Associate Specialist, Material Management
Hawaiian Airlines
- Honolulu, HI
- $56,000-73,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Create repair and exchange orders
- Contact and manage suppliers and vendors to ensure timely delivery or completion of all contracted requirements; Resolve issues with Suppliers for defective goods received
- Work with key suppliers to improve lead time using statistics to target service levels
- Perform various activities in support of the successful receipt and distribution of parts to support all maintenance requirements
- Gather, collect, record, track, and verify information from multiple sources and communicate to the group as needed; Provide clear status updates on all critical or urgent orders that are being tracked
- Compile, review and analyze data related to the operational activities and generate reports, statistics, timelines, tables, graphs, and presentations as needed to improve performance and processes
- Obtain technical information needed to reconcile issues
- Manage the entire repair cycle, analyze quotes, and make recommendations
- Maintain and manage accurate and complete inventory records
- Build and maintain part number records to include general inventory and tooling
- Support inventory counting activities and adjustments
- Prepare and reconcile journal entry, general ledger reconciliations, fixed asset maintenance and monthly and year end closings
- Identifies and directs disposal of surplus or obsolete inventory
- Engage with various internal and external business units to support their requirements
- Other duties as assigned
- Associates degree in Business, Supply Chain Management or related field or equivalent work experience.
- Strong process analysis and continuous improvement skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Self-directing, and ability to meet deadlines in dynamic environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other business/ERP/MRP systems
- Flexibility in schedule including, but not limited to after hours, holidays and weekends is required.
- On call support, travel domestic and international to support activities related to aircraft maintenance support, resolving supplier issues, negotiating value added pricing and developing joint remedies to supplier issues is required
- Capability to understand technical documents, work with cross-functional teams and make recommendations based on data and analysis
- High ethical standards and the ability to handle multiple projects and priorities at the same time.
- Experience in airline operations, logistics or related fields
- Basic understanding of Lean or Six Sigma
- Proven change agent to work in highly complex and stressful environments
- Strong negotiation skills
- Self-directing, and able to meet deadlines in an environment of constantly changing priorities and data
- Knowledge of procurement of goods and services and working with suppliers/vendors