Senior Manager & Operations (Aviation)

ST LOGISTICS PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics company in Singapore is seeking a qualified candidate to manage fuel farm operations and maintenance, ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards. The ideal candidate should have a degree in operations management and prior experience in the aviation industry. Responsibilities include managing customer relationships, contributing to continuous improvement, and overseeing staff development. Proficiency in MS Office is required, with knowledge of fuel farm operations considered an advantage. This role focuses on operational excellence and strategic development.

Qualifications

• Degree with operation management skills preferred.
• Prior experience with Aviation industry preferred.
• Candidate with fuel farm operation experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct fuel farm operations and ensure preventive measures.
• Perform maintenance operations and approve complex maintenance work.
• Ensure compliance with quality and safety standards.
• Manage customer experience and relationships.
• Contribute to continuous improvement.
• Manage people, finance, and organizational development.

Skills

Operation management skills

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Tools

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Job description

Job Responsibilities

Conduct fuel farm operations

• Ensure preventive measures are put in place to avoid future recurrence of issues
• Ensure preventive measures are put in place to ensure fuel quality
• Review get well plan and prepare write-off report/action plan if there are fuel losses
• Collaborate with each worksite to obtain relevant demand forecast to review and plan for fuel stock

Perform maintenance operations

• Escalate non-availability of GFE/GFP to customer's senior management
• Approve complex maintenance work in accordance with financial allowable limits (FAL) and oversee complex rectification activities of equipment abnormalities

Ensure operational excellence and compliance with quality and safety standards

• Set direction for new base/projects and engage external stakeholders to ensure smooth transition/ implementation
• Develop business continuity plans to mitigate disruptions
• Drive implementation of changes based on quality and safety reports
• Ensure audits are carried out as per schedule and mitigate non-compliant audit findings with external auditor
• Review Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure regulatory requirements are met and procedures can be performed by operations team
• Endorse emergency response plans
• Drive the unit's compliance to data governance and cybersecurity

Manage customer experience and relationships

• Manage strategic contractual issues between operational unit and its customers
• Maintain close links with key customers

Contribute to continuous improvement

• Guide organisational transformation and continuous improvement projects
• Challenge units to adopt new business strategies while actively balancing risk and opportunities to develop new markets

Manage people, finance and organisational development

• Manage career planning and development of Operational Unit employees
• Collaborate with cross-functional ops teams to strategise optimisation of resources and operational efficiency
• Review capital and operating departmental budget
• Review and approve purchase requisition based on financial allowable limits (FAL)
• Ensure cost control of OT and management of MC rate below national average
• Review proposed Scope of Work (SOW) and resources required
• Establish initiatives to improve department's recruitment and retention rates
• Liaise with HR for manpower planning and staffing requirements for all operational unit’s worksites
• Front development, communication and implementation of effective growth strategies and processes
• Ensure sales and cost targets are met

Job Requirements

• Degree with operation management skills preferred.
• Prior experience with Aviation industry preferred
• MS Office - Excel, Words and PowerPoint
• Candidate with fuel farm operationexperience is a plus