Materials Planning Supervisor

Overview

The Material Management Department is dedicated to addressing complex aviation material needs with precision. It is organized into specialized units:
Cabin, IFE, Airframe, Engines, Inventory Control, and Operations Support, with dedicated teams for Rotable Components and Outstation support to ensure timely availability of spares and components across the network.

Our core responsibilities include managing re-order levels, forecasting needs, inventory management and coordinating with Procurement for prompt deliveries based on our quality and safety standards. We provide 24/7 support for critical / AOG requirements and facilitate outstation operations through pooling and borrowing, with a commitment to operational excellence and cost-effectiveness.

As a Materials Planning Supervisor you will support the planning, initial provisioning and replenishment of aircraft spares including Rotables, Buyer Furnish Equipment (BFE), Inflight Entertainment (IFE), Consumables, tools and Commercial items to meet Entry into Service (EIS), operational and maintenance demands at Line and Base Maintenance. You will also assist in inventory reviews to ensure optimum inventory levels and data accuracy.

In this role you will:

• Assist Materials Planning Officer to prepare float/Initial Provisioning/Replenishment by analysing manufacturer recommendations and surplus review data. Compile accurate data for calculation of float/Economic Order Quantity and detect/report discrepancies.
• Carry out review of non-moving and slow-moving items as per Surplus Review Plans and identify surplus stock items to reduce and optimize the inventory.
• Monitor and highlight critical nil stock and Aircraft Maintenance Programme item shortages as per the schedule. Review daily unfulfilled demands, Nil Stock reports, Planning Triggers and coordinate with component repairs/Procurement team for support. Monitor and address open Due-in issues and liaise with Repair Process, Warehouse and maintenance in resolving outstanding Due-in cases and recommend escalation where required.
• Assist in defining part numbers and setup relationships in the ERP system after collecting the required data from technical manuals and other technical documentation/approvals.

• Review all Heavy Maintenance and Line Support work package demands prior to aircraft induction and ensure all spares & equipment are available prior to the start of check. Review material shortage reports and action all open requirements for scheduled and unscheduled tasks. Liaise with the workshops for in-house repair or fabrication of required items/materials.
• Support the Materials Planning Officer in ensuring all material and tooling requirements for Aircraft On Ground (AOG) in Dubai and Outstations are immediately actioned. Take immediate and appropriate actions on all AOG, flight protection and rush tag requests from maintenance by preparing required documentation and transporting material in the quickest time frame. Action third party loan and sale requests from other operators by reviewing and processing requests after due diligence.
• Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to ensure that required material is available in stock for support of outstations. Arrange spares and tools required to be positioned at outstations by liaising with the warehouse and Despatch teams.
• Assist the Materials Planning Officer by expediting all open orders, coordinating with suppliers and logistics providers to ensure timely shipment and receipt of items/material as per requirement.
• Carry out stocktaking of EK Inventory at DXB and Outstation stores, to achieve the desired level of accuracy of inventory against physical stock levels.
• Assist Material Planning Controller and Officer to carry out regular reviews of Gross Stock Value, Service Levels, Inventory Float & Quantities, Usage and other Planning Parameters of Inventory Control Module in ERP system, in order to maintain data accuracy.

• Assist periodic audits of inventory parameters including Re-order point, Order Quantity, Lead Time, Average Monthly Usage (AMU) and recommend areas to improve metrics.
• Assist in meeting objectives of supply chain metrics including measurement and control of AOG, Shortages, SLAs, Surplus, Deferred Defects, Cycle Time, Backlogs and other KPIs. Escalate critical shortages, service failures and identify corrective actions to maintain performance, productivity and delivery at the agreed level.
• Assist in reviews of slow, non-moving and higher month of coverage (MOC) repairable and expendable items of assigned vendors/commodities in order to establish contractual buyback items and seek approval for surplus stock declarations.
• Assist in Maintaining compliance with Material Planning procedures, methods and parameters applicable for different types/categories of aircraft parts to maintain cost effective stock levels.

To be considered for…