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Role Overview
Inventory Planner - Rotables forecasting at Etihad Airways. This role is based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Company Overview
Etihad Airways is the UAE's national airline, headquartered in Abu Dhabi. The organization is executing a "Journey 2030" ambition to double its fleet, expand its network, and grow its people for a new era of excellence.
Role Purpose
The Inventory Planner performs planning and coordination activities for materials including aircraft spares, Cabin & BFE, IFE, and Tools required to support unscheduled and scheduled aircraft maintenance in the most cost-effective manner.
Key Responsibilities
Forecasting & Planning
- Review part forecast for A & C Check, re-order proposal, and Engineering documents.
- Review consumables and set re-order levels and ordering quantities to maintain service levels and adequate inventory at reasonable cost.
- Evaluate and monitor LMP and LRU RSPL for initial, additional, and continuous provisioning.
Procurement & Supplier Management
- Initiate procurement requests to ensure spares availability at optimum cost.
- Review Hard time & tool staggering to support procurement planning.
Rotable Spare Parts Management
- Evaluate and monitor float levels for all rotable spare parts using Poisson's calculations.
- Implement stocking methods including pool inclusion and consignment stock allocations.
- Identify surplus identification and recommend disposal actions.
Inventory Optimization
- Monitor fleet defects and initiate steps to reduce the same.
- 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.
Project Support
- Review and initiate actions required to support aircraft induction, return to service, and end of lease projects.
- Support any projects assigned by Manager Materials Planning to achieve department goals.
Process & Compliance
- Support in developing processes and departmental manuals.
- Keep processes and manuals up to date and in compliance with regulators and organizational requirements.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor degree or equivalent technical degree, or minimum 3 years aviation inventory management experience.
- Experience and tracked record in aircraft technical material planning, procurement, and supplier management functions.
- Understanding of technical manuals including IPC, ITEM, and MPD.
- Familiarity with RSPLs, W-File, spare repair and warranty, OEM support contracts such as SSC and PSAA, and lease return requirements recommended.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Advanced level MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI knowledge.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Self-motivated, highly enthusiastic, and passionate team player.
- Ability to adapt to different and multicultural environments.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Resilient mindset.