Manager, Stores And Inventory Control

Lead the Stores, Inventory Control and Logistics teams to ensure aircraft parts and tooling are available to the Maintenance team across Porter’s North American network. This will be accomplished by establishing and maintaining a Stores area inside Porter’s new hangar facility at the Ottawa International Airport, while maintaining control of inventory in Porter's outstations.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Liaise with Aircraft Material Handlers daily to ensure that all parts & tooling requests are being filled and that unserviceable material is processed promptly
• Develop and maintain an annual budget for the entire Stores department (>$2million)
• Establish and maintain shipping, receiving and quarantine areas as well as areas for oversized items
• Conduct routine spot checks and annual inventory cycle counts for all stations in Porter’s network in tandem with the Inventory Control team
• Ensure the constant flow of communication between the Stores, Inventory Control & Logistics teams
• Actively assess all areas of the department in order to identify operational inefficiencies and continuously work towards improving them in a timely manner
• Generate new processes & procedures using Porter’s DPD process as required
• Liaise with the Logistics team to monitor the status of AOG shipments and to track incoming/outgoing parts required for maintenance tasks across Porter’s network
• Ensure min/max levels are maintained across all stations at all times in an effort to reduce AOG orders and increase reliability
• Monitor the status of quarantined items and follow up with the maintenance or purchasing teams regularly to ensure issues are resolved in a timely manner
• Establish, train and maintain an efficient team in order to provide 24 hour, 365 day coverage in Stores
• Actively manage and update Porter’s online SDS database while ensuring compliance
• Work closely with the Purchasing and Planning teams while filling parts requests for planned work packs and preparing for projects such as modifications, Service Bulletins and heavy checks
• Actively participate in Porter’s SMS program and provide corrective actions if necessary
• Act as a signing authority to ensure all Porter employees and vehicles requiring airside access are able to obtain security clearance
• Manage expense lines, monitor spending and insure all Stores invoices are properly coded to the correct cost centers within Porter’s invoicing software
• Monitor tool calibration due dates for all stations and ensure replacements are available while tools are out for calibration or repair
• Complete shelf expiry control reports for all stations to ensure all consumable/expendable stock has a valid shelf life, while maintaining records of previous reports to ensure accuracy
• Support the Stores, Inventory Control & Logistics teams through regular meetings, processing payroll, shift trades, vacation/sick day requests and responding to team member queries in a timely manner

Behavioural Competencies

• Leading Change: Recognizing the need for change, being open to new ideas and methods, and championing transformational change within the organization and beyond.
• Fostering Communication: Listening and communicating openly, honestly, and respectfully with different audiences, promoting dialogue and building consensus.
• Results Focus: Focusing efforts on achieving high quality results consistent with the organization’s standards.
• Concern for Safety: Identifying hazardous or potentially hazardous situations and taking appropriate action to maintain a safe environment for self and others.
• Initiative: Dealing with situations and issues proactively and persistently, seizing opportunities that arise.
• Exemplifying Integrity: Treating others fairly, honestly, and respectfully, furthering the integrity of the organization and its relationships of trust with team members and the broader community.
• Inspiring Others: Energizing and inspiring others to strive for excellence and commit to common goals and purposes, creating a sense of self-efficacy, resilience, and persistence in followers.
• Passenger/Customer Service: Providing service excellence to internal and/or external customers (passengers).
• People Leadership: Assuming a leadership role in helping others achieve excellent results.
• Teamwork: Working collaboratively with others to achieve organizational goals.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years experience in a leadership role in an aviation Stores environment
• Strong understanding of the Canada Labour Code
• Excellent understanding of the Canadian Aviation Regulations pertaining to Stores and aircraft parts
• Proven self-starter with good time management skills and able to multitask
• Able to obtain airside security clearance
• Dangerous Goods handling or aviation logistics experience an asset
• Post-secondary education as asset
• Knowledge of AMOS a strong asset
• Valid G driver’s license or out of province equivalent
• Well organized, detail oriented and able to work autonomously
• Knowledge of automated storage and retrieval machines an asset (VLM)

Company Description

Since 2006, Porter Airlines has been elevating the experience of economy air travel for every passenger, providing genuine hospitality with style, care and charm. Porter’s fleet of Embraer E195-E2 and De Havilland Dash 8-400 aircraft serves a North American network from Eastern Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, Porter is an Official 4 Star Airline® in the World Airline Star Rating®. Visit www.flyporter.com or follow @porterairlines on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.