VP, Operations & Analytics

Job Description - VP, Operations & Analytics (18811)

About Us:

AAR Corp. (NYSE: AIR) is a global aerospace and defense aftermarket solutions company that employs more than 6,000 people across over 60 sites in over 20 countries. Headquartered in the Chicago, Illinois area, AAR supports commercial and government customers in more than 100 countries through four operating segments:
Parts Supply, Integrated Solutions, Repair and Engineering and Expeditionary Services. AAR’s purpose is to empower people to build innovative aerospace solutions today so you can safely reach your destination tomorrow. The company’s mission is to go above and beyond to provide value-driven aerospace aftermarket solutions to meet the evolving needs of our customers worldwide. AAR constantly searches for the right thing to do for its customers, employees, partners and for society.

VP, Operations & Analytics - 18811

Description

The Vice President, Operations & Analytics is responsible for successful execution of the business plan and the overall leadership, direction, and performance of Operations, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Warehousing, Inventory Planning, and Analytics for AAR OEM Supply. AAR OEM Supply supports OEM production and critical aerospace and defense programs for customers including, but not limited to, Collins Aerospace, Safran, Boeing, B/E Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and the U.S. Government.

The role builds a scalable operating model that supports growth across this complex aerospace and defense OEM supply business while delivering exceptional customer service, disciplined working-capital performance, supplier execution, and sustainable profitability.

What you will be responsible for:

• Develop and execute operational strategies aligned with business objectives, annual operating plans, and long-term growth priorities.
• Translate growth initiatives, supplier agreements, and customer commitments into executable supply chain, inventory, capacity, and operating plans.
• Partner with the General Manager and cross-functional leaders to establish priorities, resolve issues, and ensure business-plan execution.
• Build leadership depth, organizational capability, and a performance-oriented culture that supports growth and increasing operational complexity.
• Provide executive leadership for Supply Chain, Purchasing, Inventory Planning, and operational support functions across the OEM Supply business.
• Optimize customer service, product availability, inventory investment, working capital, operating efficiency, and profitability.
• Strengthen procurement, replenishment, sourcing, material planning, forecasting, supplier management, and inventory-control processes.
• Lead supplier performance management, strategic sourcing, executive supplier relationships, and support negotiation of key supply agreements.
• Partner with Quality and Compliance to ensure processes support aerospace, defense, customer, regulatory, and government-contract requirements.
• Own the inventory planning and optimization strategy, including inventory investment, turns, service levels, safety stock, excess and obsolete inventory, and working-capital performance.
• Establish segmentation and stocking strategies based on customer requirements, supplier lead times, demand patterns, risk, growth opportunity, and expected return.
• Partner with Finance and Commercial leadership on inventory investment decisions supporting new business awards, supplier opportunities, and long-term programs.
• Lead demand planning, forecasting, supply planning, and inventory-planning processes to improve product availability and forecast accuracy.
• Build analytics capabilities that convert ERP, customer, supplier, inventory, and commercial data into actionable business insight.
• Establis…