Repair Vendor Executive

Aerfin; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Bonus Scheme

Flexible and hybrid working

28 days of annual leave with option to

buy or sell 5 days per year

Volunteering Leave

Life Assurance

Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Healthcare Scheme

Electric Vehicle Leasing Scheme

Grandternity Leave

Appreciation & Festive Reward

Social events and much more

Job summary

AerFin is seeking an experienced professional to manage repair orders and vendor relationships from Crawley or Miami, operating in a hybrid setup. You will oversee repair cycles, cost validation and KPI reporting while collaborating with Sales and Product teams to keep activity moving smoothly.

The role emphasizes process improvements, vendor negotiations and accurate data handling within a supportive leadership framework, offering a discretionary bonus and hybrid working options.

Qualifications

• Experience in aerospace supply chain, repair or MRO environments.
• Strong understanding of component repair processes and MRO workflows.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively.
• Excellent communication with vendors and internal teams.
• Proactive mindset with focus on improving operations.
• Experience using ERP/MRO systems such as Quantum is advantageous.
• Technical understanding of airframe components or related aviation knowledge is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Managing and progressing repair orders day to day, ensuring timely movement through repair cycles.
• Acting as operational contact for repair vendors and communicating workscopes, priorities and requirements.
• Maintaining repair order data including costs, turnaround times and quotes.
• Reviewing vendor quotes and escalating deviations or budget concerns.
• Monitoring vendor performance against turnaround time, cost and quality.
• Providing status updates and visibility of risks to Sales, Programmes and Product Line teams.
• Assisting commercial activity by validating costs and negotiating where appropriate.
• Contributing to KPI performance across repair turnaround times and data accuracy.
• Identifying process improvements and bottlenecks in Repairs.

Skills

Aerospace industry experience

Vendor management

Repair process knowledge

Communication skills

Operational improvement

Tools

Quantum ERP

Job description

Permanent | Full time | Salary: DOE | Location: Crawley or Miami | Hybrid

About AerFin

AerFin is breathing new life into aviation. We buy, sell, lease and repair aircraft, engines, and parts to maximise the value for their owners and provide a lower-cost supply of material to our airline, lessor and MRO customers. Through our deep technical expertise and high-performance culture, we deliver confidence-inspiring quality, safety and value to our customers. Our blend of industry expertise and experience – today’s insight and tomorrow’s foresight – gives us a unique perspective on our industry that is trusted by over 600 customers across six continents. With regional hubs in Europe, Asia and the USA we’re perfectly placed to keep fleets flying and get deals done. That’s the AerFin way. That’s the way ahead.

What you’ll be doing

• Managing and progressing repair orders day to day, ensuring components move through the repair cycle efficiently and delays are minimised.
• Acting as a key operational contact for repair vendors, ensuring clear communication around workscopes, priorities, customer requirements and modifications.
• Maintaining accurate repair order data, including costs, turnaround times, status updates, vendor notes, quotes and supporting documentation.
• Reviewing, logging and processing vendor quotes, escalating deviations, approval requirements or budget concerns where needed.
• Monitoring vendor performance against turnaround time, cost and quality expectations, supporting corrective actions where performance issues arise.
• Working closely with Sales, Programmes and Product Line teams to provide timely component status updates, expected return dates and visibility of risks.
• Supporting commercial activity by validating vendor costs, negotiating pricing or additional findings within agreed thresholds, and identifying cost‑saving opportunities.
• Contributing to KPI performance across repair turnaround times, quote cycle time, cost variance, warranty recovery and data accuracy.
• Helping to identify process improvements, operational bottlenecks and opportunities to improve consistency across the Repairs function.

What we’re looking for

• Experience within the aerospace industry, ideally gained in a stockist, MRO, airline, workshop, repair or operational supply chain environment.
• A good understanding of component repair processes, MRO workflows and repair vendor management.
• Strong organisation skills, with the ability to manage a busy workload, prioritise effectively and maintain attention to detail.
• Confident communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with vendors and internal teams.
• A proactive, problem‑solving mindset with a focus on operational improvement and keeping activity moving.
• Experience using Quantum or a similar ERP/MRO management system would be advantageous.
• Technical understanding of airframe components, aviation qualifications or exposure to cost negotiation within repair operations would also be beneficial.

In return we offer:

• Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• Flexible and hybrid working
• 28 days of annual leave with an option to buy or sell an additional 5 days per year
• Volunteering Leave
• Life Assurance
• Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Healthcare Scheme
• Electric Vehicle Leasing Schemet
• Grandternity Leave
• Appreciation & Festive Reward
• Social events and much more

AerFin is an equal opportunities employer, which cultivates opinion, listens to all views with respect, recognises people based on their merits without bias and embraces diversity.

(NB. we will not consider any CVs from agencies at this point, and will reach out to our PSL if required)