Senior Director, Supply Chain
San Antonio, TX, United States
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At StandardAero, we use our ingenuity and know-how to find solutions for the simple to the most complex challenges in aviation. Together, we get the job done—and done well. Our stability, resources, and respectful culture support you in building a solid career with a great team you can count on day in and day out for the long term.
About the Role
The Senior Director, Supply Chain provides strategic and operational leadership for the San Antonio site's supply chain organization, including procurement, material planning, inventory, kitting, logistics, warehousing, and government property.
This role is responsible for ensuring material availability, supplier performance, cost effectiveness, inventory optimization, compliance, and operational excellence. The Senior Director will develop and execute supply chain strategies that support site performance, customer commitments, and continued business growth.
The role leads a team of supply chain professionals and is responsible for developing organizational capability, improving processes, managing risk, and driving a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
What You’ll Do:
- Develop and execute the overall supply chain strategy for the San Antonio site, aligning resources and priorities with operational requirements, customer commitments, and business growth.
- Lead procurement and supplier management strategies to optimize cost, quality, delivery, material availability, and supplier performance.
- Oversee material planning, purchasing, inventory, kitting, and material flow to ensure production readiness while optimizing inventory and working capital.
- Lead SIOP processes to align demand, supply, capacity, inventory, and financial planning.
- Provide strategic oversight of logistics and warehouse operations, including receiving, storage, movement, and distribution of materials.
- Identify and mitigate supply chain risks, including supplier capacity, financial health, single-source exposure, and critical material availability, to ensure continuity of supply.
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, trade, contractual, ethical sourcing, and government property requirements, including effective tracking, accountability, reporting, and disposition.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, RCCA, and other methodologies to improve cost, quality, delivery, efficiency, and supply chain visibility.
- Lead the effective use and improvement of ERP/MRP, analytics, automation, and other supply chain technologies to improve performance and scalability.
- Lead, develop, and build organizational capability across the supply chain function, establishing clear performance expectations and accountability while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related discipline; equivalent experience may be considered.
- 10+ years of progressive supply chain experience, including leadership responsibility.
- 5+ years of experience leading supply chain functions, teams, or complex supply chain operations.
- Experience in procurement, supplier management, material planning, inventory management, logistics, or warehouse operations.
- Experience developing or implementing supply chain strategies that address cost, quality, delivery, inventory, supplier performance, or material availability.
- Experience leading cross-functional improvement initiatives or organizational change.
- Experience using ERP/MRP or supply chain management systems.
- Experience managing or mitigating supplier, material, or supply continuity risks.
Desired Skills:
- Experience in aerospace, aviation, MRO, manufacturing, or another highly regulated industry.
- Experience leading complex, multi-functional supply chain organizations.
- Strong strategic leadership, business acumen, financial, analytical, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
- Knowledge of end-to-end supply chain processes and working capital management.
- Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, RCCA, or other continuous improvement methodologies.
- Familiarity with aerospace and/or government requirements, including FAA/EASA Part 145, AS9100, ITAR, and government property regulations.
- Experience with organizational development and building high-performing teams.
- MBA or other advanced degree.
- APICS/ASCM certification (CSCP or CPIM), Lean Six Sigma certification, PMP, or other relevant professional certification.
Why StandardAero?
At StandardAero, you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in an industry where what we do matters. You’ll work alongside experienced professionals in a collaborative environment where your ideas, leadership, and expertise can help shape the future of our people and our business.
Benefits That Make Life Better
- Comprehensive Healthcare – Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
- 5% 401(k) company match
- Paid Time Off starting on day one
- Bonus opportunities
- Health & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short- & Long-Term Disability
- Life & AD&D Insurance
Learning & Training opportunities
Join StandardAero and help us keep the world’s aircraft flying safely and efficiently—while building a career you can count on for the long term.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related discipline; equivalent experience may be considered.
- 10+ years of progressive supply chain experience, including leadership responsibility.
- 5+ years leading supply chain functions, teams, or complex supply chain operations.
- Experience in procurement, supplier management, material planning, inventory management, logistics, or warehouse operations.
- Experience developing or implementing supply chain strategies addressing cost, quality, delivery, inventory, supplier performance, or material availability.
- Experience leading cross-functional improvement initiatives or organizational change.
- Experience using ERP/MRP or supply chain management systems.
- Experience managing or mitigating supplier, material, or supply continuity risks.
- Experience in aerospace, aviation, MRO, manufacturing, or another highly regulated industry.
- Experience leading complex, multi-functional supply chain organizations.
- Strong strategic leadership, business acumen, financial, analytical, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
- Knowledge of end-to-end supply chain processes and working capital management.
- Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, RCCA, or other continuous improvement methodologies.
- Familiarity with FAA/EASA Part 145, AS9100, ITAR, and government property regulations.
- Experience with organizational development and building high-performing teams.
- MBA or other advanced degree.
- APICS/ASCM certification, Lean Six Sigma certification, PMP, or another relevant professional certification.
StandardAero Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about StandardAero and has not been reviewed or approved by StandardAero.
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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.
StandardAero Insights
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.
