At Spirit, we don't just build aircraft structures - we build the future of aviation. At Northern Ireland's largest aerospace manufacturer, our highly skilled professionals work at the cutting edge of design, manufacturing, integration and after-market support. With world-class facilities spanning over 3 million square feet across six locations, we deliver advanced aerostructures - including wings, fuselages, and engine nacelles - for global leaders like Bombardier, Airbus and Rolls-Royce.
Innovation is at the heart of everything we do. Our Belfast operation is a recognised centre of excellence for advanced materials and ultra-light structures, including our unique composites capabilities.
Joining Spirit AeroSystems means being part of an industry leader that values talent, fosters innovation, and offers exceptional career growth.
These opportunities, based at our Belfast site, offer:
36-hour working week (half-day Friday)
Generous holidays
Range of flexible schedules
Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
Generous Life Cover
Company occupational sick scheme
On site Occupational Health Department
Employee Assistance Program
Professional development and growth
Coaching and mentoring
Opportunity for advancement
Free car parking
Enhanced maternity pay
We offer an exciting opportunity to join our Supply Chain Department at our Belfast site.
Responsibilities:
Principal accountabilities:
To produce monthly forecasts of the material spend for the next month and the next quarter. This requires evaluation of each programme delivery status and modelling the associated spend patterns and transients.
To monitor the actual spend against previous forecasts and analyse major differences. Ongoing reconciliation of the actual spend to the budget and forecast spend is required, along with rationalisation of major deviations.
Monitoring attrition levels.
To produce the annual BAC material budget for all contracts. This involves utilising information from Procurement, Programmes and Contracts, and extracting stock, WIP and lead-time data from the MAXIM system.
To monitor the Utilised Assets trends. A governance process must be implemented to track the levels of utilised assets, set targets for the same, and report the monthly status to management.
To provide various system and BUM analysis capabilities for other functions, both internal and external to the Department. Fulfilling the above material spend and utilised asset functions requires significant data analysis and system knowledge. This service is often required for miscellaneous analyses for other functions (e.g. Methods, Procurement, BTS etc.).
To assist in the development and implementation of new systems designed to improve the efficiency of Work and Material Planning
Qualifications:
Candidate Requirements
It is the responsibility of applicants to ensure that sufficient detail is provided on the application form to demonstrate they meet essential job criteria, as this alone will be used for vetting purposes.
Essential:
The jobholder should be educated to at least degree level, preferably with an appropriate post-graduate qualification.
Knowledge of various data analysis tools e.g. writing software and using PC data handling and presentation packages, a high level of understanding around the Microsoft package, in depth Excel knowledge essential, MS access or SQL working understanding required.
Be able to work unsupervised, to quickly understand new processes and/or methodology and to show the level of intuition required to analyse and resolve varied complex issues
The job holder should be prepared to become involved in new projects designed to improve efficiency and enhance system capabilities, using requisite skills to maximise opportunities.
Completed applications must be submitted by Thursday 9
th
October 2025 by 4PM
We employ people from all sections of the community and are committed to the appointment of the best candidate based upon the merit principle alone. In pursuit of our equal opportunities programme, we would particularly welcome more applications from Catholics and females, as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.
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