Logistics Manager

ROLE SUMMARY

Lead receiving, shipping, stores, material control, inventory, and the tool crib. Every part and tool must be identified, traceable, correctly segregated, preserved, and shipped with complete airworthiness documentation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Logistics and Material Control

• Run receiving and hand off to Receiving Inspection; nothing enters stock or the shop before inspection acceptance.
• Maintain segregated serviceable, unserviceable, quarantine, and scrap areas; enforce shelf-life control.
• Run the tool crib (issue/ return against the work order) and calibration shipments per the Tool Control memo.
• Ship only units with a signed 8130-3 / Form 1; comply with DGR and 145.206.
• Run cycle counts and maintain inventory accuracy in Quantum.

Planning

• Lead Maintenance Planners: work packages built from the Engineering work scope, kits complete at induction, and the schedule published and kept current with the Operations Manager.

AUTHORITY — WHAT THIS ROLE OWNS

• Physical custody, storage, and shipping of parts and tools.

AUTHORITY BOUNDARIES — WHAT THIS ROLE DOES NOT OWN

• No authority to accept parts as serviceable or release for shipment without RTS documentation.

KEY INTERFACES

Works With:

Receiving Inspection for Inbound acceptance.

ARP for Release to ship.

Buyers for PO discrepancies.

Operations Manager for Schedule and kitting.

LEADERSHIP & PEOPLEEXPECTATIONS

• Train every teammate on SUP awareness and part identification.
• Lead from the front: be visible where the work happens, roll up your sleeves, and personally coach and train the team to the standard.
• Remember what it felt like to be new. Build an environment where people can ask questions, admit mistakes, and stop work without fear, and practice and protect a Just Culture.
• Set the example on being on time and prepared for shifts, meetings, training, and customer commitments.
• Stay connected across Prime: attend the daily huddle, share information early, and settle cross-functional issues face-to-face before they become escalations.
• Communicate crisply and with facts: clear written direction, bulleted status, and decisions backed by data.
• Develop people deliberately: individual development plans, cross-training, and a named backup for every critical task.
• Recognize good work publicly. Correct privately, promptly, and fairly, in partnership with Human Resources.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• 5 years of aviation logistics / stores, 2 years in a lead role.
• DGR certification (or obtain within90 days).
• ERP inventory proficiency.
• US Persons only due to ITAR restrictions

Preferred

• Part 145 stores experience; forklift certification.

All Positions

• Ability to read, write, and communicate in English (14 CFR 145.151(c)) and to work with Microsoft 365 and Prime's work order system.
• Must pass pre-employment screening per Prime policy; safety-sensitive positions are subject to the drug and alcohol testing program.
• Physical requirements as applicable: stand and work at a bench for extended periods, lift up to 50 lbs, and use hand tools and PPE.

KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS

• Inventory accuracy.
• Kit completeness at induction.
• Dock-to-inspection time.
• Shipping on-time and error rate.
• Shelf-life compliance.