Location: Halifax - Wilkinson, Canada
Position Summary
In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.
The Material and Repair & Overhaul (R&O) Coordinator is integral in the success of daily operations relating to the movement and management of spares and equipment. Part of the warehouse team within Supply Chain, this position works closely with Procurement, Engineering and the Service Delivery team, in addition to other internal departments; while also liaising with external organizations including suppliers, service providers and the customer.
Regulatory Compliance Requirement
This position requires direct or indirect access to hardware, software or technical information controlled under the Canadian Export Control List and/or the US the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be eligible or able to obtain authorization for such access.
Key Areas of Responsibility
- Asset Repair and Overhaul
- Direct component repair and overhaul (R&O) activity, develop, monitor and manage repair lines and schedule.
- Track and report on status, expedite availability from repair to maintain stocking levels.
- Establish, maintain and monitor repair lines; process SOWs, RFIs and RFQs to source and enable supporting repair facilities, including OEMs.
- Asset Calibration
- Maintain and oversee the equipment calibration program liaising with stakeholders as required:
- Identify and track assets subject to calibration, update status in Thales ERP, customer ERP and service providers database.
- Monitor status and initiate movement to/from calibration ensuring maximum availability of serviceable assets.
- Manage calibration cycle reporting, identifying status and schedule.
- Asset Tracking
- Establish and maintain a process for the management of Special Tools and Test Equipment (STTE) and customer owned equipment:
- Track and update asset status in Thales ERP, customer ERP and additional database as required.
- Monitor status and initiate material movements, ensuring traceability.
- Establish, coordinate & manage the preventative maintenance cycle for applicable tools, equipment and inventory, ensuring serviceability of assets.
- Inventory Management
- Track material availability and delivery dates, following up to expedite delivery and resolve issues.
- Monitor stocking levels and master data to support repair, overhaul and maintenance activity.
- Perform parts consumption analysis to identify required inventory and recommend adjustments.
- Administer and initiate master data changes.
- Schedule stocktaking activity including cycle counts and special inventories; track and record physical counting, recounting, and reconciliation of inventory discrepancies as a result of investigations.
- Support & oversee material returns identifying routing requirements; process, track and report on status as required.
- Shipping and Distribution
- Schedule and action shipping requirements with couriers and freight forwarders.
- Ensure accuracy of documentation to include relevant notes and comments to support delivery.
- Track freight, resolve frustrated cargo situations and identify areas of improvement in distribution.
- Perform and support warehousing functions
- Plan, schedule and perform the issue of material from the warehouse.
- Ensure accuracy of material transactions and demands to support repair and maintenance activity.
- Perform transactions in Department of National Defence (DND) Defence Resource Management Information System (DRMIS) and Thales ERP system to update material movement and status.
- Prepare and generate reports; maintain registers and support KPIs in coordination with the Warehouse Manager.
- Liaise with internal and customer representatives in addition to external organizations while supporting a collaborative environment and maintaining effective results driven communication.
- Work proactively with the Warehouse & Supply Chain teams to enhance performance of the Function.
- Participate in and contribute to continuous improvement initiates, attend meetings.
- Become knowledgeable about company policies/procedures and continually monitor day-to-day activities for compliance.
- Support activities to ensure compliance with ISO series quality accreditation and Defense regulatory requirements.
- Maintain an ethical approach to ta