Inventory Planner - Cabin / IFE

Etihad Airways; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading airline in the UAE is seeking an Inventory Planner responsible for planning and coordinating materials required for aircraft maintenance. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree or equivalent and at least 3 years of experience in aviation inventory management. Strong analytical skills and proficiency in MS Excel are essential. The role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and multicultural environment, and support the airline's ambitious goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or equivalent technical degree or minimum 3 years aviation inventory management experience.
• Experience in aircraft technical material planning, procurement, and supplier management.
• Understanding of technical manuals like IPC, ITEM and MPD.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform planning and coordination activities for materials.
• Initiate procurement requests to ensure spares availability.
• Evaluate and monitor float levels for rotables.
• Implement stocking methods and recommend disposal actions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Power BI

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor or equivalent technical degree

3 years aviation inventory management experience

Job description

Synopsis

Inventory Planner is responsible to perform planning and coordination activities for materials (aircraft spares, Cabin & BFE, IFE, Tools) required to support unscheduled and scheduled aircraft maintenance, in the most cost-effective manner.

Accountabilities

• Review part forecast for A & C Check, re-order proposal, Engineering documents, Hard time & tool staggering. Initiate procurement requests to ensure spares availability at optimum cost.
• Review consumables and set re-order levels and ordering quantities to maintain service levels and maintain adequate inventory levels at reasonable cost.
• Evaluate and monitor float levels for all rotable spare parts using Poisson’s calculations.
• Monitor fleet defects and initiate steps to reduce the same.
• Implement stocking methods like pool inclusion, consignment stock allocations and identify the surplus identification and recommend disposal actions.
• Evaluate and monitor LMP and LRU RSPL for initial, additional, and continuous provisioning.
• Review and monitor shelf-life expiry items and Scrap transactions in ERP. Initiate replenishment action with justification.
• Monitor spares in discrepancy and coordinate with respective teams to clear the same.
• Review and initiate actions required to support aircraft induction, return to service and end of lease projects.
• Support in developing processes & departmental manuals and keeping them up to date and in compliance with regulators and organizational requirements.
• Ensure to support any projects assigned by Manager Materials Planning to achieve department goal.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor or equivalent technical degree or minimum 3 years aviation inventory management experience.
• Experience & tracked record in aircraft technical material planning, procurement, supplier management functions.
• Recommended to have understanding of technical manuals like IPC, ITEM and MPD and familiar with RSPLs, W-File, spare repair and warranty, OEM support contracts like SSC and PSAA along with lease return requirements.
• A self-motivated, highly enthusiastic, and passionate team player with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• A resilient candidate with ability to adapt to different and multicultural environments & work under pressure.
• Advance level MS Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI knowledge with excellent in written and verbal communication skills.

About Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, was formed in 2003 and quickly went on to become one of the world’s leading airlines. From its home in Abu Dhabi, Etihad flies to passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. Together with Etihad’s codeshare partners, Etihad’s network offers access to hundreds of international destinations. In recent years, Etihad has received numerous awards for its superior service and products, cargo offering, loyalty programme and more.All this ties into Etihad’s ambitious Journey 2030 strategy. The airline plans to double its fleet size and triple the number of customers over the next six years as it sets out to be the airline everyone wants to fly!

To learn more, visit etihad.com

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