JOB OVERVIEW
Responsible for the accuracy and integrity of operational inventory at FTAI's Miami MRO parts distribution operation. This is a senior individual-contributor role that owns the inventory control environment and runs the day-to-day relationship with the third-party distribution center. Sets priorities, dispatches tasks, holds the 3PL to standard, and is the site's escalation point into Global Supply Chain.
Responsibilities:
• Owns the inventory control environment for Miami and can direct and prioritize day-to-day inventory work across the 3PL.
• Assigns and follows through on counts, investigations, holds, and corrections; can place and release inventory holds.
• Site-level escalation point for inventory issues; decides what gets fixed locally and what goes up to Global Supply Chain.
• Signs off on cycle count plans, variance write-offs within set thresholds, and corrective-action closure.
- Inventory Accuracy & Control
• Own inventory accuracy across all stock consigned, owned, USM.
• Keep perpetual inventory clean in Quantum Control; reconcile the system of record to physical and 3PL-reported positions.
• Own the cycle count program (ABC-based); chase variances to root cause and close them.
• Make sure parts coming back to stock (repair returns, cores) are received and booked right, with correct condition codes and traceability (ARC/COC).
• Keep part status accurate; manage holds and their release.
- Third-Party Distribution Center
• Day-to-day owner of the 3PL relationship and first point of contact.
• Direct and prioritize their work; hold them to SLAs receiving accuracy, put-away, pick/pack, count compliance, inventory accuracy.
• Run the daily/weekly cadence; push corrective action on discrepancies and service misses and drive to closure.
• Check facility pass-through activity; reconcile billed vs. actual against the contract.
- Controls, Reporting & Escalation
• Bridge between the site and Global Supply Chain on inventory issues, shortages, and holds.
• Report inventory KPIs and exceptions accuracy %, cycle count results, shrinkage, aged/held stock.
• Find control gaps and fix the process behind them.
• Keep the operation compliant with internal controls, audit requirements, and FAA/EASA traceability.
Qualifications:
- 7+ years in inventory control with real ownership of a control environment; aviation MRO, aerospace, or regulated parts distribution preferred.
- Has directed a 3PL or distribution center and held it to SLAs.
- Knows aviation parts documentation (ARC, COC, USM, condition codes) and FAA/EASA traceability.
- Hands-on ERP; Quantum Control preferred.
- Strong on root-cause work and cycle countmethodology.
- Can set priorities, hand out work, and drive things to resolution without being managed through it.
- Miami-based, on-site at the distribution center.
Job Demands:
Work is performed in a Shop environment and requires the ability to perform extensive standing, driving, walking, and climbing; to lift up to 50lbs. regularly; to manipulate up to 100lbs. with assistance. Must be able to bend, stoop, climb to reach materials, and work in a noisy environment.
