JOB DESCRIPTION / ROLE
Overview of the role
This role ensures the right balance between cost efficiency and high service levels through strategic purchasing, demand planning, and inventory optimization. You will drive stock health, improve turnover, reduce excess and obsolete parts, and support seamless supply operations by collaborating closely with suppliers, logistics, finance, and internal stakeholders.
What you will do
- Release daily, weekly, and monthly purchase orders and ensure supplier confirmations.
- Track dispatches, follow up on backorders, and coordinate forecast changes with suppliers.
- Manage budgets as per the order schedule and ensure approvals per delegation of authority.
- Maintain stock availability through run-out risk analysis and ordering for new models.
- Review inventory policies and target service levels.
- Monitor aged, excess, and obsolete stock with timely actions for reduction.
- Drive stock provision forecasting and dead-stock disposal initiatives.
- Prepare advance shipping notifications and coordinate inbound control with logistics.
- Monitor cost charges and facilitate finance processes for payments.
- Handle letter of credit arrangements, customs claims, ESMA/RFID approvals, and insurance declarations.
- Develop dashboards that enable proactive process monitoring.
- Lead kaizens and cost-reduction projects to enhance operational efficiency.
- Escalate process deviations and support continuous system improvements.
- Review system alerts and apply best-practice processes to improve productivity.
- Analyze stock mix, order patterns, and sales trends to maximize availability and sales.
- Conduct detailed stock analyses including ageing, category, and material group.
- Track vendor order requests and air orders and recommend improvements in order efficiency.
- Prepare weekly and monthly dashboards for stocks, sales, orders, and receipts across brands.
- Review non-moving and excess stocks at branches and maintain return-trend dashboards.
Required skills to be successful
- Strong MS Office proficiency including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and MS Projects.
- Solid problem-solving skills with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Experience in creating management reports and presenting to senior leadership.
- Understanding of agile methodologies.
What qualifies you for the role
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent.
- Two years’ experience in supply chain roles, preferably automotive.
- Strong knowledge of inventory management and ERP systems such as SAP.
- Proven ability in business and process improvement to drive operational excellence.
About Al-Futtaim Automotive
A major division of the UAE-based Al-Futtaim Group of companies, Al-Futtaim Automotive is an industry leader with presence in 10 countries across the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
Our core business activities include distribution, manufacturing, leasing, and aftersales, and we are firmly established as the regional representative of some of the world’s most iconic automotive brands: Toyota, Lexus, Honda, Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge, Volvo, and RAM.
We are driven by a customer-centric approach, constantly pushing the boundaries on innovation, quality standards, and value-added service across our vast universe of customers—from motoring enthusiasts to fleet operators to contractors. Our mission is to become the leader in custom-made mobility solutions by delivering nothing less than world-class omni-channel experiences.
We channel our local expertise and global trust to deliver one of the most comprehensive portfolios of mobility products and solutions, from passenger cars to SUVs, electric vehicles to high-performance motorbikes, commercial vehicles to industrial and construction equipment.
What keeps the company moving forward is a 9,000-member strong team, with inspiring possibilities for growth throughout the career path. This is Al-Futtaim Automotive and we empower talent to move forward.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.
The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.
The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.
