Materials Planner - Supervisor

Raytheon; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 312,000 - 404,000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational aerospace and defense company is seeking a Materials Planner - Supervisor for its Dubai MRO Center. This role focuses on optimizing inventory levels and leading a provisioning team to ensure successful procurement and management of inventory. Candidates should possess a relevant bachelor's degree and significant experience in inventory management, effective communication skills, and the ability to lead continuous improvement initiatives. Competitive remuneration and professional growth opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, engineering, operations, or related field and 10 years of prior relevant experience OR 14 years of relevant experience if no degree.
• Effective communication and presentation skills in English, both verbal and written.

Responsibilities

• Identify improvement opportunities to optimize inventory levels.
• Develop inventory forecast estimates for annual operating plan.
• Manage procurement of inventory to support operations.
• Lead organization toward attainment of key inventory performance metrics.

Skills

Effective communication skills in English

Inventory management

Leadership

Continuous improvement practices

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in business, engineering, operations, or related field

10 years of prior relevant experience OR 14 years of relevant experience without a degree

Tools

ERP systems; SAP

Job description

Date Posted: 2025-12-23

Country: United Arab Emirates

Location: Goodrich Customer Services Inc., Rd 36-RM, Plot-S50604, PO Box 17698, Jebel Ali Free Trade Zone (South), Dubai, UAE

Position Role Type: Unspecified

At our Dubai MRO Center we are specialists in the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of aircraft systems. As part of our planned continued expansion, we require experienced individuals who will contribute to our success, whilst upholding our reputation as a leading provider of quality MRO services with customers. An opportunity has arisen for a Materials Planner - Supervisor to lead a dynamic provisioning team within the MRO.

Primary Responsibilities

• Identifies improvement opportunities to optimize inventory levels.
• Develops inventory forecast estimates for annual operating plan, latest estimates and pulses using an input/output model.
• Manages the procurement of inventory to support operations.
• Manages non-inventory procurement to support the site.
• Close interaction with Finance, Engineering and Operations to put in place projects and initiatives to help improve inventory levels.
• Lead organization toward attainment (monthly and annually) of key inventory performance metrics such as inventory turns, inventory value by controlling and influencing its parts: in-transits, raw materials, consumables.
• Inventory subject matter expert on inventory planning and control.
• Provide inventory updates, status, analysis, reports, and any other information (as needed).
• Ensure any excess or left-over inventory, due to engineering changes, shifts in demands and strategic buys are adequately managed.
• Provides directions, expectation, objectives/goals to the materials planning team according to and in alignment with RTX and Collins Aerospace Goal Alignment process.
• Administer performance feedback, development plan, performance review, merit increases, hiring, training and all other people related processes.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, engineering, operations, or related field and 10 years of prior relevant experience OR
• In absence of a degree, 14 years of relevant experience is required.
• Effective communication and presentation skills in English (verbal and written).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or related
• Experience with ERP systems; SAP
• Leadership ability to conduct Lean, Kaizen, and other continuous improvement events

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.