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

In addition to overseeing warehousing and distribution, this role also provides leadership for our AOG and Transportation functions. You’ll guide teams responsible for rapid response and material availability during aircraft-on-ground events, leveraging procurement, sourcing, and critical thinking to resolve urgent requirements. You’ll also oversee the transportation of a wide range of aircraft parts across the network, ensuring effective coordination with logistics partners and service providers to meet operational needs.

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 and serves a large and complex organization through management leaders, individual contributors, and front-line team members
• 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
• Analyzes and improves processes to improve performance and reduce variability
• Ensures the successful execution of materials receiving, warehousing, and shipping functions across the system of stores and distribution locations.
• Oversees and manages the flow of parts to all maintenance hubs, bases and stations to maintain targeted inventory levels and meet planned and unplanned demand
• Ensures materials receiving activities conform to and align with FAA standards and American Airline policies
• Ensures compliance with government regulatory agencies relative to the import/export of materials
• Prioritizes and ensures 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

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience; degree in Logistics Management, Supply Chain, Finance, Business, Planning or related area preferred
• 7 years of leadership experience at the manager level or above, in an area related to supply chain, warehouse distribution and logistics, service parts industry, or technical operations
• 7 years of leadership experience in a large and high-volume warehouse environment, including settings with warehouse automation
• 7 years of experience managing a large frontline workgroup

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• In-depth knowledge of the airline industry and technical operations, American Airlines (AA) business strategy, company policies and procedures, and collective bargaining agreements or equivalent work experience
• Hands on experience with warehouse management systems / warehouse control systems
• Experience leading Lean and Continuous Improvement initiatives
• Extensive experience implementing procedures and ensuring consistent service delivery
• Demonstrates the highest level of ethics and integrity
• Ability to influence others through outstanding interpersonal skills, collaboration, and negotiation skills
• Ability to advocate and manage change and to productively and proactively adjust to dynamic situations
• Ability to be an action-oriented and results-driven leader, with a natural aptitude for engaging employees across multiple workgroups
• Ability to think strategically, negotiate skillfully, digest complex details, and use sound judgment and initiative in making decisions
• Ability to identify opportunities for improvement
• Ability to build and facilitate relationships at all levels of the organization, both internally and externally
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with ability to handle complex topics comfortably and to interact effectively with all levels, both verbally and written
• Excellent project planning and organizational skills, with ability to effectively and simultaneously manage multiple large projects within tight deadlines while maintaining attention to detail
• Extensive experience with Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• 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.