American Airlines Hiring for MD, Warehousing and Distribution at Dallas, TX Full Time

Location: DFW Hangar 5 (Delta Hgr) (DFW-HGR5)

Additional Locations: None

Requisition ID: 70160

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 MD, Warehousing and Distribution leads the supply chain organization responsible for supporting execution, delivery, and day to day management of approximately $3.5 billion of aircraft and related parts. The MD, Warehousing and Distribution has a total span of care for more than 2,000 represented and management and support staff roles.

This position develops and executes clearly defined strategies to make the organization best in class, and strengthens the culture of inclusion, diversity, and development for team members across the organization.

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.

• Leads the overall operation of the Supply Chain Warehousing and Distribution organization.
• Serves a large and complex organization through supporting management leaders, individual contributors, and front-line team members.
• Drives operational focus on daily management and distribution of parts, tooling, and equipment across the airline network, supporting 2,000+ frontline and leadership team members.
• Provides leadership and direction to Warehousing and Distribution, AOG and Heavy Check leaders for inventory logistics.
• Manages the skills and competency development of Warehousing and Distribution staff, including training development and knowledge.
• Manages, and controls an efficient tool storage, inventory tracking, and calibration system.
• Ensures rotables and repairables parts are properly sent to vendors in a timely and cost-efficient manner.
• Manages inventory control policies and procedures.
• Manages tools and methodologies in controlling total parts inventory as well as the performance of structured cycle counts.
• Oversees and manages budget, including forecasting, to ensure accuracy, accountability, and cost control.
• Partners with Tech Ops production teams and support teams to achieve operational goals.
• Leverages performance data to establish performance goals and motivate team members to improved performance and airline reliability.
• Prioritizes and champions compliance to all AA safety practices and policies and seeks opportunities to improve the level of safety in our work environment.
• Seeks opportunities for continuous improvement; provides recommendations and implements initiatives to increase revenue, reduce cost, gain efficiencies, and improve customer service and employee experience.
• Demonstrates and cultivates collaborative relationships across all work groups and teams.
• Establishes and maintains open communication and a collaborative relationship with all levels of union leadership.

All you’ll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Planning, Aeronautics or related area or equivalent experience/training
• 10 years of progressive leadership experience managing cross-departmental teams

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Demonstrates the highest level of ethics and integrity.
• Experience in managing large scale logistics, preferably within the airline industry.

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Ability to be an action-oriented and results-driven leader, with a natural aptitude for engaging employees across multiple workgroups.
• Ability to influence others through outstanding interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Ability to think strategically, negotiate skillfully, digest complex details, and use sound judgment and initiative in making decisions.
• Proven ability to drive results through collaboration and facilitate effective relationships across different work groups and levels at American.
• Ability to anticipate, analyze, and interpret complex system-wide issues.
• Ability to promote a positive approach to problem resolution.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage multiple large-scale projects on an ongoing basis and adjust priorities, as necessary, to meet shifting deadlines in a dynamic work environment.
• Extensive experience managing and implementing large, complex projects.
• Ability to identify opportunities for improvement, as well as advocate and manage change.
• Entrepreneurial, adaptable, resilient, and able to manage ambiguity.
• Demonstrated flexibility and creativity in adjusting to shifting priorities in a dynamic work environment, while effectively modeling leadership attributes
• Ability and willingness to remain current with industry practices and developments.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with ability to handle complex topics successfully and to interact effectively with all levels, both verbally and written
• 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.

Additional Locations: None

Requisition ID: 70160