Job description

Manager – Component Management responsible for ensuring aircraft component availability, cost efficiency, and regulatory compliance within aviation engineering and maintenance operations in Dubai, UAE. Role oversees component planning, repair, exchange, and leasing activities to ensure continuous rotable support for airline operational and maintenance requirements while maintaining optimal inventory levels and capital utilisation. Position manages operational performance of component repair and leasing programmes, ensuring timely availability of parts and minimizing operational disruptions across aviation maintenance environments. Responsible for rotable planning and provisioning aligned with component demand, repair cycles, and inventory availability while ensuring compliance with airworthiness requirements, aviation regulatory standards, and internal company procedures for component control and maintenance support. Role manages vendor relationships including repair vendors, OEMs, pool providers, and leasing partners to ensure contractual compliance, service quality, and cost efficiency. Oversees monitoring of repair turnaround times, reliability trends, and operational performance metrics to identify risks impacting component availability and implement mitigation strategies. Ensures accurate asset management, financial accountability, and reconciliation of rotable inventory while maintaining alignment with approved budgets and financial targets. Drives KPI development and monitoring including availability, repair performance, vendor service levels, inventory utilisation, and cost efficiency. Leads continuous improvement initiatives to optimise component planning, repair processes, and inventory performance while coordinating cross-functional collaboration between Engineering & Maintenance and corporate functions. Provides leadership, coaching, and performance management to component management teams. Responsible for budget planning, forecasting, cost control for repair, leasing, exchange programmes, and rotable inventory management, and drives management of change processes including risk assessments for operational and system changes.