About This Role
The role of a Contractor Logistics Support Specialist is to provide logistics support and coordination for a CLS program in the following areas: supply and distribution; maintenance and software support; component rebuild or overhaul; and materiel support. Additionally, the specialist will understand the entire life cycle of a product, to include the acquisition, distribution, allocation, and delivery. They must understand the functional fields in logistical planning (requirements, capabilities, lead times, and costs) with enough depth, to enable proper analysis of the information that is obtained. Furthermore, the specialist must also have a broad knowledge of supply systems, procedures, and programs. The most important ability is to be able to integrate the separate functions in planning or implementation in a logistics management program.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- CLS Specialist provide logistic support such as providing engineering support, identifying requirements for spare and repair parts, facilities, materiel, and equipment, in support of personnel performing maintenance, training, and upkeep on delivered simulator training systems.
- sourcing and evaluating suppliers, negotiating contracts and costs, managing the purchase of goods and services (national and international), ensuring timely and high-quality deliveries, tracking inventory, analyzing market trends, and maintaining vendor relationships to achieve cost-efficiency and strategic goals.
- Perform logistics provisioning and documentation research and analyses providing recommendations and/or deliverable products supporting contractual logistics requirements.
- Create standard operating procedures and work instructions related to assigned duties.
- Interface with Logistics Manager, Program Managers, Project Engineers and other design/system engineers.
- Creates requisitions for required components in support of CLS sites.
- Monitor procurement processes / activities to ensure expeditious processing of material.
- Track material through procurement process from program request through delivery to site.
- Coordinates with Trade Compliance for shipping documentation data required for international shipments
- Displays good judgment and creativity in solving complex logistics technical problems and provides detailed recommendations.
- Oversees the implementation of CMMS database for CLS sites, ensuring technical and training support in the areas of training system maintenance, creation of work orders, asset tracking information, inventory, and preventative maintenance scheduling.
- Focuses on identifying, mitigating, and managing the risks of parts and components becoming obsolete, ensuring continued system supportability and minimizing costs
Qualifications and Education Requirements
Position requires a 2-year professional degree in a single discipline with typically 1-3 years of related experience.
- 1-3 years’ experience in Logistics or a related technical field
- Associate’s degree or equivalent experience in a related technical field
- English Advanced
- Knowledge in Oracle
- Import / Export experience
Position Type
RegularCAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.
Equal Opportunity EmployerCAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender indentity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, age, or other characteristics protected by local laws.
If you don't see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed in the job posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process. If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected]
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What We Do
CAE is a high technology company, at the leading edge of digital immersion, providing solutions to make the world a safer place. Backed by a record of 75 years of industry firsts, we continue to reimagine the customer experience and revolutionize training and operational support solutions in civil aviation, defense and security, and healthcare. We are the partner of choice to customers worldwide who operate in complex, high-stakes and largely regulated environments, where successful outcomes are critical. Testament to our customers’ ongoing needs for our solutions, over 60 percent of CAE’s revenue is recurring in nature. We have the broadest global presence in our industry, with approximately 13,000 employees, 180 sites and training locations in over 35 countries
