Director, Material Planning
Intro
Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!
Why you'll love this job
The Director, Material Planning is in charge of 4 billion dollars of parts and materials and leads all aspects of aircraft parts and tooling material planning, inventory management, and supply chain coordination within Technical Operations. This role drives strategic planning, enhances forecasting accuracy, and collaborates cross-functionally to optimize procurement, production support, and distribution while ensuring cost-effectiveness and high service levels.
What You'll Do
As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.
• Comprehensive management of all supply chain material planning functions for aircraft parts and tooling. This includes inventory ownership and optimization, ensuring on-time planning, and maximizing inventory productivity and turnover
• Focus on maximizing order coverage and service levels, supporting Line and Base/Heavy check materials, and material service level rates.
• Lead efforts to redefine inventory strategies, including network allocation and overall inventory strategy
• Develop and implement an enhanced strategic material planning processes to ensure timely availability of materials while optimizing inventory levels
• Lead initiatives to enhance inventory productivity and turnover, ensuring efficient use of resources
• Maximize order coverage and service levels to support operational requirements, including RON (Remain Overnight), engineering/project modifications, and Line and Heavy Check materials requirements
• Conduct comprehensive network allocation and inventory strategy projects to redefine inventory management practices
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align material planning with overall business objectives and operational goals
• Monitor and analyze material service level rates, implementing improvements as necessary.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on cost reduction, process optimization, and quality enhancement
All you'll need for success
Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations Management, or other relevant field or equivalent experience/training
• 10 years of experience in demand forecasting, supply planning, inventory management, and/or material planning
• 7 years of experience managing personnel
Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
• Advanced degree
Skills, Licenses & Certifications
• Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Excellent understanding of ERP/MRP systems and demand planning tools
• Demonstrates program management skills – able to set vision, motivate/influence, and measure performance
• Strong project management skills with the ability to lead complex initiatives and redefine inventory strategies
• Proven track record of optimizing stock levels, improving supply chain efficiency, and ensuring material availability to meet business needs and service expectations efficiently
• Ability to drive projects to completion with a strong bias for action
• Good decision-maker – uses facts, experience, technical experts, and data to make sound decisions
• Quantitative mindset with strong analytical and data processing capabilities
• Believes in and promotes the American Airlines five leadership attributes:
• Caring – We care about all team members
• Collaboration – We succeed as a team
• Development – We build future leaders
• Results – We drive to be the best
• Future – We continually challenge the status quo
What You'll Get
Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:
• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
Feel free to be yourself at American
From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.
Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.
Apply Now
Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!
Why you'll love this job
The Director, Material Planning is in charge of 4 billion dollars of parts and materials and leads all aspects of aircraft parts and tooling material planning, inventory management, and supply chain coordination within Technical Operations. This role drives strategic planning, enhances forecasting accuracy, and collaborates cross-functionally to optimize procurement, production support, and distribution while ensuring cost-effectiveness and high service levels.
What You'll Do
As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.
• Comprehensive management of all supply chain material planning functions for aircraft parts and tooling. This includes inventory ownership and optimization, ensuring on-time planning, and maximizing inventory productivity and turnover
• Focus on maximizing order coverage and service levels, supporting Line and Base/Heavy check materials, and material service level rates.
• Lead efforts to redefine inventory strategies, including network allocation and overall inventory strategy
• Develop and implement an enhanced strategic material planning processes to ensure timely availability of materials while optimizing inventory levels
• Lead initiatives to enhance inventory productivity and turnover, ensuring efficient use of resources
• Maximize order coverage and service levels to support operational requirements, including RON (Remain Overnight), engineering/project modifications, and Line and Heavy Check materials requirements
• Conduct comprehensive network allocation and inventory strategy projects to redefine inventory management practices
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align material planning with overall business objectives and operational goals
• Monitor and analyze material service level rates, implementing improvements as necessary.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on cost reduction, process optimization, and quality enhancement
All you'll need for success
Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations Management, or other relevant field or equivalent experience/training
• 10 years of experience in demand forecasting, supply planning, inventory management, and/or material planning
• 7 years of experience managing personnel
Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
• Advanced degree
Skills, Licenses & Certifications
• Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Excellent understanding of ERP/MRP systems and demand planning tools
• Demonstrates program management skills – able to set vision, motivate/influence, and measure performance
• Strong project management skills with the ability to lead complex initiatives and redefine inventory strategies
• Proven track record of optimizing stock levels, improving supply chain efficiency, and ensuring material availability to meet business needs and service expectations efficiently
• Ability to drive projects to completion with a strong bias for action
• Good decision-maker – uses facts, experience, technical experts, and data to make sound decisions
• Quantitative mindset with strong analytical and data processing capabilities
• Believes in and promotes the American Airlines five leadership attributes:
• Caring – We care about all team members
• Collaboration – We succeed as a team
• Development – We build future leaders
• Results – We drive to be the best
• Future – We continually challenge the status quo
What You'll Get
Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:
• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
Feel free to be yourself at American
From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.
Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.
Apply Now