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Job Description

Closing 04 June 2010

Inventory Planning Controller, Heathrow, TMG
• An opportunity exists to join the Inventory Management team, responsible for managing Engineering’s aircraft inventory. As an IPC you will ensure on time delivery, within budget through consistent and robust supplier management within a culture of data driven process improvement.

• All applicants will be asked to submit their CV and answer the Application question “Please tell us why you are attracted to this role and the skills and capabilities that you would bring with you.” (Max 250 words)

Requirements

Job Purpose
• To plan all material requirements for fully scoped maintenance inputs across the engineering business in the most effective and economical way.
• Root cause analysis for unplanned requirements, and support of resulting recovery action.
• To ensure excellent and consistent supplier performance through fully defined contracts, robust adherence to supplier management processes and deliver data driven performance improvement.

Job Dimensions
• Expenditure
• Direct
• New Buy – up to £10m
• Subcontract – up to £15m
• Inventory Value Rotable – up to £100m
• Inventory Value Expendable – up to £35m

Manpower
• Direct 0
• Indirect 0

Responsibilities

*Principal Accountabilities *
Team
• Through a shared vision achieve the departmental goals, and ultimately ‘The BA Way’, whilst demonstrating accountability and ownership.
• Drive the department and people within it towards a more planned environment.
• Involve the right people when making decisions about the business or individuals. Encourage people to have their say and listen to their concerns.
• Agreeing and measuring challenging targets, achievable through process improvement, working across team boundaries and a self learning culture.

Inventory Management
• Static data management including; set up and ownership of all material master data, initial provisioning, float control, safety stocks, re-order levels and interchangeability where approved data exists.
• Provide support to the Operations Team in relation to the actioning of quotes, scrap and other associated activities.
• Ensuring compliance with Engineering Policy, Statutory Airworthiness requirements, Safety Standards, Company Standing Instructions and Health and Safety Legislation.
• Determine and implementing strategies for the repair cycle of aircraft and tooling components.
• Drive out surplus and obsolete inventory.
• Create and manage budgets ensuring total cost of ownership without impacting service levels.
• Planning for Line Station requirements.
• Plan and manage the material to support aircraft and programme modifications.
• Problem resolution through root cause analysis techniques (Lean Six Sigma).
• Drive down manual transactional activity through system automation.
• Adhere to all local procedures to ensure compliance with airworthiness standards.

Suppliers and Customers
• Evaluate potential suppliers and take responsibility for subsequent sourcing decisions.
• Accountable for the performance management of suppliers, and the collation of performance measures.
• Initiate supplier recovery action plans where performance is below BA standards.
• Effective use of contracts, and the enforcement of remedies, to drive performance improvement and behaviour change.
• Effective management of warranty control and recoveries.
• Ensure the continued improvement of product performance and reliability.
• Support customer relationships and revenue generation.

The Individual

*Skills (practised capability/behaviour) *
• Self motivated and a self starter
• Strong analytical skills
• Planning and delivery
• Project management
• Problem solving & root cause analysis
• People influencing skills
• Ownership and drive for personal development
• Coaching & interpersonal skills
• IT literate
• Customer focus
• Demonstrate effective presentation, written and oral communication skills Experience (On the job)

Experience (On the job)
• Awareness of engineering strategies within the airline industry
• Supplier management experience
• Innovative and adaptable to the management of change
• Analysis and interpretation of technical and commercial data
• Managing and awareness of quality processes and standards

Essential Qualifications (Academic/vocational)
• Formal business related qualification to HNC / HND or equivalent experience

Expertise (Specialist knowledge)
• Proven procurement or inventory management experience at appropriate level

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