Logistics Project Manager

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Job Description:

Satair - an Airbus Services Company (100% subsidiary of Airbus) - is looking for a Logistics Project Manager in our Logistics & Repair Organization located in Dulles, VA at the earliest possible start date.

Reporting to the Head of Footprint & Technology you will be working with colleagues located in Europe, US and Asia. You will join a diverse team of highly experienced and knowledgeable people providing special process and logistics competencies. You will drive the space development, introducing new storage & transportation systems and strive for standards of MHE and material flows for all sites.

If you are seeking an opportunity to be in the leading seat of high impact projects defining Satair’s global logistics & technology footprint we are looking for YOU!
 

What can you expect from us?

At Satair, you will find much more than a job. We offer you the possibility of growing both your personal and professional capacities in a fun, supportive, international, diverse and agile working environment. We are a key part of Airbus Customer Services and a global organization with more than 1,500 employees, operating from 10 locations worldwide. We support the complete lifecycle of the aircraft with a full and integrated portfolio of flexible, value adding material and services across all platforms. We encourage you to engage with your colleagues across functions and borders, and share your knowledge and ideas. Satair business in Hamburg is carried out through the Airbus legal entity and by Airbus employees.

If you want to know more about our business, just have a closer look here:

Meet the team:

In support of Warehouse Operations, our team members support everything from receiving to packing and shipping of materials. The warehouse is at the core of our operations, assuring that Team Airbus members and our customers get the materials they need to be successful.

 

Your working environment:

Located just five miles from Washington Dulles International Airport, and 30 miles from the U.S. Capitol, this site serves as our major parts distribution hub in the Americas. The facility is a 24/7 fulfillment center, with an Aircraft on Ground (AOG) support desk, and Quality Assurance (QA) operations. To best support our customers, our 250,000-square-foot warehouse features a brand new technology called Autostore, aiming at increasing productivity.

 

How we care for you:

  • Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)

  • Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.

  • Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages. 

  • Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and accessibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.

Your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

  • To set up modern, high-performance and cost-effective logistics and warehouse systems

  • Execute projects to drive continuous improvement and standardization of all 10 global warehouses, transportation and repair activities. 

  • Driving the space development, introducing best fit storage and transportation systems, defining standards of material handling equipment and material flows for all sites.

  • Global to local evaluation, forecasting and alignment of warehouse capacity needs with our commercial and supply chain stakeholders
     

This role will involve some travel for business worldwide and as such you must be able to travel accordingly.

What do we expect from you?

Equipped with a Degree in Logistics Management, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management (or similar) paired with professional experience ideally as a Logistics Consultant, Warehouse Planner/ Manager (or a comparable role), we are looking for a team player with the following experience, skills and mindset:

  • Confirmed 5+ years of experience in the Logistics environment

  • Knowledge/ Experience to plan and implement warehouse set-ups, storage systems and material handling equipment

  • Profound Project Management Skills (PMP certification or others beneficial) from initiation, planning, monitoring & controlling to closing

  • Know how to create business cases and how to prepare and drive milestone/gate reviews

  • Can set-up multi-functional/transnational project teams and lead them in all project phases (including members from other functions – matrix organization)
     

As a person

  • You are happy to work in a diverse and global team environment with low hierarchies

  • You have the capacity to challenge and influence

  • You have excellent communication and conflict management skills and you can adjust your communication style/level to the hierarchical needs

  • You have English language skills at negotiation level, any additional language is a plus

  • You bring very good analytical skills, ideally
     

This position will require a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.

Take your career to a new level and apply online now!

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

Company:

Satair USA, Inc.

Employment Type:

Permanent

Experience Level:

Professional

Remote Type:

Flexible

Job Family:

Programme & Project Management

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