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Job description

Zodiac Aerospace is a world leader in aerospace equipment and systems for commercial, regional and business aircraft and for helicopters and spacecraft. It develops and manufactures state-of-the-art solutions to improve comfort and facilities on board aircraft and high-technology systems to increase aircraft performance and flight safety. Zodiac Aerospace, a Safran* company since February 2018, has 32,500 employees worldwide and generated revenue of 5.1billion euros for its fiscal year ended August 31, 2017. Zodiac Aerospace is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange.

* Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aircraft propulsion and equipment, space and defense markets. Safran has a global presence, with nearly 58,000 employees and sales of 15.8 billion euros in 2016. Safran is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange, and is part of the CAC 40 and Euro Stoxx 50 indices.

For more information: www.safran-group.com and www.zodiacaerospace.com / Follow @Safran and @ZodiacAerospace on Twitter

The Zodiac growth strategy centers on three imperatives: growing company market share, customer satisfaction and achieving operational excellence. This position will lead supply chain activities and have oversight to reporting and meeting Program Management deliverables.

Establishes feasible material schedules that are in alignment with engineering and production availability requirements, with primary responsibility of Customer on time delivery (COTD). Additionally this role requires assessment of production capacity and lead time to coordinate with project timelines and due dates. The key responsibility is to collaborate with Program Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Purchasing to ensure that risks are mitigated to support customer delivery expectations.

Summary of Duties:

Customer Focus (COTD)

· Responsible for COTD for the assigned program deliverables, includes new contracts and production.

Cost (Cost savings)

· Facilitate cost out activities directly related to program.
· Supports product cost, performance, schedule, and quality objectives.

Planning Execution

· Will be responsible for meeting Bill of Material (BOM) cost objectives, schedules and supplier product development.
· Assessment and evaluation of all Engineering Change Notice (ECN) changes that impact program schedules.
· Lead and flow down to Master Scheduler forecasting actions to support first builds and ECN changes into production.
· Work on daily and future shortages with purchasing and production to meet weekly ship-set delivery commitments. In addition, provide daily support to Program Managers.
· Responsible for “Line of Balance” analysis to support program long lead buys (Customer Sponsored Orders)
· Revises the schedule according to qualification plan, establishes priorities, and availability of parts & material.
· Collaborates with all functions to ensure buy in and adherence to the production schedule.
· Updating the organization on materials flow impact of schedule changes
· Drives transaction discipline, ensures that materials are available to support the build schedule.

Supply Chain continuity/risk

· Lead supply chain schedules and key supply chain actions with suppliers and operations team.
· Responsible for providing Supply Chain “Risk” analysis to program team and leading cross functional team to resolve in a timely manner.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

· Minimum of 5 years of supply chain and/or program management in aerospace, automotive or mechanical manufacturing environment with the ability to lead and influence others.
· Minimum of 3-5 years of experience working with cross functional teams
· Minimum of 5 years in manufacturing environment
· MS Office Skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Preferred Qualifications:

· Previous program or project management experience
· Previous supply chain experience

Position Criteria:

· Knowledge of program launch processes.
· Strong written and verbal business communications abilities, must be comfortable delivering information to all levels of the organization including senior leadership.
· Self-starter with ability to drive improvement, meet timeliness and objectives.
· Identifying problems working with teams to solve through leading actions collaboratively.
· Can prioritize strategic vs. tactical tasks and align to customer impact.
· Ability to apply Supply Chain past experience to current environment and modify as needed.
· Ability to influence and win respect.
· Ability to make timely decisions and take action.
· Ability to provide information regarding tasks, plans, schedule and strategy to stakeholders.
· Customer service oriented.
· Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with employees from all levels of the organization.

General Notes:

· All employees have an affirmative duty to protect and maintain the confidentiality of Zodiac Aerospace’s products.
· As business conditions change it is necessary that all employees productively react and handle other essential tasks as assigned now or in the future.
· Tasks may vary slightly based on products produced at division.
· Duties listed above are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities required. The company may modify responsibilities as needed to meet business and organizational needs.

Working Conditions:

· Does require fluent communication in English.
· Employment status is full-time.
· Traveling may be required.
· Protracted or irregular hours may be required.
· Relocation to another facility may be required.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job, rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

Zodiac Aerospace | Cabin & Structures is an “at-will” employer, which means that employment is at the mutual consent of both the employee and the employer, and may be terminated at will, for any reason, with or without cause at any time during your employment with the Company. No one other than the President of the Company can enter into an agreement of employment for a specified period of time or make any agreement or representation contrary to this policy. Further, any such agreement must be in writing and signed by the President of the Company.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement

It is the policy of Zodiac Aerospace to provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual preference, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetics, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws. We are strongly committed to this policy and believe in the concept and spirit of the law.
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