Senior Maintenance Planning Assistant

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Job purpose

Dnata is one of the world's 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 inventory levels, requisitioning materials and equipment, determining material specifications, preventive maintenance material forecasting, item code creation, coordinating with internal departments, and managing external stakeholder relations.

• Create item codes for spares in the MMS system and set up descriptions.
• Induct items into inventory which require reprovisioning.
• Amend descriptions after analysing requests from various stakeholders such as workshop teams, P&L, suppliers, or stores.
• Evaluate spare parts procured through Purchase Requisition (PR) and convert the required spare parts to inventory if needed 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.
• Prepare cost estimates, performance, and process control reports.
• Review Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) contract items for duplication and description amendments prior to BPA setup.
• Evaluate workshop requests for inventory conversion and update inventory parameters based on consumption trends and equipment age.
• Expedite overdue Purchase Order (PO) items with suppliers based on 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 holders with 6 to 8 years of experience in material planning and inventory management. Responsibilities include managing and monitoring 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.

Experience from the following industries is preferred:

• GSE and cargo workshops in other airports
• Baggage handling in airports
• Automobile workshops (cars, pickups, vans, small buses)
• Heavy equipment (earth moving, trucks, buses, construction, waste management, heavy material handling)
• Process and manufacturing industries (refineries, aluminium processing, food processing, automated material handling, paper and plastic products)
• Transportation industry (rail, metro, etc.)

• 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.

About us

We want potential stars to help us deliver on the promises our customers make. Be a part of our success story.

Salary and 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 hotel stays around the world. Experience what it is like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city.

Company Industry: Transport, Distribution & Logistics

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