Job Description

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Technical Operations/Maintenance

Technical Operations includes the maintenance, and overhaul of our aircraft. This includes aircraft maintenance technicians, engineers, planners, ground equipment and facilities teams, supply chain teams and more

Job overview and responsibilities

The Senior Analyst – Inventory Performance is responsible for the strategic productivity and tactical execution of United Airlines’ aircraft spare parts inventory. The Senior Analyst will accomplish tactical inventory execution through active project management and inventory planning. A continuous focus on improving operational reliability by finding trends in data and developing ways to leverage that information to reduce disruptions to the operation.

• Improves operational reliability by minimizing aircraft out of service events, delays, and cancellations related to the unavailability of spare aircraft parts                                                     
• Ensures Allocation/ROP assignments are monitored and adjusted, in support of service level goals, if/as needed
• Development of tactical and strategic plans for Rotable, Recoverable, Repairable and Expendable in support of new station set ups
• Manages redeployment of Rotable, Recoverable, Repairable and Expendable inventory upon station closures
• Develops inventory requirements for initial provisioning in support of new fleet growth
• Utilizes analytical dashboards, automated tools, and the airline’s transaction-based computer ERP system (SCEPTRE)
• Performs ad-hoc data mining and analysis as required
• Accountable for overall life cycle of inventory – inception through final disposition
• Accountable for ensuring material is available and visible throughout the system
• Monitors, analyzes and reports on performance against plan
• Drive continuous improvement through the systematic use of tools and techniques                   
• Provides actionable insight to short- and long-term forecasts for the purposes of budgetary planning and integrated business planning

This position is offered on local terms and conditions.  Expatriate assignments and sponsorship for employment visas, even on a time-limited visa status, will not be awarded.

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in aviation management, Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, or related field, or comparable experience
• Minimum 3-6 years’ experience in fields of the Supply Chain, Airline or Manufacturing Industry
• Understanding of Supply Chain Planning and Management
• Strong communication and writing skills
• Self-Motivated and engrained Continuous Improvement experience
• Strong people skills and ability to develop internal and external relationships
• Proven ability to generate consensus amongst disparate viewpoints
• Experience in project managing a number of large projects with varying prioritization and completion dates
• Demonstrated abilities to find creative ways to reduce operational costs
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and manage workload accordingly through task prioritization
• Possess a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Analytical approach to problem solving, with attention to detail and a sense of urgency
• Intermediate proficiency in querying databases such SQL or Foundry and use of Microsoft Office applications

Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT

Skills Required

• Self Motivated
• Supply Chain
• Management