About the job
Job Title: Head of Technical Materials Management – IRC165
Job Purpose:
Responsible for the core
activities of the Materials Management organization, ensuring strategic
development and delivering operational and financial performance through
effective provision of aircraft spares inventory for scheduled and unscheduled
aircraft maintenance in the fleet network, and within KCAA and EASA / FAA
regulations and KQ requirements. The role holder will develop long term
direction and scope of the organization to ensure profitability and growth,
driving organizational and operational efficiency value at optimum cost.
Principal Accountabilities (KEY Performance areas):
Accountability (Responsibility)
1. Materials Management
- Develop
and maintain key supplier relationships to ensure performance delivery.
- Develop
a strong communication plan while managing relationships with all KQ
departments and external stakeholders. Develop key stakeholder
relationships at a senior level with customer airline and service
providers.
- Contribute
to the development of annual business plans that increase profitability
and shareholder value and be fully responsible for the development and
execution of the Materials Management plan.
- To
develop manpower and capital budgets in line with the needs of the
business.
- Establish
aggressive but realistic cost, quality and timeliness objectives for the
business and drive achievement.
- Ensure
effective inventory control and analysis through the inventory control
team ensuring the effective and efficient control of stock levels are
maintained using a combination of leading industry forecasting models and
operational expertise.
- Deliver
and control an effective stock disposal process for surplus stock.
2. Strategic
and Business Management
- Support
the departmental strategy to meet the operational, growth and turnover
requirements of the agreed commercial fleet plan ensuring the requirements
of KQ and regulatory bodies are met.
- Develop
internal procedures and policies to bring about a continuous improvement
in working practices and key performance criteria in line with industry
best practice and KQ brand and people management principles, with
particular emphasis on operational excellence.
- Develop
a strong communication plan while managing relationships with all KQ
departments and external stakeholders. Develop key stakeholder
relationships at a senior level with customer airline and service
providers.
- Define
and implement a full range of business process and systems support tools
that will ensure an efficient and effective Materials Management plan can
be followed
- Ensure
all business processes and procedures are detailed in the Department
Procedures or Local Instructions as appropriate.
- Develop
the long term direction of the organisation and to ensure profitability
and growth, driving productivity and efficiency and ensure that staff
numbers and supplier support plans are optimized to reflect fleet size and
volume
3. Financial
Management
- Contribute
to the development of annual business plans that increase profitability
and shareholder value and be fully responsible for the development and
execution of the Materials Management plan.
- To
define and manage overall departmental budget.
- Support
the medium (3 to 5 years) and long term (5 to 10 years) maintenance
strategies for the aircraft fleets with a firm focus on life cycle cost
management.
- To
develop manpower and capital budgets in line with the needs of the
business.
- Establish
aggressive but realistic cost, quality and timeliness objectives for the business
and drive achievement.
4. Leadership,
People and Supplier Management
- In
conjunction with HR attract, hire, develop and retain the best possible
team ensuring that there is an outstanding group of employees with a
common vision, sense of purpose and shared values who will focus on
superior levels of quality, productivity and customer satisfaction.
- Drive
a high-performance team to ensure all outputs and deliverables are met in
line with KQ’s long term and strategic goals
- Full
accountability of decisions within the Materials Management remit and full
accountability of ensuring effective cross-functional and collaborative
leadership at KQ ExComm and Senior Management Teams.
- Lead
and direct the management team providing a multi-disciplinary team to
support the operational and departments across the division.
- Lead,
direct, motivate and develop the Materials Management team to ensure that
the agreed standards of performance and contribution are successfully
achieved, whilst ensuring all staff receive performance assessments and
clear objectives set.
- Ensure
individuals take responsibility for self-development and training,
ensuring that all technical, recurrent, professional and commercial
training requirements are defined, planned and implemented in order to
maintain and build the technical knowledge and skills, and to ensure that
regulatory requirements are met.
