Team Leader - Aviation Stores

Kühne + Nagel; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Kühne + Nagel in Farnborough is seeking a hands-on Team Leader - Aviation Stores to manage a four-person team within a customer aviation maintenance facility. You will oversee receipt, storage, inspection, packing and despatch of aviation materials, ensuring safety, quality and compliance with Part 145.

This 4-on/4-off, 12-hour shift role requires practical leadership, strong communication and a proactive approach to continuous improvement, while meeting vetting requirements and maintaining

Qualifications

• Experience in aviation/aerospace or other highly regulated environments is desirable.
• Good knowledge of warehouse or stores operations, including receiving, picking, packing, stock management and despatch.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the day-to-day activities of a four-person team, ensuring workloads and resources are effectively planned.
• Manage team performance against KPIs and contractual requirements, identifying opportunities to improve performance, quality and processes.
• Oversee receipt, handling, storage, inspection, packing and despatch of customer assets, providing hands-on operational support when required.
• Ensure inspections are carried out in accordance with Part 145 and customer quality requirements.
• Oversee Dangerous Goods packing and despatch activities, ensuring compliance with regulations and standards.
• Lead, motivate and develop the team, ensuring training for new starters and ongoing support.
• Maintain high standards of health and safety, quality, housekeeping and compliance, and identify improvement opportunities.
• Maintain strong relationships with customer, colleagues and management, communicating performance and challenges.

Skills

Team leadership

People management

Fluent English

Quality standards

Communication

Aviation logistics knowledge

Tools

Aviation ERP systems

Forklift operations

Job description

Are you an experienced team leader with a background in aviation stores, engineering, or another highly regulated and quality-focused environment? We are looking for a Team Leader - Aviation Stores to join our Contract Logistics operation in Farnborough, leading a team of four operatives based within our customer's aviation maintenance facility. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will work alongside your team to ensure daily operational activities are completed safely, efficiently and to the required quality standards. You will oversee the receipt, handling, storage, inspection, packing and despatch of aviation materials, while supporting your team in achieving operational and performance targets. The position operates on a fixed 4-on/4-off, 12-hour shift pattern and is based within a customer maintenance hangar. Due to the nature of the working environment, the successful candidate must be able to meet the necessary vetting requirements. With the potential for the operation to grow in the future, this is an excellent opportunity for someone who is keen to develop their leadership capabilities, make a positive impact on team performance and contribute to the continued development of the operation.

How you create impact

• Lead and coordinate the day-to-day activities of a team of four operatives, ensuring workloads and resources are effectively planned.
• Manage team performance against agreed KPIs and contractual requirements, identifying opportunities to improve performance, quality and processes.
• Oversee the accurate receipt, handling, storage, inspection, packing and despatch of customer assets, providing hands-on operational support when required.
• Ensure receiving inspections are carried out in accordance with Part 145 and customer quality requirements, supporting receiving activities as required.
• Oversee Dangerous Goods (DG) packing and despatch activities, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and standards.
• Lead, motivate and develop your team, ensuring new starters are fully trained and colleagues receive the ongoing support required to perform effectively.
• Promote high standards of health and safety, quality, housekeeping and operational compliance, while continually identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain strong relationships with the customer, colleagues and management, providing clear communication on performance, resources, workload and operational challenges.

This is an opportunity to take on a key, hands-on leadership position within a highly regulated and quality-focused aviation logistics environment. You will have the chance to make a visible impact on the day-to-day performance of the operation, support and develop a small team, strengthen customer relationships and contribute to continuous improvement.

Previous experience

• Experience within aviation or aerospace would be highly desirable; however, candidates with relevant transferable experience from other highly regulated and quality-focused environments, such as pharmaceutical or engineering operations, are also encouraged to apply.
• Good knowledge of warehouse or stores operations, including receiving, picking, packing, stock management and despatch.
• A hands-on leadership style, with the willingness and ability to support your team directly with day-to-day operational activities.
• Strong people management skills, with experience motivating, developing and supporting teams to achieve quality and performance targets.
• A good understanding of operational KPIs, continuous improvement and working within clearly defined processes and quality standards.
• Excellent communication and customer relationship management skills, with fluent written and spoken English.
• Experience with forklift operations, Dangerous Goods shipping, aviation parts inspection and/or aviation ERP systems would be advantageous, alongside the ability to achieve the required standards and qualifications for the role.