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Fokker Services Americas, LaGrange, GA, USA

CMRO Product Owner

The role of Product Owner is pivotal for the Component Maintenance activities within Fokker Services Americas. The Product Owner will liaise closely with the Sales & Procurement department in order to work on both Sales campaigns and cost-saving reduction opportunities.

  • 40 hours a week
  • 1 Bachelor degree Technical or Business
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The role

Fokker Services, a multinational Aviation Maintenance & Repair Organization (MRO), is seeking a dynamic and driven candidate who’s passionate about the world of aviation and component maintenance; our teams proudly support every major Airline in the world!

If you enjoy driving results with an international team of colleagues in a fast-paced deadline driven business, and can effectively communicate ‘how to win’ on customer focused initiatives, this may be the role you’ve been looking for.

Our new team member will actively identify and drive business development opportunities using their demonstrated ability to influence outcomes at all levels of the organization.

As a Product Owner at Fokker Services, you will own revenue expansion in the organization by:

  1. Building market competitive pricing packages in collaboration with our Sales teams to respond to customer RFPs. This requires excellent technical and industry knowledge, robust Excel capabilities, along with the internal drive to meet aggressive response times.
  2. Development and management of Component Maintenance and Repair (CMRO) product offerings and the oversight of your product campaigns. This entails a lead role in our business growth strategy, market surveillance, and understanding competitive cost drivers to support new revenue and profit growth targets in our commercial lines.

The Product Owner reports to the Head of Programs, U.S. This role is on-site and based in LaGrange, GA.

Prior applicable experience would include technical and commercial understanding of:

  • Pneumatics/Hydraulics components,
  • Rotating & Electromechanical components (ACM’s, Air Turbine Starters, Electrical Actuators), or
  • Integrated Drive Generators (IDGs).

Your key responsibilities

  • Pricing of all RFPs, RFQs, and Contract requests to support Sales team and internal pricing requests. Advanced use of Excel will be employed daily to generate pricing models.
  • Build and maintain a close working rapport with global teams from Sales, Program Management, Supply Chain, Marketing, Engineering and Operations. Align these internal resources to ensure delivery execution to win customer programs and drive achievement of commercial targets.
  • Utilize your entrepreneurial drive to identify areas of opportunity for CMRO growth through analysis of market intelligence: competition, customers, pricing, fleet data, etc. Work with the leadership team to develop and deploy your product strategy.
  • Development of sales campaigns, with Marketing support, to achieve revenue and margin growth goals.
  • Ongoing analysis of the market, competitors and internal cost basis to drive and improve sales growth and profitability. Maintain in-depth knowledge of industry and competitor landscape.
  • Be able to quickly understand and organize the technical and competitive aspects of existing and new product lines.
  • Identify and solve business problems at both conceptual and practical levels. Must be a self-starter able to work efficiently in a global matrix environment.

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As one of the major independent players in the aerospace industry, we handle a diverse range of aircraft types. From commercial airliners to specialized military vehicles, each kind of vehicle finds its way to us, making our work both varied and challenging

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Danny Vos
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We consider diversity and inclusion incredibly important; we believe that everyone deserves a fair chance. As the saying goes, diversity is being invited to the party, inclusion is being asked to dance as well. This is what Fokker Services Group stands for

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Didier Soesman
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Required qualifications

  • Must be a relentless, driven entrepreneur who is focused on accuracy.
  • Adept ability in Excel to analyze data from multiple sources and organize: Pivot Tables, Tables, Charts, Formulas.
  • Possess a propensity for mechanical concepts. Ability to utilize technical documentation (CMM) to derive component maintenance repair pricing.
  • Demonstrated ability to define the development agenda for new aviation component capabilities and leverage new repair technologies.
  • Proven ability to establish and sustain relationships in global matrix environment.
  • Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation communication skills with primary audience being executive leadership (internal and external).
  • Team outcome focused with Positive attitude/energy.
  • Ability to understand direction and work independently while applying lean principles and driving continuous improvement across processes.
  • Strong proficiency with the MS Office Suite: Excel, Power Point, Word, Outlook
  • U.S. Person per ITAR regulations to comply with export compliance and site SSA requirements.

Preferred qualifications and what we offer

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Background in CMRO aviation maintenance with experience in determining market pricing and bidding CMRO work.
  • Business development.
  • Financial modeling.

Experience Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business discipline, or equivalent additional work experience, required.
  • 3+ years applicable experience in commercial aviation in one or more of the following: component level maintenance; maintenance sales or sales support; maintenance repair management.

What do we offer you:

  • 401k with company match
  • Medical, Dental and Vision
  • ST/LT Disability, life insurance and AD&D policies company paid
  • Optional supplementary coverages
  • EAP program
  • Paid time off
  • Employee Incentive program

Ready for take-off?

How we fly through your application 

 

  1. The telephone interview

Our recruiter will get in touch with you. Immediately providing the opportunity to make each other's acquaintance. 

 

  1. Initial on-site interview with your prospective manager and a team member

Now's the time to really get to know each other. We look forward to meeting you at our office where we can engage in an in-depth conversation with you.  

 

  1. Second on-site interview with your prospective manager

Time to get down to the business in hand. You and your prospective manager will delve deeper into the salient points relating to your possible new job and discuss any future ambitions.  

 

  1. Screening 

ITAR screening is applicable for some positions. Should this be the case, you will be informed in due course.  

 

  1. Job offer 

Yes please! If both parties are equally enthusiastic, an appropriate job offer will be forthcoming in fitting with the position and your level of skills.  

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