Senior Materials Officer

Etihad; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Etihad Airways is seeking an experienced inventory management professional to analyze and optimize levels of assigned inventory, ensuring spares availability at optimum cost and meeting SLA targets for Technical’s operations. The role covers asset management, provisioning, procurement, and supplier coordination at Abu Dhabi hub.

The ideal candidate has a technical degree with aviation inventory experience, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or equivalent technical degree with minimum 5 years aviation inventory management experience.
• Experience & tracked record in aviation asset management, provisioning, procurement, contract management and/or supplier management functions.
• Knowledge of technical manuals like IPC, ITM and MPD and familiarity with RSPLs, spare repair and warranty, OEM support contracts like SSC and PSAA along with lease return requirements.
• Self-motivated, team player with strong analytical and problem-solving & project management skills.
• Advanced level MS Excel and PowerPoint knowledge with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely review of open requisitions (demands) and raising appropriate orders for timely spare availability at optimum cost.
• To raise purchase, sales and service orders to support operations and review invoices for timely payment.
• To calculate, analyze and update the reorder levels in ERP for Current Assets to ensure availability of consumables to achieve set service levels and maintain adequate inventory levels at reasonable cost.
• Responsible for calculating and providing recommendation for adequate inventory levels based on demands, forecasting and aircraft operations for all Fixed assets holding including cabin, airframe, tools and GSE demonstrate the control on spend based on the division’s strategy (asset-light vs. asset-heavy).
• Support the provisioning and scrap activities including recommendation, procurement and maintain the inventory based on change in demands and fleet size.
• Monitor and stagger tools calibration to ensure availability for all maintenance activities.
• Monitor the performance of the components IAW guarantees provided by OEMs and Aircraft Manufactures and liaise with reliability team to get FOC spare support.
• Responsible for preparing and analyzing Inventory holding and controlling related reports and dashboards.
• Liaise with various team for spares support for the lease return activities, component modifications or any other inventory optimization activities.

Education

Bachelor’s or equivalent technical degree

Job description

Job Description

Synopsis

To analyze and propose optimum levels of assigned inventory type with best practices of inventory management to meet the agreed SLA to Technical’s operations in most cost-effective manner. To support inventory management including all aspects of asset management, such as operations support, investment analysis, surplus management, and database management.

Accountabilities

• Ensure timely review of open requisitions (demands) and raising appropriate orders for timely spare availability at optimum cost.
• To raise purchase, sales and service orders to support operations and review invoices for timely payment.
• To calculate, analyze and update the reorder levels in ERP for Current Assets to ensure availability of consumables to achieve set service levels and maintain adequate inventory levels at reasonable cost.
• Responsible for calculating and providing recommendation for adequate inventory levels based on demands, forecasting and aircraft operations for all Fixed assets holding including cabin, airframe, tools and GSE demonstrate the control on spend based on the division’s strategy (asset-light vs. asset-heavy).
• Support the provisioning and scrap activities including recommendation, procurement and maintain the inventory based on change in demands and fleet size.
• Monitor and stagger tools calibration to ensure availability for all maintenance activities.
• Monitor the performance of the components IAW guarantees provided by OEMs and Aircraft Manufactures and liaise with reliability team to get FOC spare support.
• Responsible for preparing and analyzing Inventory holding and controlling related reports and dashboards.
• Liaise with various team for spares support for the lease return activities, component modifications or any other inventory optimization activities.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s or equivalent technical degree with minimum 5 years aviation inventory management experience.
• Experience & tracked record in aviation asset management, provisioning, procurement, contract management and/or supplier management functions.
• Recommended to have knowledge of technical manuals like IPC, ITM and MPD and familiar with RSPLs, spare repair and warranty, OEM support contracts like SSC and PSAA along with lease return requirements.
• Self-motivated, team player with strong analytical and problem-solving & project management skills.
• Advance level MS Excel and PowerPoint knowledge with excellent in written and verbal communication skills.

Additional Information

Etihad Airways is more than the UAE’s national airline - we’re shaping the future of global aviation. From our hub in Abu Dhabi, we connect people across continents and cultures, while driving our “Journey 2030” ambition to double our fleet, expand our network and grow our people for a new era of excellence. Join us and become part of a vision where the world is your workplace and extraordinary experiences take flight.

To learn more visit www.etihad.com

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