About the role
Director, Supply Chain Material Planning & Programs
Location: San Antonio TX
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At StandardAero, we use our ingenuity and know-how to find solutions for the simple to the most complex challenges in aviation. Together, we get the job done and done well. Our stability, resources, and respectful culture supports you in building a solid career with a great team you can count on day in and day out for the long term.
Position Overview
The Director, Supply Chain Material Planning & Programs will provide strategic leadership and functional expertise for material planning, demand and supply planning, MRP, Inventory optimization and material availability within commercial programs. This role will serve as a subject-matter expert and leader in Material Planning, ensuring the right material is available at the right time to support engine and MRO activities, customer commitments, and business growth. The Director will lead the development and standardization of planning processes, systems, tools, and performance metrics while partnering closely with Operations, Engineering, Procurement, Logistics, Finance, and Global Supply Chain
The Director will work with Enterprise SIOP to drive a discipline planning process, improve forecast accuracy and inventory productivity, proactively identify material constraints and shortages, and establish the planning capabilities required to support StandardAero's growth and operational
objectives.
What You’ll Do
Lead Material Planning for commercial programs, developing a high-performing planning team and establishing standardized planning practices, tools, systems, and governance.
Own the end-to-end material planning process, translating production requirements, customer demand, forecasts, shop capacity, and supplier capacity into actionable material requirements.
Partner with the Enterprise SIOP leader and cross-functional stakeholders to align demand, production capacity, material availability, inventory, supplier capacity, and financial objectives.
Establish and maintain planning parameters and strategies, including lead times, safety stock, order policies, lot sizes, minimum order quantities…
