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Bombardier Leader, Material Logistics in Red Oak, Texas

At Bombardier, our employees work together to develop mobility around the world, one good idea at a time. If you have a good idea, we'll provide the environment in which it will thrive and grow into a great product or customer experience.

Your ideas are our fuel.

In your role, you will

  • Perform managerial responsibilities and recommends related actions, for example, hiring, disciplinary actions, PMP, training and certifications, work assignments, scheduling vacation, monitoring attendance.

  • Management of teams of 10 (+) employees in charge of purchasing, managing the delivery flow of parts, address non-conformity of parts and supplier payment roadblocks.

  • Manage proactive communication to Director, as well as the other staff in the completion group.

  • Manage workflow and provide leadership with respect to customer’s overall satisfaction.

  • Identify reasons for process or workflow inefficiencies and develop strategies to overcome issues.

  • Ensure the development and delivery of training within the functional group.

  • Develop and maintain KPIs that pertain to the purchasing performance and the ability of the team to stock the right parts, in the right place, at the right time.

  • Manage the development of tools to increase efficiencies throughout the team.

  • Manage team to achieve the functional targets for the facility, support continuous improvement initiative and yearly or ad hoc objectives.

  • Promote, mentor and develop supervisory employees in the group.

  • Accountable for understanding, implementing corrective action plans to KPIs of increased complexity.

  • Monitor and ensure proper escalation of any material related delivery issues to the cross functional leaders (Logistics/Supply Chain) that will have an impact on the timely release of the aircraft and discuss the solution/actions.

  • Liaise with multi-disciplinary teams (Logistics, Supply Chain, Methods, Plant Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Quality) to resolve problems concerning delivery and component discrepancies.

  • Actively lead and implementation of BOE (Bombardier Operational Excellence) system within area of responsibility in line with Bombardier strategic vision.

As our ideal candidate

  • You hold a Bachelor's Degree or College Diploma in Logistics or Supply Chain Management or Business, with a minimum of seven (7) years of relevant experience in purchasing, customer service or inventory management role, two (2) of which are in management.

  • You must possess excellent leadership skills including strong ambition and desire to succeed, a strong professional ethic and proven planning, prioritizing and organizational skills.

  • You have a strong coaching skills and ability to motivate a team.

  • You must be proactive, results oriented and strive for continued improvement

  • You have strong interpersonal skills necessary to work effectively with a variety of individuals, departments, customers, vendors, and management.

  • You have a strong interest in continuous improvement and lean manufacturing principles.

  • You have computer skills necessary to operate word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software to build governance, reports and KPIs to support the business unit (including but not limited to, MS Office suite, MS Outlook, SAP (or ERP and EWM systems).

  • You have planning and organizational skills necessary to prioritize, assign, and coordinate workload of assigned area and employees within a multiple project setting.

  • Strong data analytics skills with ability to lead and drive complex analysis and provide specific guidance to analysts.

  • Superior verbal, presentation, and written communication skills.

  • You have the ability to plan, organize, prioritize, and handle multiple time sensitive tasks in a demanding global environment.

  • You demonstrated ability to be a team player and take initiative, as well as the ability to be decisive.

  • You ideally have previous experience with purchasing process improvement and continuous improvement in administrative functions.

Bombardier Aerospace is an equal opportunity employer with a non-discrimination policy.

If your profile meets the requirements of the position, we will keep you informed via email or phone.

Join us at: careers.bombardier.com

Your ideas move people.

Job Leader, Material Logistics

Primary Location Bombardier US Aerostructures

Organization Bombardier US Aerostr LLC

Shift Day job

Employee Status Regular

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