Category Coordinator / Buyer

Your responsibilities

• Prepare plans for component demand and associated maintenance activities in accordance with aircraft utilization data submitted by customers and maintenance planning.

• Prepare ongoing forecast of scheduled and unscheduled component demand through communication with Customer Support Teams and Maintenance Planning

• Share ongoing forecast of scheduled and unscheduled component demand with vendors for critical components

• Provide Monthly Induction Forecasts to internal workshops and external vendors

• Coordinate changes to demand plans with Customer Support Teams and Maintenance Planning

• Create core unit return shipments and coordinate return of cores to vendors for exchange orders

• Expedite return of unserviceable components from customers to repair facilities

• Review and approve repair quotes

• Ensure compliance to contract terms

• Enforce new product and repair warranty

• Identify opportunities to reduce cost and leverage alternative sources and PNs usage

• Create/approve work authorization documents to internal and external suppliers

• Monitor and expedite overdue deliveries from suppliers and internal workshops

• Create Repair orders for internal workshops and external vendors

• Communicate priorities to internal workshops and external vendors

• Coordinate and document the scrapping of components not able to be returned to serviceable condition

• Ensure supply of serviceable components to customers in accordance with contracts and planned requirement dates

• Maintain and monitor target stock/pool levels at bases and hubs in coordination with the integrated planning and forecasting group to support contracts established with customers.

• Allocate components for delivery to Aircraft requirements based on priority and requirement dates

• Analyze pool sizes and make recommendations for purchase of additional units or units to be moved to Surplus to support fleet

• Monitor and expedite deliveries to customers

• Analyze fill rates for both Air Craft requirements and consignment stock fills

• Provide induction forecasts and repair and overhaul costs to finance for budgetary purposes

• Liaise with vendors on quality issues in support of safety and quality requirements

• Identify components with poor reliability/high cost and interface with Supply Chain to develop and implement solutions

• Resolve invoicing issues for finance through communication with vendors

• Assist the AOG team if/when required

Our requirements

What we offer

The Category Coordinator ensures availability of assigned parts in accordance with maintenance requirements for scheduled and unscheduled events, while minimizing total inventory levels and procuring parts from approved vendors at the lowest available cost. Scope of responsibilities: Demand Planning, Order Management, Order Fulfillment.