Material Coordinator

Job description / Role

Established in the 1930s

As a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions: automotive, financial services, real estate, retail, and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group's entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enable the organization to continue to grow and expand, responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration, and integrity, Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.

Overview of the role

The Material Coordinator is responsible for the assigned Project Stores activities including receiving deliveries, coordinating stock, documenting stores transactions, maintaining records, and overseeing storage of surplus inventory of the Project.

What you will do

• Manage the receiving, handling, inspecting, distribution, storage, and inventory control of all material that come in and out.
• Plan layout, prepare bin arrangement, logistics plan, and space requirements in order to prevent loss or damage.
• Maintain quality of all incoming items, communicate all delays or variances in incoming items to the appropriate parties.
• Maintain strict control on tools inventory.
• Supervise a team of stores employees, including delegation, training, performance evaluation, and disciplinary actions.

Required skills to be successful

Job-Specific Skills

• Computer literacy, especially in MS Office.
• Writing skills and conversational ability in English and Hindi.
• Familiar with warehouse best practices and policies and procedures implementation.
• Very good experience in warehouse management.

Behavioural Competencies

• Possesses effective communication and analytical skills.
• Open-minded and strong aptitude to work in a site environment.
• Accurate, superior written and oral communication and documentation skills.
• Good knowledge of occupational hazards.

What equips you for the role

Minimum Qualifications and Knowledge

• Degree in Science or Arts or Diploma in Engineering and related training in supply chain management and general accounting.

Minimum Experience

• 5-8 years of experience in MEP stores management in contracting companies.

About Al-Futtaim Engineering & Technologies

Al-Futtaim Engineering & Technologies offers customers complete engineering and systems integration solutions.

The Engineering arm operates in the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt providing a wide variety of products and services from air conditioning, scaffolding and access solutions, elevators and escalators, control and life safety, facilities management, building products, MEP, energy management, technology infrastructure, and digital transformation.

The Technologies division provides complete business solutions to large, medium, and small customers that include contact center solutions, business applications, business intelligence, data management, and advanced analytics amongst others. The IT infrastructure portfolio comprises IP telephony, ELV systems, networking solutions, professional audio-visual solutions, and managed services.

These solutions are further complemented by services that include project management, installation, testing, commissioning, and after-sales maintenance contracts.

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.