IMS Planning Specialist - Hong Kong

About the position

• Ensure parts availability at time of need
• Optimise stock levels, investment and transportation cost
• Use all available statistical and technical information to continuous improve planning
• Interact actively with the customer in order to collect necessary data and manage actively part number scope

Key responsibilities

• Generate respective KPIs to measure parts movements as well as Service Delivery performance and scope increase reports for each customer location
• Manage measures and action plan to improve KPIs
• Develop the demand plan forecast considering all relevant inputs using statistical and technical planning based on customer inputs
• Continuously deliver ordering or stock rotation plans to ensure contractual material availabilities and lead times cost-efficiently
• Select the appropriate replenishment process per part-number
• Manage the scope in accordance to contract and with the target for continuous growth
• Establish a close connection to the customer in each location and leverage the proximity to gain customer-specific inputs for the planning and global operations
• Gather relevant data from all customer locations and Airbus databases and proactively link with Airbus supporting departments (eg provisioning services) to  ensure data quality and accuracy at any time
• Structure and make transparent all available relevant information for efficient usage across the relevant teams
• Collaborate with centralized IMS Planning Team to leverage business opportunities in material management (i.e. Economy of Scale)
• Include customer maintenance and hangar plans to ensure adequate stock levels at any time across the different customer warehouses
• Interact actively with customer to capture requirements, data, knowledge and understand customer developments in all customer locations
• Use and improve existing planning models for statistical demand forecasting
• Launch required actions to collect data and pro-actively integrate new part-numbers in the service
• Managing the activities in the different customer locations worldwide  and being able to travel accordingly when required (USA, China)

Professional requirements

• Minimum 3 years working experience
• Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, Production or Aerospace and have relevant work
• Working knowledge of English and local official language, both orally and in writing
• Understanding aviation business specifically in the area of spares supply chain management
• Technical and process oriented background with the ability to understand and interpret technical documentation and drawings
• Ability to understand your customer to develop and propose creative solutions
• Flexible, able to work under pressure with tight deadlines and successfully deal with unexpected situations / issues
• Strong knowledge of data analysing applications such as databases and Excel
• Working knowledge of SAP R/3

Personal & interpersonal skills

• Diplomatic sense and open/‘out-of-silo’ mind-set
• Ability to build successful relations across functions and with all stakeholders
• Strong ability to work in a team to achieve common targets
• Positive, pro-active, and enthusiastic communication and working
• To be able to listen and have good relations to achieve customer satisfaction
• High flexibility of working times due to co-working in multiple time zones

Satair offers

a unique opportunity to join a fast growing agile international.

Satair is investing in unique skills and development of people through internal and external training, coaching and professional development programmes to ensure a clear career path of advancement.

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