Erik Nehls
Head of Aircraft Maintenance and Supply Chain Strategy, Amazon Air
- Role
- Head of Aircraft Maintenance and Supply Chain Strategy, Amazon Air at Amazon
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Erik Nehls
To utilize my 20+ years of progressive leadership experience and advanced education in Operations, Quality, and Engineering within the Global manufacturing industry.Specialties: SAP, continuous improvement, technical and business decision-making, engineering, financial, functional, inventory management, leadership, legal, marketing, materials management, profit, quality control, repair, safety, shipping, supply chain management, technical management
Experience
Head of Aircraft Maintenance and Supply Chain Strategy, Amazon Air
Dec 2021 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Nov.2023 - Present: Head of aircraft fleet performance and line maintenance supplier strategy for Amazon Air\'s global fleet of Boeing 767, 737, and Airbus A330 aircraft, supporting 101 aircraft flying across the US, Europe, and India, and providing AIR aviation operations with fleet management initiatives to improve on-time departure and fleet reliability rates across the network.* Dec.2021 - Oct.2023: Head of maintenance operations & contracts management for Amazon Air\'s global fleet of ground support equipment (GSE & ULD). Managed $20MM in annual service contracts across 10 Amazon airport gateways, supporting 4,900 GSE equipment fleetwide, and delivering 99.4% equipment uptime for AIR ground operations.
Education
The Ohio State University
BS, Aerospace Engineering
1996 — 2001
Boston University
MS, Manufacturing Engineering
2003 — 2005
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
MBA, Business
2008 — 2012
Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Continuous Improvement
- Value Stream Mapping
- Process Improvement
- Leadership
- Supply Chain
- Engineering
- Aerospace
- Aircraft
- Quality Control
- Kaizen
- Functional Requirements
- Maintenance & Repair
- Mro Management
- Inventory Management
- Technology Management
- Management
- Materials Management
- Six Sigma
- Manufacturing
- Root Cause Analysis
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Quality Management
- Program Management
- Supply Chain Management
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