Senior Supply Chain Manager (SCM), Engine & Asset Manager

Guided by our purpose, core values, and leadership principles, we are creating an airline people love. Our corporate teams set the strategies and operational plans to ensure the success of our company. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, legal, marketing, or any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for travel and our guests is what motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion for creating an airline people love, we want to hear from you. 

The Senior Supply Chain Manager (SCM) - Engine and Asset Manager is the sole subject matter expert and thought leader in engine, Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), nacelle, and Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) asset management and commercial contracting for Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, and Horizon Air. As an individual contributor, this role designs and implements innovative contracting, asset management, and maintenance support strategies that optimize total cost of ownership, leverage fleet and supplier synergies, reduce enterprise risk, and strengthen long-term competitive advantage. This role advises senior leaders across commercial, maintenance, finance, and operations functions on engine and propulsion asset strategy and enterprise-wide supply chain decisions. 

• →Identifies opportunities and develops enterprise-wide sourcing strategies for engines, APUs, nacelles, thrust reversers, and LRUs, building competitive advantage through contracting for maintenance services and leases across Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, and Horizon Air. 
• →Defines short- and long-term asset management strategies and process improvements that reduce costs, consolidate suppliers, and create synergies across the enterprise. 
• →Leads competitive sourcing and contract management activities, including drafting and modifying contracts and amendments, developing removal and cost models to drive best-in-market decisions, and preparing executive summaries for senior leadership review and approval. 
• →Partners with Maintenance, Engineering, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Legal, Network Planning, Fleet, and Accounting on matters concerning engines, LRUs, nacelles, and asset acquisitions, consignment, and new engine selection. 
• →Influences senior leaders across the enterprise on engine and propulsion asset strategy, providing strategic recommendations on contracting, total cost of ownership, and supplier consolidation opportunities. 
• →Maintains deep industry expertise across aircraft engine, APU, nacelle, and LRU purchase, consignment, and service agreements, including leases, and continuously monitors the portfolio of engine providers to identify leverage-creating opportunities. 
• →Communicates progress, strategic recommendations, and upcoming decisions to senior leadership and key stakeholders through structured reporting, executive briefings, and ongoing engagement. 
• →Mentors and guides cross-functional partners and emerging supply chain professionals, building enterprise capability in engine asset management and propulsion contracting.

• 10 years of aircraft maintenance contract management experience, or a related field. 
• Bachelor's degree with a focus in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, or a related discipline, or an additional two years of relevant training/experience in lieu of this degree. 
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-divisional teams and managing complex sourcing, contracting, and asset management projects across multiple concurrent initiatives. 
• Demonstrated experience negotiating complex contracts and managing supplier performance in a safety- and compliance-sensitive environment. 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), including advanced Excel skills for financial modeling, cost analysis, and data analysis. 
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to develop and present executive-level summaries of complex contract, financial, and operational information to senior leadership. 
• High school diploma or equivalent. 
• Minimum age of 18. 
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.  

• Experience in engine, nacelle, LRU, and APU contracting and asset management. 
• Experience with financial analysis of complex vendor proposals, including total cost of ownership modeling and removal cost analysis. 
• Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) License. 

Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be caring and kind, and deliver performance.

The pay range and total target compensation package listed above is the expected pay offered for this position at the start of employment. Your pay will be based on multiple factors, including and not limited to location, your relevant experience/level, experience level, and skillset while balancing internal equity relative to other Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon employees. Alaska/Hawaiian/Horizon is committed to fair, unbiased compensation along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate.