Logistics & Purchasing Coordinator-EN

Role purpose

Inventory and asset control

• Maintain accurate inventory, asset, and material records in TCMS, with effective control, traceability, and lifecycle reconciliation.
• Monitor stock levels and material risks, including shortages and obsolescence that may affect simulator availability.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies and support corrective actions.
• Maintain auditable records of simulator assets, components, and configuration changes, ensuring asset accountability and traceability.

Repairable assets and procurement

• Track repairable assets throughout the repair cycle and coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, suppliers, and repair organizations on repair solutions.
• Monitor repair turnaround times, supplier performance, and material risks; escalate issues affecting operational availability.
• Support assessment of alternative suppliers and repair routes to improve availability, resilience, and value for money.
• Provide inventory information for procurement, lifecycle management, purchasing, and material-planning decisions; help optimize stock and control costs.

Logistics and operational support

• Process goods receipt, storage, issue, return, and despatch in line with company procedures.
• Prepare equipment and materials for shipment and coordinate transportation using approved carriers and service providers.
• Support import and export activities in compliance with applicable regulatory, security, and company requirements.
• Prioritize logistics tasks and support Maintenance and Engineering with timely material availability to reduce downtime and support training delivery.

Improvement and reporting

• Support audits, reporting, and performance monitoring for inventory, repairable assets, and supply-chain activities.
• Improve TCMS use, inventory accuracy, material control, and logistics processes.
• Investigate recurring material-support issues and contribute to corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintain performance information on inventory accuracy, stock availability, repair turnaround, and supplier performance.

Knowledge, skills, and experience

• Experience in stores, logistics, inventory, supply chain, or material-support operations, and experience using computerised inventory and/or asset-management systems.
• Understand inventory control, including stock reconciliation, traceability, and discrepancy investigation; analyze material issues and identify practical solutions.
• Bring strong organization, prioritization, communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Work independently and collaboratively with technical teams, management, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
• Be competent in Microsoft Office and relevant business systems, with commercial awareness of how inventory affects equipment availability and cost.

Additional information

• Some local travel is required for equipment movements, supplier engagement, repair activities, and inventory-management needs.
• Occasional flexibility is required for urgent operational requirements and changing business priorities.
• The role involves control, handling, and movement of high-value, operationally critical equipment.
• Strict compliance with applicable security, safety, export-control, and information-management requirements is essential.

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