Supply Chain Manager
(Richmond BC)
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Reporting to the General Manager - Richmond, this role provides tactical and strategic leadership for the site's supply chain functions. As a Manager, Supply Chain, you’ll lead sourcing and purchasing and logistics activities for assigned commodity groups, ensuring the best value supply of parts and services while meeting program, quality, and delivery requirements. You will also oversee a team of buyers and drive supplier performance and cost optimization initiatives.
This leader is a key member of the site strategic leadership team and works closely with the functional departments within the site, as well as with corporate finance and supply chain teams.
What you’ll do:
- Lead and support all aspects of supply chain for the site, including purchasing, shipping & receiving and stores functions in support of the site's Transport Canada Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO) MRO Operations.
- Manage and prioritize workload for a team of buyers, including setting objectives and supporting performance development
- Develop and execute commodity strategies based on cost, quality, and delivery targets
- Lead RFQs (Request for Quotation), evaluate supplier proposals, and support supplier selection decisions
- Negotiate supplier pricing, contracts, and inventory agreements to achieve cost savings and favorable terms
- Collaborate with engineering, quality, and operations teams on sourcing, supplier qualification, procurement of parts and materials and issue resolution
- Monitor supplier performance using KPIs (on-time delivery, quality, cost) and returns, implementing supplier corrective actions as needed
Oversee all stores (warehousing) activities including stocking & picking, materials handling, inventory control, cycle counts, and storage/preservation in compliance with relevant manuals, regulations and policies
- Manage end-to-end shipping (inbound and outbound logistics) to/from domestic and overseas destinations in a safe, timely, and compliant manner for all material, parts, and whole aircraft (including DG shipments), as well as examination of all incoming aircraft components and materials to confirm strict adherence to engineering specifications, quality standards, and critical regulatory mandates
- Ensure compliance with all internal and external requirements, including regulatory airworthiness requirements and SOX compliance, and lead supply chain audit and reporting processes to internal corporate teams and external auditors
- Drive safety culture, tracking and reporting, including identification and escalation of non-conformances in accordance with applicable policies and procedures
Facilitate continuous improvement (CI) initiatives as a process leader and facilitator, and promote CI culture throughout the team.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Aerospace, Engineering, or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and relevant supply chain experience
- Minimum of 5+ years of experience in procurement or strategic sourcing, including managing RFQs, supplier selection, and contract execution, management of suppliers, inventory, shipping and receiving in a technical environment
- Minimum of 3+ years of progressive leadership experience in supply chain
Demonstrated experience in building supplier relationships and negotiating agreements with measurable results
- Experience using data and quality metrics to analyze performance and support operational or business decision-making
- Hands-on experience conducting cost analysis, including cost breakdowns or should-cost modeling
Desired Skills:
- Experience working in the aerospace regulatory environment as part of an MRO organization or manufacturing industry
- Strong analytical skills with experience using Excel and CI (Continuous Improvement) methodologies for data analysis, reporting, and process optimization
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills
- Knowledge of supplier quality standards (e.g., AS9110, ISO 9001, or equivalent)
Benefits that make life better
- Comprehensive Healthcare
- Company pension plan with 100% company match; up to 5% vested (Canada)
- Paid Time Off starting on day one
- Bonus opportunities
- Health- & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short- & Long-Term Disability
- Learning & Training opportunities
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in procurement or strategic sourcing
- Minimum of 2+ years of experience leading or coordinating the work of buyers or cross-functional teams
- Demonstrated experience negotiating supplier agreements with measurable results
- Experience using ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, or similar) to manage purchase orders and supplier data
- Hands-on experience conducting cost analysis
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Retirement Support — Provides a 401(k) and has added an Employee Stock Purchase Plan and an Incentive Award (equity) plan, expanding long-term savings and ownership options. These programs complement base pay with additional wealth-building mechanisms.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Includes PTO, paid holidays, sick time, bereavement leave, military leave, and parental leave, with some roles accruing PTO that can increase with service. Eligibility for benefits typically begins the first day of the month after hire, indicating structured access to time-off programs.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offers tuition assistance, job training/conferences, company events, and an Employee Assistance Program as part of a comprehensive package. The inclusion of learning support and EAP provides development and wellbeing resources beyond core insurance and retirement.
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What We Do
StandardAero has become one of the aerospace industry’s largest independent maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) providers. Our company’s success is the outgrowth of the synergistic merger of businesses with complementary specialties that have exponentially increased our capabilities and generated unprecedented customer commitment and value. StandardAero offers extensive MRO services and custom solutions for business aviation, commercial aviation, military, and industrial power customers. Nearly 6,600 professional, administrative and technical employees work in more than 50 major facilities worldwide, with additional strategically located regional service and support centers all across the globe. Services include MRO for aircraft and rotorcraft engines, auxiliary power units, components; airframe services including major alterations; FAA authorized avionics capabilities; comprehensive engineering services; and custom exterior and interior design, completion, and paint. We provide these capabilities through our network of specialized facilities and mobile service teams. StandardAero is owned by Carlyle, a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across four business segments: Corporate Private Equity, Real Assets, Global Credit, and Investment Solutions.
