Sr Manager, Materials Mgmt (Aviation)

What We Stand For

Low Fares Done Right is our mission and we strive to bring it to life every day. Our Done Right’ promise means delivering not only affordable prices, but making travel friendly and easy for our customers.

To do this, we put a great deal of care into every decision and action we take. We must be efficient with the use of our resources and make smart decisions about how we run our business.

We must also innovate and be pioneers - we’re not afraid to try new things. While our business requires us to fly high in the air, we also consider ourselves down-to-earth in our approach, creating a warm and friendly experience that truly demonstrates Rocky Mountain Hospitality.

Work Perks

At Frontier, we like to think we’re creating something very special for our team members. Work is why we’re here, but the perks are nice too :

• Flight benefits for you and your family to fly on Frontier Airlines.
• Buddy passes for your friends so they can experience what makes us so great.
• Discounts throughout the travel industry on hotels, car rentals, cruises and vacation packages.
• Discounts on cell phone plans, movie tickets, restaurants, luggage and over 2,000 other vendors.
• Enjoy a Dress for your Day’ business casual environment.
• Flexible work schedules that support work / life balance.
• Total Rewards program including a competitive base salary, short term incentives, long-term incentives, paid holidays, 401(k) plan, vacation / sick time and medical / dental / vision insurance that begins the 1st of the month following your hire date.
• We play our part to make a difference. The HOPE League, Frontier Airlines’ non-profit organization, is dedicated to providing employees financial assistance during catastrophic hardship.

Who We Are

Frontier Airlines is committed to offering Low Fares Done Right’ to more than 100 destinations and growing in the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic and Mexico on more than 350 daily flights.

Headquartered in Denver, Frontier’s hard-working aviation professionals pride themselves in delivering the company’s signature Low Fares Done Right service to customers.

Frontier Airlines is the proud recipient of the Federal Aviation Administration’s 2018 Diamond Award for maintenance excellence and was recently named the industry’s most fuel-efficient airline by The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) as a result of superior technology and operational efficiencies.

What Will You Be Doing?

Principally responsible for all material fulfillment activities to ensure that required materials and services are obtained and delivered on schedule and at the lowest total cost.

Responsible for development of relevant policies and procedures, training, operational analysis and inventory control. Liaison to services provided by Supply Chain Operations (i.

e., Purchasing) under the Finance division of the organization.

Essential Functions

• Manage, monitor and coordinate SMS activities as directed. These duties include but are not limited to :
• Coordinate the development, implementation, maintenance and integration of the SMS throughout Frontier.
• Identify hazards and safety risk assessments including change management.
• Ensure effectiveness of safety risk controls.
• Promote safety.
• Advise the accountable executive on the performance of the SMS and on any need for improvement.
• Accountable for achieving safety performance relative to job tasks.
• Manage risk acceptable level : Yellow or lower as defined by Frontier’s company risk matrix.
• Lead all Material Services activities for assigned Airbus fleets and Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) service providers.

Interface with Certificate Departments - including Engineering, Maintenance, Production Planning and Quality Assurance, to identify and define fleet material and service requirements.

• Ensure fleet material and service requirements are communicated, understood and executed throughout the Material Services organization - including Material Planning, Purchasing, Repair & Warranty and Material Services, to guarantee sources of supply.
• Maintain visibility of total Material Services costs for assigned fleets. Identify cost savings opportunities and coordinate improvement initiatives across the Supply Chain organization, including harvesting fleet warranties and maintenance reserve recovery.
• Monitor specific activities in the Material Services organization to ensure service levels are met or exceeded. Develop and implement Key Performance Metrics to document performance and measure improvement.
• Establish performance objectives for Material Services training to ensure policies and procedures utilized across Material Services are documented, understood and observed in all transactions.
• Establish annual training plan and monitor execution and documentation of both required and ad hoc training courses.
• Manage MRO Vendor evaluation and selection. Administer vendor invoice approval processes to ensure material is provided at the lowest overall cost, including factors such as acquisition, inventory and transportation.

Provide regular reporting of vendor performance and cost metrics.

Implement sound inventory control processes such as weighted cycle-counts and periodic focused audits to measure inventory accuracy.

Investigate results and recommend corrective actions for accuracy improvement.

Train, develop and manage assigned staff of C-Check Coordinators in the efficient accomplishment of daily support activities - including sourcing material, creating purchase orders and expediting deliveries.

Pursue continuous improvement in Supply Chain processes and training of assigned personnel. Manage assigned resources to ensure consistent Supply Chain policies and procedures are developed, documented and deployed across the organization to achieve defined goals and objectives.

• Develop and manage assigned staff of Material Services Managers, Inventory Analysts, and Material
• Services analysts in the efficient accomplishment of their daily activities, including improvement plans when warranted.

Pursue continuous improvement in Material Services processes and training of assigned personnel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Aerospace Management or related field
• Minimum 5 years of significant supply chain experience
• Minimum 5 years multi-function team leadership experience and proven cross-department project management experience
• MRO contract development and administration experience preferred
• Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) or Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) preferred

Equipment Operated

Standard office equipment

Work Environment

Typical office environment, adequately heated and cooled

Physical Effort

Generally, not required.

Positions Supervised

Manager, Mtrl Ops & Inventory Control

Manager, AOG

Manager, Material Svcs

Material Prog & Inventory Projects Mgr

Salary Range : $110,114-$146,157

Please note : This posting has a closing date of 7 / 2 / 24 Midnight MT.