Material Supervisor- NSA

NorthState Aviation; California; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthState Aviation is seeking a Materials Supervisor to oversee program material requirements, provide daily direction to the team, and ensure timely planning to meet customer demands in a fast-paced aviation environment.

You will coordinate with program managers and customers, manage inventory, ensure proper scanning and ERP/stock processes, lead process improvements, and uphold safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; associate degree preferred.
• Minimum three years in aircraft industry supply chain operations.
• At least two years in a leadership/management role.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills; able to establish relationships and communicate policies.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with Program Managers, Supervisors, and Customers to provide status on parts and plan for upcoming projects.
• Ensure parts/assets are scanned, received, maintained, issued, and shipped in material systems.
• Attend daily meetings to align customer material expectations and support production planning.
• Interface with customers on asset management, ERP training, and periodic reporting requirements.
• Manage inventory stock, replenishment, and cycle counts.
• Coordinate with MRO Solutions Planning for upcoming projects, tooling, and purchasing.
• Attend status meetings to discuss program needs with customer representatives.
• Oversee distribution center functions to expedite material requests to projects.
• Provide customer service and foster partnerships with customers and production teams.
• Monitor work order shelves and locker inventories for disposition of leftovers.
• Lead personnel actions including interviews, hires, pay changes, promotions, and transfers.
• Participate in process improvement activities to maximize efficiency.
• Ensure employees perform duties safely and productively.

Skills

Dependability

Accountability

Organization

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate's Degree in relatable field preferred

Tools

MS Office

Job description

The Materials Supervisor remains customer focused and is responsible for overseeing program material requirements. Provides daily oversight, training, and direction to their assigned personnel with an emphasis on instilling a sense of urgency and constant communication. Ensures the necessary direction and planning to support their personnel in meeting material requirement demands. Anticipates customer requirements and proactively seeks ways of improving customer satisfaction. As a leader they will represent a positive image of Flightstar and demonstrate the characteristics expected of professionals in both safety and quality.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Routinely communicates with Line Program Managers, Line Supervisors and Customers in order to provide latest status on parts needed for aircraft currently undergoing maintenance and to request information that is necessary to plan for upcoming aircraft projects.
• Ensures all parts and assets are being properly scanned, received, maintained, issued, and shipped within appropriate material processing systems.
• Attends daily meetings to ensure customer material expectations and to provide responsive status to their requirements. Enable effective and efficient production planning to occur for Flightstar customers.
• Interfaces with the customer as necessary to understand expectations as it relates to asset management, ERP system training, and periodic reporting requirements.
• Manages inventory stock including replenishment, reorder points for purchasing and stockroom cycle counts.
• Maintains liaison with MRO Solutions Planning department for upcoming projects, pre-draw preparation, tooling, and purchasing requirements.
• Attends project status meetings, program reviews, and conducts periodic meetings with customer representatives to discuss program needs or performance.
• Ensures all off units are returned in a timely manner to the proper customer.
• Manages functions of the distribution center to ensure material requests are being processed, consolidated from receipt to work order lockers or staged in transit bins as expedited to the project.
• Provides customer service to internal and external customers while fostering a partnership with the customer representatives and production team.
• Monitors work order shelves and point of use locker inventory to ensure proper disposition of left over materials.
• Initiates and recommends approval of personnel actions, including interviews and selection and employee hire, pay changes, performance appraisals, promotions, transfers, and leaves of absence.
• Organizes and or participates in on-going process improvement activities in an effort to maximize operational efficiency.
• Ensures all employees are carrying out duties in a safe and productive manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

• English Proficiency required/Spanish a plus
• High School Diploma or GED (Associate's Degree in relatable field preferred)
• Minimum three (3) years of aircraft industry supply chain operations required
• Minimum of (2) years in a leadership/management position required
• Comprehensive knowledge of warehouse operation functions and inventory practices organizing, planning, and multi-tasking skills
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships and to communicate policies and procedures to employees.
• Ability to multitask and manage time effectively
• Proficiency with MS Office applications
• Personal Skills: Dependability, Accountability, Organization, Communication

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