Manager, Inventory Control

Socket.dev; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site at distribution center

Job summary

FTAI Aviation Ltd. in Miami seeks a senior Inventory Control specialist to own the site’s inventory control environment at the Miami MRO parts distribution center. You will manage day-to-day 3PL tasks, drive cycle counts, and ensure accuracy across all stock with FAA/EASA traceability and ARC/COC/USM documentation.

This on-site role requires leadership in prioritizing work, escalating issues, and maintaining compliance with internal controls and global supply chain standards.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in inventory control with real ownership of a control environment; aviation MRO, aerospace, or regulated parts distribution preferred.
• Has directed a 3PL or distribution center and held it to SLAs.
• Knows aviation parts documentation (ARC, COC, USM) and FAA/EASA traceability.
• Hands-on ERP; Quantum Control preferred.
• Strong on root-cause work and cycle count methodology.
• Can set priorities, hand out work, and drive things to resolution without being managed through it.
• Miami-based, on-site at the distribution center.

Responsibilities

• Own inventory accuracy across all stock consigned, owned, USM.
• Keep perpetual inventory clean in Quantum Control; reconcile system to physical and 3PL positions.
• Own the cycle count program (ABC-based); chase variances to root cause and close them.
• Ensure parts returned to stock (repair returns, cores) are received and booked with correct codes.
• Keep part status accurate; manage holds and their release.
• Day-to-day owner of the 3PL relationship; direct and prioritize their work.
• Push corrective action on discrepancies and service misses; drive to closure.
• Check facility pass-through activity; reconcile billed vs. actual against contract.
• Bridge between site and Global Supply Chain on inventory issues, shortages, and holds.
• Report inventory KPIs and exceptions accuracy %, cycle count results, shrinkage.
• Find control gaps and fix the process behind them; ensure FAA/EASA traceability.

Skills

Inventory control

3PL management

FAA/EASA traceability

ARC/COC/USM docs

Quantum Control ERP

Cycle counting

Root-cause analysis

Tools

Quantum Control

Job description

ABOUT FTAI AVIATION LTD. (NASDAQ: FTAI)

FTAI owns and maintains commercial jet engines with a focus on the Maintenance, Repair and Exchange (MRE) of CFM56 and V2500 engines. FTAI’s propriety portfolio of products, including The Module Factory and a joint venture to distribute engine PMA helps make CFM56 and V2500 engine maintenance simpler, more cost-effective,

significantly faster, and more environmentally friendly. Additionally, FTAI owns and leases jet aircraft which often facilitates the acquisition of engines at attractive prices. FTAI invests in aviation assets and aerospace products that generate strong and stable cash flows with the potential for earnings growth and asset appreciation.

FTAI operates globally and has offices in New York, Miami, Montreal, Singapore. Dubai, United Kingdom and Ireland.

JOB OVERVIEW

Responsible for the accuracy and integrity of operational inventory at FTAI's Miami MRO parts distribution operation. This is a senior individual-contributor role that owns the inventory control environment and runs the day-to-day relationship with the third-party distribution center. Sets priorities, dispatches tasks, holds the 3PL to standard, and is the site's escalation point into Global Supply Chain.

Responsibilities:

Authority

• Owns the inventory control environment for Miami and can direct and prioritize day-to-day inventory work across the 3PL.
• Assigns and follows through on counts, investigations, holds, and corrections; can place and release inventory holds.
• Site-level escalation point for inventory issues; decides what gets fixed locally and what goes up to Global Supply Chain.
• Signs off on cycle count plans, variance write-offs within set thresholds, and corrective-action closure.

Inventory Accuracy & Control

• Own inventory accuracy across all stock consigned, owned, USM.
• Keep perpetual inventory clean in Quantum Control; reconcile the system of record to physical and 3PL-reported positions.
• Own the cycle count program (ABC-based); chase variances to root cause and close them.
• Make sure parts coming back to stock (repair returns, cores) are received and booked right, with correct condition codes and traceability (ARC/COC).
• Keep part status accurate; manage holds and their release.

Third-Party Distribution Center

• Day-to-day owner of the 3PL relationship and first point of contact.
• Direct and prioritize their work; hold them to SLAs receiving accuracy, put-away, pick/pack, count compliance, inventory accuracy.
• Run the daily/weekly cadence; push corrective action on discrepancies and service misses and drive to closure.
• Check facility pass-through activity; reconcile billed vs. actual against the contract.

Controls, Reporting & Escalation

• Bridge between the site and Global Supply Chain on inventory issues, shortages, and holds.
• Report inventory KPIs and exceptions accuracy %, cycle count results, shrinkage, aged/held stock.
• Find control gaps and fix the process behind them.
• Keep the operation compliant with internal controls, audit requirements, and FAA/EASA traceability.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years in inventory control with real ownership of a control environment; aviation MRO, aerospace, or regulated parts distribution preferred.
• Has directed a 3PL or distribution center and held it to SLAs.
• Knows aviation parts documentation (ARC, COC, USM, condition codes) and FAA/EASA traceability.
• Hands-on ERP; Quantum Control preferred.

• Strong on root-cause work and cycle countmethodology.
• Can set priorities, hand out work, and drive things to resolution without being managed through it.
• Miami-based, on-site at the distribution center.

Job Demands:

Work is performed in a Shop environment and requires the ability to perform extensive standing, driving, walking, and climbing; to lift up to 50lbs. regularly; to manipulate up to 100lbs. with assistance. Must be able to bend, stoop, climb to reach materials, and work in a noisy environment.

Equal Opportunity Employment Statement:

Our company is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.