Material Support Manager

Material Support Manager:
Lead the Supply Chain That Keeps Aircraft Moving

Location: Opa Locka, FL

Pay Rate: $80.00–$85.00/hour

Schedule: Day Shift

Employment Options: Contract-to-Hire or Direct Hire

PDS Tech Commercial is partnering with a global leader in the aviation industry to hire an experienced Material Support Manager in Opa Locka, Florida. If you thrive in fast-paced aviation MRO environments and know how to lead materials, purchasing, inventory, and warehouse operations where every minute matters, this is an opportunity to make an immediate impact.

As the Material Support Manager
, you will lead the people, processes, and supplier relationships responsible for keeping aircraft maintenance operations supplied and on schedule.

This is a hands-on leadership position for someone who understands the demands of an FAA Part 145 aviation MRO environment and can successfully balance purchasing, materials planning, inventory, parts, warehouse operations, supplier performance, and urgent customer commitments.

You will lead a large, multi-functional team while partnering closely with the General Manager, internal departments, suppliers, and carriers to solve problems, improve processes, and ensure critical materials are available when and where they are needed.

• Lead and develop teams supporting purchasing, buyer/planning, warehouse, stockroom, inventory, and material handling operations.
• Perform supervisory responsibilities, including work assignments, scheduling, attendance monitoring, training, certifications, performance management, disciplinary actions, and hiring recommendations.
• Monitor buyer/planner performance, customer service levels, sustaining activities, projects, and key performance metrics.
• Regularly communicate operational status, risks, and issues to management.
• Oversee the sourcing and selection of vendors for aircraft parts, components, materials, and related services.
• Negotiate with vendors and carriers regarding pricing, delivery, quality, quantity, and service expectations.
• Administer supplier and carrier contracts to ensure agreed-upon products and services are delivered.
• Monitor supplier performance and work directly with vendors to resolve delivery, quality, quantity, and service issues.
• Partner across departments to resolve challenges involving lead times, deliveries, component discrepancies, inventory, and supplier performance.
• Research and resolve invoice, billing, credit hold, and payment discrepancies.
• Lead efforts to investigate complex inventory discrepancies, identify root causes, and establish corrective actions.
• Review, develop, and improve processes and procedures supporting buyer/planner and material handling operations.
• Oversee special projects involving inventory, vendors, operational challenges, and material availability.
• Conduct quarterly and annual employee performance reviews.
• Support process improvement initiatives across the materials organization.
• Represent department leadership when the General Manager or Director is unavailable.

• FAA Part 145 aviation MRO or repair station experience.
• At least 5 years of manager-level people leadership experience.
• Experience with combined responsibility across purchasing, materials planning, inventory, parts, stockroom, and/or warehouse operations.
• Experience supporting time-sensitive aircraft maintenance operations and customer commitments.
• Strong supplier-management, negotiation, prioritization, and operational problem-solving skills.
• Experience leading large, multi-functional teams and partnering with senior operational leadership or a General Manager.
• Approximately 5+ years of experience within buyer/planner, warehouse, stockroom, material handling, or…