Materials Supervisor

Job Summary:

The Aftermarket Materials Supervisor is responsible for ensuring that: the Spares organization has material available to support published Spares lead times, the Repair organization has material available to support contractual repair turn-around-times (TAT), the exchange pool is properly provisioned to support Product Support Agreement TAT guarantees, aftermarket inventory levels are monitored and controlled within established cost and turns limits and that the Repair Station Receiving Department is staffed and equipped to support its operational commitments to efficiently process repairs within one business day of receipt on dock. Manage the Repair/Material Planners to ensure customer repair units are moving through each stage and shortages are being tracked and replenished.

About Crane:

Crane Aerospace & Electronics supplies critical systems and components to the aerospace and defense markets. You’ll find Crane Aerospace & Electronics in some of the toughest environments: from engines to landing gear; from satellites to medical implants and from missiles to unmanned aerial systems (UAS).

Every 1.2 seconds, product built at our Crane Aerospace & Electronics Burbank facility is stopping aircraft – delivering passengers and military personnel safely to their destination. Home to our Landing & Cabin Systems team, Crane A&E’s brake control systems and premium cabin actuation solutions are flying on tens of thousands of aircraft throughout the world. You’ll join a business with a long track record of engineering excellence, set in the wonderful town of Burbank filled with great community atmosphere, schools, weather and no shortage of entertainment.

Essential Functions:

• Supervise and work with the Aftermarket Repair & Material Planners to ensure that:
• Spares inventory and Spares demand on the Production organization are aligned with Spares and Retrofit sales projections provided by the front-end sales team and net inventory and inventory turns budgets established by the business. – Reviewed at least once every 2 weeks.
• AOG inventory is provisioned per product support agreements to support shipment of AOG’s. – Reviewed at least once per month.
• Repair inventory and repair demand on production are aligned with Repair Station WIP material demand projections to support repair Turn-Around-Time (TAT) commitments and net inventory and inventory turns budgets established by the business. – Reviewed at least once every 2 weeks.
• Repair work order shortages are worked aggressively each day to clear the immediate shortage and to prevent future shortages on the same item.
• Repair Station Rotable (Exchange Unit) stock is provisioned to cover Product Support Agreement (PSA) TAT commitments and contractual commitments established in modification programs. – Reviewed at least once per month.
• Demand is consistently placed on and visible to the production organization at least 30 days beyond Cumulative Total Lead Time (CTLT) for the given part and preferably 12 months out to support material and labor demand planning activates.
• Establish an Aftermarket Material Management KPI board and ensure that performance is monitored and discussed daily with the team.
• Supervise and work with the Repair Station Receiving Team to ensure that:
• Repair Orders are received in within one business day and that receiving TAT is maintained below 1 day on average on their KPI’s
• Oracle repair orders are created in a clear, error free and consistent manner and that any Quality Issues noted are promptly addressed.
• Customer Owned containers are properly stored, cycle counted and returned to customers when orders are complete.
• Receiving quarantines are logged in, communicated to the Customer Account Administrators, and promptly addressed.
• Establish a Repair Station Receiving Department KPI board and ensure that performance is monitored and discussed daily with the team.
• Oversee the Material Handler assigned to Aftermarket to ensure that:
• Repair provisioning orders are promptly inspected per CFR-145 receiving inspection requirements, brought into Repair Stores and maintained with complete LOT traceability in Oracle each day.
• Promise dates on short repair orders are maintained each day and shortages are promptly paid off when material arrives in Repair Station stores.
• Cycle counts of Repair Station Main Stores and Rotable inventory are conducted each week and that Point of Use Stores is Cycle counted each week by the Repair Cells.
• Repair store’s locations are maintained in a neat and organized fashion.
• Strive for exemptions from annual physical inventory by supporting on time and accurate weekly cycle counts. When exemptions are not granted coordinate personnel, data, processes, and training for the annual physical inventory of aftermarket stores.
• Establish an Aftermarket Material Management KPI board and ensure that performance is monitored and discussed daily (same board as Aftermarket Material Planner).
• Champion process and lean management initiatives to improve efficiency, reduce costs, improve Spares OTD to PSA lead time commitments, reduced percent of repair orders impacted by shortages, reduced total repair order shortage TAT days, improved inventory turns, improved material handling processes and improved Repair Station receiving processes.
• Ensure frequent interactions with team members, internal customers, and internal suppliers.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Experience:

• At least 5-7 years prior experience forecasting and planning inventory requirements.

Knowledge:

• Working knowledge of Export Administration Regulations and ITAR Compliance.
• Basic knowledge of a manufacturing system, preferably in the aerospace industry.
• Knowledge of industry supply chain best practices and innovations related to delivery performance, cost management, material handling, and lead time reduction.

Skills/Abilities:

• Intermediate to advanced experience using Microsoft Office Suite.

• Excellent ability to interface productively with internal and external personnel.
• Must be able to develop solutions to a variety of problems of varying scope and complexity and contribute to the completion of organizational projects and goals.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting the material requirements of an aerospace aftermarket organization.

Education/Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required.

Eligibility Requirement: This position may require access to Controlled Data or Information. Where the position requires such access only US persons will be considered.  As a US Department of Defense contractor, we are bound by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

Top Benefits:

As a team member at Crane Aerospace and Electronics, you’ll enjoy:

• Benefits: Health care, dental, vision, life and disability insurance starting the first day of the month following your start date.
• Time Off: 15 days of paid time off that start accruing your first day at Crane plus 12 paid holidays per year.
• 401k Retirement Plan: 401k plan with company match.
• Education Reimbursement: eligible after 6 months of employment.

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You can see a list of our benefits at https://www.craneae.com/company/careers or visit our website at www.CraneAE.com for more information on our company and great opportunities.

We are committed to operational excellence and world class processes.  We employ Lean manufacturing techniques to optimize manufacturing efficiency and accuracy on all product lines. Our products are known for their technical strength, proven reliability and overall value.

In our efforts to maintain a safe and drug-free workplace, Crane Aerospace & Electronics requires that candidates complete a satisfactory background check.  FAA sensitive positions require employees to participate in a random drug test pool.

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Crane Company. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, general identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.