Kevin Kolenc
Kelowna,BC
Summary
Resourceful Manager offering history of success coordinating and monitoring operations across various departments. Effective leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Highly committed with hardworking mentality to maintain quality of services and products.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
MRO Planning Manager, Business Development
KF Aerospace
01.2014 - Current
- Reporting to Director of Business Development, accountable for customer check profit, quoting and contracts, pre-planning and scheduling for up to 17 lines of concurrent maintenance.
- Direct oversight of contracting department, estimating and maintenance pre-planning to ensure productivity and output requirements meet KPI’s and performance requirements.
- Average productivity of 250 quotes per year including large RFPs for multi-year contracts with 90%-win rate.
- Contract values ranging from $300K USD to more than $100 million for multi-year agreements.
- Closely involved with Continuous Improvement for developing new and improved strategies and processes to streamline both planning and maintenance processes for increased efficiency and accuracy.
- Development of long range vision and planning goals along with labour forecasts to meet both current and forecasted demands.
- Optimized scheduling procedures for improved resource utilization, resulting in increased cost savings.
Line Maintenance Supervisor
KF Aerospace
01.2008 - 01.2014
- Responsible for final maintenance on customer and fleet aircraft during check completion, AOG & Line activities.
- Oversight of 30 Technicians tasked with maintaining quality and providing maintenance support for fleet/Customer commercial and executive aircraft.
- Co-ordination of schedules with customer aircraft, heavy checks and airline AOG support.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
- Achieved high levels of customer satisfaction through consistent delivery of well-maintained aircraft ready for safe operation.
Education
Academic Diploma - Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Technology
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Calgary, AB04.1997
High School Diploma -
Jasper Jr/Sr. Highschool
Jasper, AB06.1995
Skills
- Extensive customer relations and negotiating skills
- Attended multiple management skills training programs incl certification with Dale Carnegie
- 16 Years leadership experience from maintenance crew lead to various supervisory & management positions
- Certified training instructor for Transport Canada approved Aircraft Maintenance courses
- Strong organizational & planning skills with experience in Microsoft office suite (Excel, Word, Etc)
- Transport Canada AME M1 and M2 rating with multiple endorsements and experience on commercial aircraft
- Strong technical skills in all types of mechanical work with emphasis on attention to detail
- Strategic Planning
- Rapport and relationship building
References
Available upon request.
Languages
English
Professional Working
Timeline
MRO Planning Manager, Business Development
KF Aerospace
01.2014 - Current
Line Maintenance Supervisor
KF Aerospace
01.2008 - 01.2014
Academic Diploma - Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Technology
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
High School Diploma -
Jasper Jr/Sr. Highschool
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