- Set
departmental engagement in line with KQ and the Engineering &
Maintenance divisions objectives.
- Take
personal responsibility for issues of poor performance, disciplinary and
staff conduct. Ensure that decisions are in line with company HR policy
and take account of all possible outcomes associated with decision making.
- Develop
communication strategies while managing relationships with all Airline departments
and outside companies, holding key relationships at a Senior Level with
Suppliers and Service Providers.
- Ensure
assessment of suppliers assets and capabilities with respect to overall
business strategy, determination of what activities to engage in with
different suppliers, and planning and execution of all interactions with
suppliers, in a coordinated fashion across the relationship lifecycle in
order to maximize the value realised through those interactions
- Ensure
Supplier management plans to deliver value created by contracting is
realised (and get a bit more), and benefits include increased visibility
into our supply base (reducing risk), increased quality in products and
service provided and alignment of our suppliers with KQ processes and
corporate goals.
5 Technical
and Safety Management
- Direct
all activities of all functions involved in the ‘end to end’ Materials
Management process and ensure it is developed and maintained to deliver
effective material fill rates to meet customer demands at optimum cost.
- As
defined by the business Procurement policy, either lead, guide or support
negotiation activities with suppliers.
- Accountable
for spares and materials storage and logistics at home base and worldwide
locations that meet regulatory storage and shipping requirements, whilst
maintaining the stock management system.
- Ensure
the aircraft cabin and external appearance meets world class standards by
effective provision of spares and equipment requirements.
- Support
fleet management strategy for asset modifications, integrated maintenance
programmes and reliability, and maintenance / workscoping policies to
ensure high quality and fully optimised life cycle cost management that
matches the fleet operating plans.
- Support
fleet equipment and maintenance policies based on technical performance,
reliability and cost of ownership, with a firm focus of life cycle cost management
and decision making.
- Ensure
that the MIS functionality is used to full effect at all times to carry
out the functions of the department and that the system is fully
integrated into the department business processes.
- Ensure
all business processes and procedures are detailed in the Department
Procedures or Local Instructions, as appropriate.
- Ensure
decision making that will deliver the highest technical standards, whilst
ensuring safety and operational reliability, yet minimising operational
cost.
- Ensure
that all regulatory and legal requirements, statutory responsibilities and
directives pertaining to the department activities are in compliance and
that the highest levels of technical standards, safety and reliability are
maintained.
Knowledge, Skills and experience:
- Bachelor’s
Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field from an
accredited university.
- Process
Improvement facilitator training credentials on various discipline (e.g
Lean, kaizen, six sigma, WCO, TPM, TQM, SCO etc)
- Previous
experience in international product sourcing, inventory management,
performance metrics, and project management.
· Ten (10) years’
progressive experience in Aircraft Engineering and Maintenance or materials
management in a management role
- At
least 5 years of experience working in Inbound Supply Chain or related
field (i.e. Engineering, production planning and Maintenance)
Other skills (desirable):
- Demonstrated
knowledge in managing complex projects and changing priorities
- Proven
leadership skills in building and managing large teams.
- Knowledge
of KCAA/EASA/FAA requirements and Kenya airways procedures
- Possess
training credentials on various discipline related standards, regulations,
policies and procedures.
- Critical
thinker and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated
knowledge in managing complex maintenance operations.
- Experience
of managing outsourced operations
- Commercial
awareness / Financial Management
- Proficiency
in computerized maintenance and materials management systems in use in
aircraft maintenance organizations
- Knowledge
of EASA approvals and certification processes will be an added advantage
- Influencing
and Management skills
- Negotiation
skills
- Excellent
communication skills (verbal and written)
How to apply:
If you fit the profile,
then apply today! Please submit a copy your detailed Curriculum Vitae here on
LinkedIn only by Friday, 2nd December 2022.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3369072335/
Due to the volume of applications that we receive, only
short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Kenya Airways is an equal
opportunity employer.