Position SummaryThe Sr Manager, Strategic Sourcing Lead- Structures & Mechanicals will build and lead enterprise category management and strategic sourcing across ATSG's aerostructures, interiors and cabin equipment, hardware, rotable mechanical components, wheels, brakes, landing gear, and fluid conveyance systems. Leverage scale, analytics, and responsible AI to reduce total cost and working capital, strengthen suppliers and supply resilience, and improve aircraft availability and turnaround without compromising safety or airworthiness.
Key Responsibilities- Develop and execute multi-year category strategies across aerostructures; interiors and cabin equipment; hardware; rotable non-flight-control mechanical components; wheels, brakes and landing gear; and fluid conveyance.
- Segment suppliers, build should-cost models, evaluate make/buy/repair and alternative sourcing options, and improve reliability, AOG exposure and maintenance economics.
- Lead competitive sourcing and negotiate long-term PBH, CPL, exchange, pooling, repair, overhaul, distribution and component-support agreements.
- Negotiate price, escalation, turnaround, warranty, NTE and BER terms.
- Structure landing-gear and inventory programs, including VMI, consignment and kitting; and consolidate enterprise spend.
- Manage supplier performance with scorecards, QBRs and corrective actions in partnership with Quality.
- Mitigate single-source, raw-material, financial and capacity risks.
- Build resilient supplier partnerships.
- Maintain approved-supplier and applicable FAA, DoD/CRAF, ITAR and DFARS compliance.
- Partner with Maintenance, Engineering, Materials, Fleet Planning and Finance.
- Develop finance-validated savings and working-capital reporting, executive business cases and decision-ready analyses linking cost, reliability and risk.
- Apply advanced analytics and responsibly governed AI to market intelligence, sourcing and supplier management.
- Lead and develop a matrixed sourcing organization.
- Coach category managers and buyers.
- Establish repeatable sourcing processes, playbooks and practical adoption of analytics and digital procurement tools with human oversight and data protection.
Required Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering or related field.
- 10+ years of strategic sourcing or procurement experience, including 5+ years in aerospace, airline MRO or aviation aftermarket.
- Proven category-management results across relevant aviation assets.
- Negotiation of CPL, PBH, exchange, pooling, repair, overhaul, distribution or long-term OEM/MRO support agreements.
- Working knowledge of FAA requirements, airworthiness documentation and AS9100/AS9120.
- Advanced data integration, financial and operational modeling, and scenario analysis.
- Responsible use of AI and digital tools with validation, confidentiality and human oversight.
- Experience leading and developing procurement teams.
Preferred Qualifications- MBA or advanced degree.
- CPSM, CPM or similar certification.
- Airline or cargo carrier experience, particularly with 767, 757, A321 or A330 freighter platforms.
- PMA, DER repair, USM and rotable-pool experience.
- P2F conversion or government/military contracting experience.
- Experience with spend analytics, business intelligence, e-sourcing, contract analytics, supplier intelligence or AI-enabled procurement platforms.
