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Copa Airlines

Gerente Sr. de Planificación de Materiales y Reparaciones

full-time•Bakersfield

Summary

Location

Bakersfield

Type

full-time

Experience

5-10 years

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About this role

This role is responsible for overseeing material planning and repair management functions, ensuring the availability of components and materials to maintain the operational continuity of the fleet. This role involves strategic planning, team leadership, and close collaboration with various departments to optimize costs and the efficient flow of materials while maintaining the highest standards of quality.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Strategic Material Planning: Develop and implement material planning strategies to support internal shops production schedules, maintenance plans, and overall business objectives. 
  • Demand Forecasting: Analyze demand forecasts, historical data, and industry trends to predict material requirements and optimize inventory levels. 
  • Inventory Management: Monitor inventory levels, minimize excess stock and shortages, and manage obsolescence. 
  • Repair Management: Manage aircraft component repair cycle with internal teams and external suppliers, ensuring timely, cost-effective service in compliance with aviation quality and regulatory standards.
  • Supplier Management: Manage supplier performance, ensuring adherence to turnaround times, cost targets and contractual conditions.

Experience

  • Experience in managing teams and driving process improvements.
  • Experience in developing and implementing technology solutions to optimize business and operational processes.
  • Ability to influence and align stakeholders across all organizational levels.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership skills.
  • Strong analytical thinking and problem solving skills.
  • Good capacity to learn and adapt in changing environments. 
  • Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, supply chain management, logistics, or a related field.

What you'll do

  • The role involves overseeing material planning and repair management functions to ensure the availability of components and materials for fleet operations. It includes strategic planning, team leadership, and collaboration with various departments to optimize costs and material flow.

About Copa Airlines

Copa Airlines is one of the leading airlines in Latin America and one of the most successful and profitable airlines in the world. The carrier operates approximately 320 daily flights to 80 destinations in 32 countries in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Copa also is a member of the leading global airline alliance – Star Alliance, and has code share agreements with United Airlines among other carriers. Copa has successfully conceived and implemented a strategy to serve as an intra-America connecting carrier based around the use of Panama’s Tocumen airport as a connecting hub, known as “the Hub of the Americas.” Panama is one of the most modern and safe cities in Latin America. It serves as a business, commerce, finance and logistics center for the region. Panama is also blessed by beaches in two oceans, natural parks, historic sites, culture and a dynamic nightlife, among many other touristic highlights.

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