend and implement solutions.
- Train team members and impart business knowledge, skills and experience.
- Participate in cross functional teams.
- Demonstrate ability and breadth of knowledge beyond area of specialization or expertise.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
