Material Planning Supervisor

In This Role, You Will

• Support initial provisioning and re-provisioning of an assigned group of items including BFE (Buyer Furnished Equipment), Retrofit, Mod, Special Engineering Work Card (SEWC) items, and breakdown spares of in-house repairable items by analyzing manufacturer recommendations and leveraging in-house expertise to effectively support fleet growth/phase-out plans.
• Maintain compliance with Material Planning procedures, methods, and parameters applicable for different types/categories of aircraft parts to maintain cost-effective stock levels.
• Assist in meeting objectives of supply chain metrics including measurement and control of Aircraft On Ground (AOG), Robberies, Shortages, SLAs, Surplus, Deferred Defects, Cycle Time, Backlogs, and other KPIs. Escalate critical shortages, service failures, and identify corrective actions to maintain performance, productivity, and delivery at the agreed level.
• Assist in clearing material shortages, provisioning triggers, and stores discrepancies to avoid backlogs and quarantine stock build-up. Identify and implement corrective actions as required.
• Support periodic audits of inventory parameters including Re-order point, Order Quantity, Lead Time, Average Monthly Usage (ASM), etc., recommending areas to improve metrics.
• Assist in reviews of slow, non-moving, and higher month of coverage (MOC) repairable and expendable items of assigned vendors/commodities in order to establish contractual buyback items and seek approval for surplus stock declarations.
• Assist in data collection from technical documentation relating to part basics, part relations, and vendors within Ultramain to assist the alternate parts advice procedure & class change requests by drafting forms and collating supporting documentation needed for approval.
• Support cost optimization opportunities by engaging in projects as required.

Qualifications & Experience

To be considered for the role, you must meet the below requirements:

• 12 years of schooling or equivalent with 3+ years of experience in Engineering or Materials & Stores. 10 years of schooling may be considered with 2 additional years of relevant experience.
• Experience in planning.
• Experience in Supply Chain is preferable (Warehouse & Logistics, Repair Management, Material Planning, Support & Inventory Control, Technical Purchasing).
• Experience in aircraft maintenance spares planning is preferable.
• Experience in airlines or MRO work will also be considered.