Assistant Manager – PLM

Company Description

IndiGo is India’s largest passenger airline. We primarily operate in India’s domestic air travel market as a low-cost carrier with focus on our three pillars – offering low fares, being on-time and delivering a courteous and hassle-free experience. IndiGo has become synonymous with being on-time. Since our inception in August 2006, we have grown from a carrier with one plane to a fleet of 280+ aircraft today. A uniform fleet for each type of operation, high operational reliability and an award winning service make us one of the most reliable airlines in the world. IndiGo has a total destination count of 100+ destinations with 75 domestic destinations and 26 International destinations

Job Title:  Assistant Manager – PLM

Role & Responsibilities:

 Ensure timely availability of components to support operations

 Ensure components required to revoke MEL are made available well within defined timeline.

 Reliability monitoring of components on quarterly basis and take up with vendor to improve reliability.

 Monitor performance of service providers and escalate to Management if performance remain unsatisfactory in two successive quarters.

 Ensure timely release of indents for IP spare parts and follow up with vendors for availability prior to aircraft EIS.

 In lieu of TAT crossed units, follow up with vendors for supply of exchange or loan units

 Ensure effective forecasting of TCI parts; accordingly liaise with vendors for availability prior to schedule replacement.

 Negotiate with vendors on repair quotes of non-contractual parts or CID parts.

 With respect to units sent for deeper investigation due to recurrent failures, liaise with OEM/MRO for declaring such units as rogue

 Ensure tires / spares forecast is effectively managed with availability of at least 3  months stock of tires / consignment spares stock at all times.

 As decided from time to time, vendor SBs if any, are complied during the shop visits of the units to attain higher reliability.

 Ensure contractual provisions are meticulously adhered by all individuals within team

 Ensure agreements remain valid at all times; escalate to Reporting Manager 6 months before the expiry of agreement term.

 Any special observations from the vendor about the inadequate maintenance practices leading to failure of the components are conveyed to the concerned departments internally.

 Ensure costs are kept down & statistics is compiled for savings achieved in each quarter.

 Liaise with all internal teams to ensure timely release of payments to MROs / service providers.

 Any other duty as instructed by Reporting Manager.

 Be aware of and comply with his / her safety responsibilities and accountabilities as laid down in the IndiGo SMS Manual, Chapter Safety Policy and Objectives.