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**Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Rotable Pool Inventory Manager to join our team based in Grand Prairie, TX.*
The Rotable Pool Manager is a strategic and critical role responsible for the end-to-end management of the rotable asset inventory. The manager is tasked with ensuring the availability of rotable assets to meet customer maintenance, repair, and overhaul demands, while also proactively driving core unit recovery and assessing the long-term health and financial viability of the entire pool. This role requires a blend of operational precision, strategic forecasting, and strong cross-functional communication to optimize inventory levels, mitigate obsolescence risks, and prepare business cases for future inventory ramp up.
**A suburb just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is home to Airbus Helicopters U.Check out one of the seven professional sports teams that also call Dallas home - you may even see a special, custom Airbus helicopter dedicated to the Dallas Cowboys flying during home games.
* Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)*
* *Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.*
* *Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.*
* *Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.*
**Rotable Pool and Inventory Management: 40%
* Lead the management of the rotable pool inventory, ensuring adequate coverage for all scheduled and unscheduled removals in a timely manner.
* Analyse raw data and formulates strategies in an effort to identify cost drivers, increase stock accuracy and efficiency while reducing inventory/logistic cost and mitigating performance penalty risks
* Possess the technical expertise to determine and propose feasible interchangeable or alternate part solutions to customers when like-for-like parts are unavailable, thereby mitigating stock level issues and controlling financial impact.
* Determine inventory obsolescence and develop strategies for disposition or alternative use of aging assets.
* Prepare robust business cases for the acquisition of new rotable assets to support new contracts, replace obsolete stock, or expand the pool as needed.
* Develop and maintain a robust rotable pool inventory process, establishing min/max stock levels for all rotable components.
* Collaborate with internal MRO business functions to acquire and analyze forecast data across multiple time horizons (e.g., Adjust rotable pool levels based on key performance indicators such as scrap rates, core recovery rates, and repair turn-around-times (TAT).
* Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of computer systems and databases for efficient material management and alternate/interchangeable part identification
Core Unit Recovery and Follow-up: 40%
* Function as the primary interface to internal MRO shops and customer facing departments regarding the process of core returns from customers.
* Actively "drumbeat" and monitor the return of core units to ensure they are received as payback for both PBH contracts and Ad-Hoc Standard Exchange.
* Ensure the timely recovery of core units to meet OEM and third-party MRO warranty claim deadlines.
* Track all overdue cores and manage the billing of applicable late penalties to customers.
* Provide a regular analysis (monthly/quarterly) of core recovery data, including total outstanding cores, expected due dates, and identification of late cores.
* Support and lead the creation and maintenance of key performance indicator (KPI) reports and presentations for MRO and rotable pool performance.
* Conduct detailed data analysis as needed to provide insights into pool utilization, core recovery effectiveness, and inventory health.
* Bachelor’s degree, in Business, Engineering, or a related field
Five (5) years of experience in Customer Service, Technical Support, or a related field within the aerospace/aviation industry.
Experience working in rotorcraft maintenance or field service.
* Travel Required: *
* Minimal 5% Domestic and International
*Proficiency with Google Suite or Microsoft Office.
* Demonstrated experience in project management and process improvement.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to assess inventory health and financial viability.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to manage cross-functional relationships and customer interactions.
Technical knowledge of aircraft components and interchangeability.
* Ability to read and interpret technical data and drawings.
*Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written form in English
Google Suite or Microsoft Office
* Working knowledge of SAP application
As the primary focal point for the rotable pool inventory, the candidate will need to lead escalations, control complicated situations and make key operational business decisions to ensure continuous availability of the rotable pool assets.
* Collaborate with various departments such as Programs, Logistics, Customer Support, Technical Support, Procurement, and others as required.
*Able to make independent decisions intended to be customer centered and meet company and customer expectations;
* MRO Front Office, Blade Shop, DCR Shop, etc.) to identify alternative paths or solutions for repair lead times intended to improve customer satisfaction;
* Understand and make decisions based on inventory demand;
* Make critical decisions on cost/margins to support PBH program financial health without direct supervision
*Responsible for establishing, monitoring, and maintaining an efficient core return process reducing the total number of outstanding cores for all MRO customers.
* Efficient processing of core returns for quick disposition of cores received in support of reducing the time repaired items are returned to MRO stock location.
* Improve the financial health of the company by contributing to the reduction of inventory values by keeping a robust rotable pool inventory, reducing the need to purchase new parts/components.
* Ensuring proper analysis of pool sizing needs, based on new PBH contract offerings.
* This position contributes directly to the satisfaction of our customers by:
* Continual communication with respect to our customers on the status of their cores due in
* Establishing a robust rotable pool supporting an increase Customers’ operational availability
*Onsite or remote: 100% onsite
* Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings. Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms. Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts. Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 10lbs/5kgs. Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 10lbs/5kgs. Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools. Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer. Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor. Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice. Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces. Personal Protective Equipment required: Required PPE includes, but is not limited to, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Respirators/Masks, and/or Protective Gloves as required by site and/or customer site
* Administrative position only PPE required: Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits, appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor.
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*All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally*
*As a leader in our field, Airbus Helicopters, Inc. provides relocation assistance for qualified positions and a comprehensive*
*As a matter of policy, Airbus Helicopters, Inc. does not sponsor visas for US positions unless specified. Airbus Helicopters, Inc. does not offer tenured or guaranteed employment. NOTE: Airbus Helicopters, Inc. reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as the need arises. description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.*
This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.
****Airbus Helicopters, Inc.
*Remote Type:*
On-site
*Material Support & services
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