Senior Maintenance Planning Assistant

Job Purpose

dnata is one of the worlds 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.

Responsible for managing and monitoring of inventory levels, requisitioning materials and equipment, determining material specifications, preventive maintenance material forecasting, item code creation, coordinating with internal departments, managing external stakeholder relations

In This Role You Will

• Item code creation for spare into the MMS system and description setup.
• Induction of items into inventory which require reprovisioning.
• Description amendments after analysing request from various stakeholders such as workshop teams, P&L, Suppliers, or Stores.
• Evaluate the spare parts procured through Purchase Requisition (PR) and converts the required spare parts to inventory if required, to ensure availability and optimise cost.
• Prepare reports on material consumption trends, planning activities, and other inventory performance metrics.
• Support stakeholders in special projects by collecting relevant data, conducting research, and producing reports or technical documentation as needed.
• Preparing cost estimates, performance, and process control reports.
• Review BPA (Blanket Purchase Agreement) contract items for duplication and description amendments prior to BPA setup.
• Evaluate workshop requests for inventory conversion, and inventory parameter update based on consumption trends and equipment age.
• Expedite overdue Purchase Order (PO) items with suppliers based on the promised delivery dates.
• Expedite zero-stock spare parts, Planned Maintenance components, and ad-hoc requests in alignment with grounded asset reports and maintenance trackers.
• Manage shipment bookings and coordinate logistics with freight forwarders to ensure timely and efficient delivery of materials.
  
  

Qualification

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

Responsibilities

Degree Holders with 4 to 6 years of experience or Diploma holder with 6 to 8 years of experience in the field of material planning and inventory management with responsibilities that includes managing and monitoring of inventory levels, requisitioning materials and equipment, determining material specifications, preventive maintenance material forecasting, item code creation, coordinating with internal departments, managing external stakeholder relations, and using computerised maintenance management systems like Maximo or similar, from the below industries:

• GSE and Cargo Workshops in other airports
• Baggage Handling in Airports
• Automobile Workshop; (Cars, pickups, vans, small buses)
• Heavy Equipment (earth moving, trucks, buses, construction, waste management, heavy material handling)
• Process & Manufacturing Industries (refineries, aluminium processing, food processing, automated material handling, paper & plastic products are few examples)
• Transportation industry (rail, metro etc)
  
  

Knowledge And Skills

• Training on material planning and inventory management from recognised service providers.
• UAE Driving Licence preferred to gain Airside Driving Permit.
• Proficient understanding of maintenance practices
• English Language Skills – Level 4
• Proficient Communication Skills
• Proficient Safety Awareness Skills
• IT and Computer Literacy specifically Microsoft Office applications
• Quality Orientation 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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