Supervisor, Inventory Control

Purpose of position
The Supervisor, Inventory Control leads the day-to-day Inventory Control function in support of aircraft maintenance and operational readiness. The role balances immediate material needs with disciplined inventory planning, data integrity, financial stewardship, and audit-ready execution. This position will guide a small team, turn analytics and operational demand into clear p
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riorities, and ensure approved inventory decisions are implemented accurately in our Maintenance Information System (Trax) and followed through to completion.
Key responsibilities
• Lead and develop Inventory Control staff, assign priorities, monitor work quality and timeliness, and maintain effective coverage for urgent and planned requirements.
• Review stock status, inventory health, demand, lead times, repair turnaround, criticality and location requirements to identify emerging readiness risks.
• Review stock-level and allocation recommendations, apply sound inventory judgement, coordinate required approvals, and oversee accurate implementation in Trax.
• Coordinate inventory rebalancing, Transfer Orders, requisitions, Purchase Orders, repair actions and other approved recovery actions with Purchasing, Stores, maintenance and support partners.
• Maintain strong controls over inventory data, part configuration, effectivity, interchangeability and approval evidence; investigate discrepancies and verify corrective action.
• Lead structured follow‑up of inventory requests, tickets, exceptions, dependencies and audit findings, ensuring that decisions, rationale, approvals and outcomes remain traceable.
• Communicate operational risks and inventory actions clearly to Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Purchasing, Stores and leadership.
• Use Trax, Excel, Power BI and other approved tools to monitor performance, explain trends and identify practical opportunities to simplify or automate recurring work.
• Support controlled procedures, maintenance work practices, training, audits and continuous improvement across the Inventory Control function.
• Perform duties in accordance with established policies and procedures while giving primary consideration to personal safety, and the safety of co-workers and customers.
• Perform other related duties, as assigned.
Required Qualifications
• Relevant experience in inventory, supply chain, maintenance material, aviation support or a related operational field, or equivalent combination of education, training and practical experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, guide, train or coordinate the work of others.
• Strong knowledge of inventory planning and control principles, including demand, stock levels, allocation, lead time, service levels, repairable assets, surplus and data integrity.
• Experience using an enterprise inventory, ERP or maintenance information system and investigating transaction or master-data issues.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and decision‑making capability.
• Strong leadership, organization, communication and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and exercise sound judgement in a safety‑sensitive, time‑critical and financially constrained environment.
• Fluent in English as must be able to communicate with English teams across the country.
Preferred Qualifications
• Post‑secondary degree or diploma in supply chain, business, engineering, mathematics, operations research, aviation, data analytics or related discipline.
• Experience supporting aircraft maintenance and working with aircraft parts, supplies and tooling.
• Experience with Trax or a comparable maintenance information system.
• Experience with Power BI, SQL, database tools, workflow or ticketing systems, or process automation.
• Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP) designation or related supply chain/inventory education.
• Lean, Six Sigma, continuous improvement, audit, quality or Safety Management System experience.
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