What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supply Chain Manager position at West Star Aviation, LLC?
West Star is the fastest growing maintenance repair organization in the industry, and we recognize this is the result of our talented team of trusted employees working together to deliver customer service excellence. We are committed to providing our employees with personal and professional growth opportunities while fostering a culture of respect and well-being with a small company feel.
What you can expect as Supply Chain Inventory Manager at West Star:
This position plays a key supporting role in developing the Sales and Operations Plan and requires clear and effective communication skills that will be utilized to provide briefings and reporting pertaining to operations and purchasing. This position will focus on maintaining and improving inventory by analyzing trends and determining parts usage and recommended purchasing across all channel networks. This dynamic role will support purchasing, inventory management and supply chain efforts.
You Will Be ESSENTIAL To The Following Functions
What you can expect as Supply Chain Inventory Manager at West Star:
This position plays a key supporting role in developing the Sales and Operations Plan and requires clear and effective communication skills that will be utilized to provide briefings and reporting pertaining to operations and purchasing. This position will focus on maintaining and improving inventory by analyzing trends and determining parts usage and recommended purchasing across all channel networks. This dynamic role will support purchasing, inventory management and supply chain efforts.
You Will Be ESSENTIAL To The Following Functions
- Responsible for creating inventory forecasts that balance supply and demand based on analysis of historical data, current trends, and marketplace insights provided from across the business.
- Set inventory min max levels that support, maximize service level, minimize inventory costs and ensure sales targets are met.
- Manage inventory price vs. price paid to capture savings on negotiated cost reductions
- Ensure organizational compliance with inventory management policies, contractual requirements, or other regulations.
- Develop and foster relationships with select suppliers to drive consistent performance
- Negotiate cost, lead time, minimum and economic order quantities to WSA’s benefit
- Analyze and troubleshoot supplier invoicing and purchase order discrepancies
- Coordinate with buyers to ensure proper quantities are purchased to achieve strategic inventory and service level objectives.
- Collect data and calculate internal and supplier KPIs by site, project, category, buyers, and suppliers
- Other duties as assigned.
