Demand Management Professional BAE Systems

Role Purpose:

The delivery of inventory/asset demands including generation, receipt, validation, prioritisation, solution, process and progression of demand through the system to achieve contractual requirements. This includes all tooling and equipment necessary. Coordinate the resolution of issues and priority parts including alternative parts/solutions via integrated functional solutions. Uses information and applies a level of operational analysis to aid demand management and achieve contractual requirements.

Responsibilities:

Generic Areas of Responsibility:

• Performance indicators Provide effective Demand Management activities by meeting delivery targets and reporting any impact on Continuing Airworthiness, operational/process performance. Understand how individual actions contribute to overall delivery performance.

• Completion of activities Ensure all Demand Management activities are appropriately documented and airworthiness records are maintained on relevant systems (IT / paper based). Compile required reporting, identify any issues and escalate as appropriate.

• Procedure/standards Comply with the CAME, its associated procedures and standards, and any other BAEAI company procedures and standards, as applicable. Identify and propose changes, as required.

• Safety Management System Ensure Human Factors and Error Management philosophies are applied to all Demand Management activities. Understand the risks associated with Demand Management and the means by which they are mitigated and managed.

• Management System Assurance Ensure Demand Management are compliant with the BAEAI Governance and Assurance framework, including supporting process confirmations and independent assurance audits. Support the response to audit findings in a timely and appropriate manner and provide information into the relevant reviews. Support the implementation of identified improvements to overcome any non-compliance and monitor effectiveness.

• Statutory / Regulatory & Legislative requirements Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of understanding and application of the relevant Continuing Airworthiness Regulatory framework. Support the implementation of any Regulatory-driven changes into the Demand Management activities. Ensure compliance with all other requirements, e.g. ITAR, EaPW, ISO, etc.

• Contractual Requirements Ensure compliance with applicable contractual requirements, e.g. through support to contract reviews and the incorporation of required changes into the Demand Management processes.

Specific Areas of Responsibility to Capability:

• Identify any capability or capacity issues and work with the Demand Management Specialist to ensure resolution where practical, or escalation, as appropriate.

• Interface with platform maintenance & upgrade operations to ensure that appropriate and timely demands are placed on, and responded to by the supply chain. Including the presentation of material supplied to maintenance in appropriate formats and timescales. The management of calibrated items through the timely return to industry and return serviceable of assets ensuring testing/tooling capability is not compromised.

• Carry out the demand validation process, Identify any issues specification, source or process and work with the Demand Management Specialist to ensure resolution where practical, or escalation, as appropriate.

• Carry out the demand validation process, Identify any issues specification, source or process and work with the Demand Management Specialist to ensure resolution where practical, or escalation, as appropriate.

• Carry out the reporting/metrication capability in order to articulate and manage Demand Management performance. Ensure any trends are identified and escalated, as appropriate.