Planner – Inventory

Job Description:

Salary: Competitive plus amazing benefits!

Contract: 24 Month FTC / Secondment

Hours: Full Time - days only 4 on 4 off (0700-1900)

Location: VHQ, Crawley

Closing date: 19th April 2025

At Virgin Atlantic Airways, we believe that everyone can take on the world, and its our vision to become the most loved travel company. As we embark on this next exciting stage of our journey, we’re harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to challenge the status quo.

In a nutshell

The Material Inventory Planning function provides operational management control of the Virgin Atlantic Airways material inventory in support of engineering maintenance activities.

Support the day to day running of the Inventory Control department covering, workload balance and ensuring departmental performance meets and strives to meet KPI’s. Optimisation of stocking and minimising costs.

Day to day

You will be responsible for the analysis and implementation of the material inventory policies within the Virgin Atlantic Airways Engineering Supply Chain.

Working in a team that develop and keep a fully optimised material inventory to meet the maintenance activities at Virgin Atlantic Airways in a cost-efficient manner.

Monitor and take appropriate action to ensure material usage by location is adjusted to meet future demands while removing surplus or redundant stock as required.

Controlling outstations stock holding and liaising with the local maintenance providers to ensure a seamless service to the Virgin Atlantic Airways operation.

Working with the Purchasing Team to optimise the inventory holding and purchase of stock to reduce costs and improve efficiency for the business.

About you

We are looking for candidates who have material planning experience with a very good understanding of Inventory control.

We seek people with the following skills and experience:

Good working knowledge of CAA publications, Component Maintenance Manuals and the ability to understand Manufactures IPC documents and technical drawings is preferred
Computer literate and proficient numeracy skills
Possess the ability to process complex data from a range of different sources
Must be able to demonstrate the ability to work well on their own initiative.
Strong commercial acumen
Able to work under pressure
Professional communication skills
Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent

Our recipe for leadership

At Virgin Atlantic, our leaders empower teams to thrive through collaboration, innovation, and excellence. Explore our Leadership Recipe and discover the 20 core ingredients that define what it means to lead with us, driving our mission to be the most loved travel company and achieve sustainable profit. Want to learn more? Click here

Be yourself

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.

To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you’d like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, (recruitmentfly.virgin.com) feeling confident that we’ve got your individual considerations covered.

Job Ident #: 2664

Company Details

Virgin Atlantic

Fleming Way
Crawley, England United Kingdom, International RH10 9DF International
www.virginatlantic.com/us/en

Virgin Atlantic uses a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft and operates to destinations in North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and Asia from its main hub at London–Heathrow, and its secondary hub at Manchester

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Job Info

Location

Crawley , England, United Kingdom

Type

Contractor

Company Details

Virgin Atlantic

Fleming Way
Crawley, England United Kingdom, International RH10 9DF International
www.virginatlantic.com/us/en