Material Planning Coordinator

Job Purpose

dnata is one of the world's largest air services providers offering ground handling, cargo, travel, and flight catering services across five continents. We operate in 38 countries and 136 airports globally.

To support all material planning activities to ensure parts & material availability to turnaround all assets maintained by various Technical Services sections with minimal downtime. To ensure all planned job plans are updated with material requirements allowing parts forecasting and calculating planned maintenance costs. These jobs include preventive maintenance, refurbishment and all other planned jobs. To ensure Bill of Material (BOM) is updated and maintained. To ensure tracking all work orders in awaiting for parts status and coordinate with relevant internal & external stakeholders to expedite parts delivery.

In This Role You Will

Plan

• Ensure that material, spare parts and support equipment required for maintenance activities in relevant dnata Technical Services sections are planned and available to achieve agreed service levels.
• Evaluate & monitor stock levels for all the rotable and repairable parts to ensure sufficient inventory is maintained based on asset type across dTS business units.
  
  

Execute

• In conjunction with P&L, establish and reset reorder levels in order to support future demand and plans.
• Manage refurbishment parts delivery and ensure parts availability in accordance to refurbishment plan.
• Provide review of Inventory Levels and parameters in support of recommendations.
• Investigate and identify alternate and/or interchangeable part numbers based on OEM part numbers and part specifications so as to ensure the correctness of data and to avoid duplication of inventory.
• Provide an update on the status of pending parts requisitions on a daily basis, and liaise with respective P&L team and stakeholder to take required action.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Planning, P&L counterpart, OEM/Vendors/suppliers and Workshops to resolve queries related to parts and avoid shortages and unavailability of parts.
• Identify repeated non-stock parts and convert to inventory stock to ensure sufficient stocks are available in inventory to prevent equipment grounded and uninterrupted service in operations.
• Produce reports in support of Materials Planning activity and check progress of the parts delays and deliveries.
• Liaise with other sections of the dTS to ensure that all plans, processes and procedures are aligned to allow dTS to meet its departmental KPIs
• Follows all relevant departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures and instructions so that work is carried out in a controlled and consistent manner
• Discusses safety concerns openly and reports them to the concerned line manager
• Complies with all relevant safety, quality and environmental management policies, procedures and controls to ensure a healthy and safe work environment
• Acts as a role model for the desired safety behaviours and wears the appropriate PPE and ensures that work is conducted in a safe manner.
  
  

Qualification

To be considered for the role, you must meet the below requirements:

• Bachelor Degree or Diploma in Engineering/ Mechanical/ Electrical/ Automotive
  
  

Experience

• Bachelor Degree Holder with 2-3 years of experience in the field of maintenance/material management/inventory control in Ground Handling/ Air Cargo Handling/Automotive/ Manufacturing, Automobile Industries
• Diploma Holder with 4-6 years of experience in the field of maintenance/material management/inventory control in Ground Handling/ / Air Cargo Handling/Automotive/ Manufacturing, Automobile Industries
  
  

Knowledge / Skills

• Knowledge and experience in a maintenance management system especially Material/Inventory Management
• English Level 5
• IT and Computer Literacy
  
  

Safety Awareness

• Knowledge of GSE/CARGO parts and inventory control
• Proficient Communication Skills
  
  

Our services on the ground keep the world in the air. We’re one of the largest air services providers in the world, and you’ll find us in over 80 countries offering expertise in ground handling, cargo, travel and flight catering. We’re growing fast, and we’re looking for people with imagination and creativity to join our team of more than 40,000 people. We want potential stars to help us deliver on the promises our customers make. Be a part of our success story - if you want to join us, visit dnata.com/careers to apply.

Salary & benefits

Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on flights and hotels stays around the world. Find out what it’s like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our website www.emirates.com/careers

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