Position Summary:
The Supervisor of Materials Planning reports to the Manager of Material Planning, and is responsible for supervising the decision-making process and providing leadership for the Manager Material Planning working groups responsible for Materials Planning and Allocating material throughout the supply chain. In addition, the Supervisor reviews data about the fleet, focusing on reliability, cost and turnaround time for statistical planning models to forecast the demand and investment required to meet that demand and establish improvements for JetBlue’s Maintenance Programs and Fleet Growth.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Compliance with Chapter 6 of the General Maintenance Manual (GMM) & Code of Federal Regulations (CFR(s)) for the planning and movement control of aircraft materials, supplies and services to be used in and on the JetBlue aircraft.
- Continual reduction of Aircraft service events due to parts not available in the right place at the right time.
- Maintaining the materials Capital Expense (CapEx) as well as consumable and expendable Operating Expense (OpEx) budget.
- Responsible for ensuring allocation levels align with current and projected demand models to support aircraft maintenance.
- Ensuring that internal controls are adequate and compliant with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
- Supervising inventory optimization software parameters and algorithms to ensure material availability throughout the operation.
- Taking a significant role in developing crewmembers to support their engagement, growth and goal achievement by establishing clear performance expectations and accountability for Crewmembers.
- Overseeing and controlling the activities of demand forecasting and inventory planning by producing forecast reports based on demand projections, historical inventory usage and other foreseen circumstances that may affect parts requirements.
- Establishing, implementing and monitoring part planning guidelines for purchased material and coordinating, with the Supervisor Technical Purchasing and Supervisor Material Coordination, for distribution throughout the operation in support of both scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.
- Preparing the quarterly list of parts to purchase and preparing an authorization for expenditure for new material.
- Collecting data about the fleet, focusing on reliability, cost and turnaround time.
- Leading breakthrough inventory projects and process improvements within Technical Supply Chain Manages materials planning models to ensure optimal warehouse inventory levels and transactions, including setting specific order quantities, aging control, interfacing with Technical Purchasing, and reviewing aircraft on the ground and urgent parts requirements.
- Managing the station allocation of the fleet on an ongoing basis.
- Other duties as assigned
