Arun Pandiyan

Responsible for procurement of material/aircraft parts, consumables, tools, GSE and all related items for the maintenance of aircraft to meet supply chain and operational requirements and in line with supply chain targets.

Obtain quotes for materials & services, prepare price analysis and recommendations, evaluate and negotiate price, payment and delivery terms, identify cost saving methods (credits, rebates and discounts), and negotiate warranty conditions and lead times with the goal to achieve optimum benefits/savings.

 Tack all pending Warranty orders till they’re received and fulfilled.

 Update all POs status on the tracking system (PO values, PN, QTY, Priority, Core charges, etc.).

 Utilize appropriate selection of shipping methods to match operational criticality and reduce overhead costs where possible.

 Review the incoming Maintenance base inputs Materials, Tools & GSE requirements with the perspective Materials Planner, PPD & Maintenance staff.

 Coordinate with the Repair & Warranty Officers the repair cycles related to the incoming routine & non Routine demands.

 Maintain the daily, weekly, monthly reports of the outstanding POs/ROS status.

 Assist in review of the qualification of New/Current suppliers prior enrollment into FAS Approved Suppliers list.

 Ensure AOG/Critical priority parts are shipped in the shortest possible time to meet supply chain & production requirements.

 Attend the AOG requirements calls and process the POs accordingly.

 Review open and overdue orders to ensure progress/follow up and escalation of non‐ conformances internally and externally as required to ensure optimized vendor performance.

 Ensure compliance with Supply Chain Procedures, QA, Technical Procedures & Export Control regulations.

 Review and assist vendor performance for improvement.

 Responsible for timely clearance of receipt discrepancies and invoice queries in accordance with supply chain targets. Clear all outstanding Quarantined receipts.

Timely update of order status on the audit trail to ensure visibility of latest order status to supply chain and operations and as required would need to assist Senior buyers.

 Coordinate with the responsible staff of all invoices related to the POs/ROs to assure value matching prior payment transactions.  Ensure compliance to FAS Quality, Code of Conduct, Health & Safety Regulations and Requirements, Procurement Technical Procedures.

 Take reasonable care of your own safety and health and the persons that may be affected by your acts or omission of work.

 Commit to Environment, Health & Safety policies and procedure.

 Participate in Environment, Health & Safety Programs including adhering to and implementing approved safety regulations.

 Cooperate with their supervisors with respect to any instructions and/or actions taken to protect the employees and/or comply with HSE requirements  Reports HSE hazards, incidents, near misses, and issues as per approved company procedure

• Leading the Customer Success & Parts Procurement team of SkySelect Inc. based in San Francisco, California (USA) & directly responsible for providing the solutions of all the part procurement & sourcing related queries of Airline & MRO customers generated on digital platform of SkySelect Inc.
• Ensuring timely availability of materials required as per requisitions and POs for stock replenishment and critical requirements for their Base Checks ,Heavy Maintenance and End of lease Programs
• Engagement with Suppliers to ensure On-Time Delivery (OTD) of spares to their Destinations
• To Develop a high-level understanding of Current supply chain inventory systems used by our Suppliers
• Achieving High inventory availability for our customers for easy access to materials availability
• Providing timely account developments results through utilization of our Supplier Relationship management
• Potential supplier Onboarding and Monitoring Key performance indicators of suppliers on the platform with data trends in order to Support improvement of Supplier Health.
• Skills - Fresh desk -Google Sheets -Google Docs -Supplier Onboarding -Vendor Sourcing - Microsoft Excel- Supply Chain Management

• Coordinating with the stores and the engineering departments to maintain optimum level of inventory based on review of issues and below minimum reports on a regular basis.
• Responding to RFQ’s from customers and ensures quotes are sent within agreed timeframes. Place back-to-back orders on OEMs on receipt of POs from the customers. Conduct follow ups on orders are carried out and parts are received and arrange for the dispatches. Send details of parts value to accounts for invoicing.
• Repair order Management - Follow up with the repair agency for completing the job and return the component at the earliest. Work towards reducing the turnaround time.
• Handling procurement of aircraft spares related to MRO activities for AW139, AW189, 412,212,206 Helicopters ,Boeing Airbus, Embraer &ATR.
• Handling Knowledge of dealing with several OEM like Pratt &Whitney, Honeywell Aerospace, Goodrich,MegittAerospace,BEAerospace,Rockwell,Collins,Dunlop,Good year, Microturbo, Survitec, Safran Aerospace, Aerosekur.
• Handling Procurement activities for third party sales tracking loan orders and follow up inspection calibration items from calibration center.

• Ensured supplies, stock, materials, packages and products were processed through the delivery systems efficiently and safely.
• Kept communications regular with internal and external customers, updating them on matters including timeframes and order status.
• Getting best quotes for Aircraft parts/equipment’s /tools /consumables from different vendors and negotiating the most competitive price.
• Obtaining SOA from the vendors and follow up with finance for regular payment to vendors. Handlings exports and assure the core unit which ordered on exchange return before given time.
• Handling procurement of spares, for fixed wing aircraft types of Bell 206, Bell 206L3,206L4, Bell 212, Bell 407, Pilatus Pc-12, Beechcraft 1900D.

• Training includes study of Engineering Drawings:
  Engineering Drawing Layout, Views, Symbols Engineering Drawing information readout – Detailed Views, Cross Sectional Views Engineering Drawing with BOM Analysis, Engineering Notes Read out .
• Familiarization to international aerospace standards:
  ATA 100, I Spec 2200, TOSS ASD S1000D ASD Simplified Technical English Working level knowledge on Arbor text Editor 5.3