The posting
The Line Store Manager is responsible for overseeing inventory control, supporting daily logistics operations, and ensuring efficient storage and movement of goods. This role ensures the continuous, efficient, and compliant supply of aircraft parts, tooling, consumables, and materials to meet Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) requirements, and support on-time aircraft release. The incumbent will lead a team of store personnel, drive inventory accuracy, manage supplier relationships, and ensure full compliance with aviation inventory regulatory frameworks. This is a critical operational role with direct impact on aircraft availability, cost performance, and safety outcomes.
This position is for our Sanford, Florida location.
Stores Operations Management
- Oversee day-to-day management of line store, ensuring parts availability aligns with maintenance planning and aircraft release schedules
- Maintain accurate inventory records using approved computerized maintenance management systems including real-time stock movement and traceability
- Manage the receipt, inspection, storage, issue, and return of all aviation parts, materials, and consumables in compliance with regulatory and company procedures
- Ensure proper preservation, shelf-life management, and handling of time-limited, hazardous, and serialized components
Inventory Control & Optimization
- Lead cycle counting programs and conduct periodic physical stock takes to maintain inventory accuracy targets
- Identify and manage slow-moving, obsolete, and surplus stock, initiating disposal or return-to-vendor actions as appropriate
- Monitor and report on key inventory KPIs including fill rate, stock accuracy, and inventory turnover
Regulatory Compliance & Quality Assurance
- Maintain full documentation and traceability for all aircraft parts.
- Manage quarantine and unserviceable component processes, ensuring segregation and proper disposition in accordance with regulatory requirements
Team Leadership & Development
- Establish clear performance expectations, conduct regular performance touchpoints, and facilitate professional development planning
- Foster a safety-first, compliance-driven culture within the stores team
- Manage workforce rostering, leave planning, and resources to meet operational demands
Experience Requirements:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in warehousing and logistics. Aviation stores, parts management, or MRO logistics experience a plus, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or management capacity.
- Demonstrated experience managing stores operations within a regulated environment
Leadership & Interpersonal Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and develop teams
- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional communication skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to produce clear operational reports and briefs
- High-level analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to make sound decisions under operational pressure
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment
- Integrity and commitment to safety culture, compliance, and ethical conduct
Flexjet is an equal-opportunity employer. We aim to choose individuals who have the highest integrity; those who personify genuine concern for customers and fellow employees alike. More than anything, we look for individuals who grasp the importance of trust in an employer/employee relationship.
