Material Availability Planner

Job type: Regular
Location: Schiphol Oost
Hours per week: 40
Education level: MBO
Apply until: 22-10-2026

Flight KL691. Made possible by you, Material Availability Planner! You ensure that the necessary materials are available just in time for the component. As a KLM employee, you contribute to unforgettable flights. Whatever you do. The world is at your feet as a Material Availability Planner at KLM. Not only do you work on ensuring material availability for performing maintenance and modifications and make an unforgettable contribution to component availability, you also find yourself in an environment where you work in a great team and have contact with the various players in the Component Services supply chain.

In this challenging role, you ensure that the necessary material is available for performing maintenance on the component. Not only is availability central, you will also play a role in developing new capabilities where you ensure that the new material becomes available. This concerns consumables, repair parts, and modification kits. You ensure that you find the optimal balance between availability, stock levels, and costs. That means you maintain an active stock and initiate the necessary actions (Surplus, scrap & salvation) to keep it that way. For the purchase and repair of parts, you place orders with various suppliers. You follow up on your orders and ensure that deliveries take place as agreed. In case of problems, you initiate actions with the various parties in the Supply Chain, such as the internal (KLM E&M) logistics organization, forwarders, and logistics service providers (Fedex, DHL etc). You ensure correct administration and resolve problems with certificates and invoices. You actively discuss performance with suppliers and ensure the definition of specifications and requirements for the contract with suppliers. You ensure that colleagues can perform maintenance. And that our customers at KLM E&M get an unforgettable experience.

Where the following tasks are central:

• Planning pieceparts and ensuring an optimal stock.
• Searching, quoting, and ordering pieceparts from vendors in SAP, for parts that are unplanned.
• Claiming outstanding orders with the aim of faster delivery.

Component Services is located in a dynamic market and is part of a global Air France-KLM component MRO network. We provide availability and repair services for approximately 50 customers worldwide. Our goal is to be a world leader in the field of component availability, with an emphasis on the 737 and 787 aircraft. We do this by distinguishing ourselves through excellent quality, competitive prices, and flexibility. Our goal is always the satisfied customer.

The team you will be working in is composed based on diversity and inclusion. You will work together with 15 colleagues from the Material Planning team within the Capacity & Material Planning team.

You are accurate and approach matters in a structured way. You think in terms of challenges and solutions. Your communication skills are at a high level. For example, you communicate with Honeywell and Collins in English. Furthermore, you know what your strengths are and where you can still improve. You also enjoy working in a team.

Additionally, you bring the necessary humor. Knowledge and experience:

• You have a completed MBO-4 education in technology, technical business administration, or logistics.
• You have some experience as a Planner, material planner, production planner, or transport planner
• Knowledge and experience of and with the Component Maintenance process is a plus
• Excellent command of the Dutch and English languages, both spoken and written
• MS Office, and particularly Excel, holds no secrets for you
• You can work well with SAP.

• Attention to quality;
• Flexibility;
• Drive;
• Customer and service orientation.

Attention to quality

Flexibility

Drive

Customer and service orientation

• A challenging role at a unique Dutch company;
• A gross salary between €3,299.00 and €4,408.31 gross per month;
• Plenty of room for personal development and great growth opportunities;
• An excellent pension scheme;
• 8% holiday allowance;
• An end-of-year bonus of 8.33%;
• A profit-sharing scheme, up to 20%;
• 25 vacation days and 5 extra days off;
• Significant discount on flight tickets (if you have been employed for at least 6 months);
• A sustainable transport policy, including 100% free travel to work via Public Transport (within the Netherlands);
• If your position allows it: working from home and working from abroad for up to 8 weeks (EU and Caribbean region);
• Discount on your health insurance;
• A budget for sustainable employability.

Then do not wait any longer, and apply for the 'final boarding call' on 22-10-2026!

You do not need to write a motivation letter; during your online application, we will ask you several targeted questions. Your application procedure consists of interviews and possibly an assessment, capacity test, and a security screening.

The selection interviews are scheduled for Thursday, October 29; please take this into account!

Candidates who are positively selected for the first interview will receive an email in which they can choose a suitable time slot for the interview themselves. This way we keep the process fast and clear, and you have control over your schedule. You will hear from us within two weeks after the vacancy closes.

You can log in to your personal candidate profile at any time. Here you will find the vacancy you applied for - even after it has closed - and a clear dashboard with any other ongoing applications within KLM, including status updates. Do you have the drive to grow further in this role? Then we look forward to your application.

Did you know that according to research, women are less likely to apply than men if they do not meet all the job requirements? A shame. Because 'the perfect candidate' is, as far as we are concerned, a myth. So, do you have the drive to still grow in some aspects of this role? We look forward to your application.

A reference check may be part of the application procedure.

If you want to know more about the position, please contact the hiring manager. Call or email the recruiter for questions about the application procedure. In both cases, do not forget to mention the vacancy number: #22617. At KLM, we believe in the power of diversity. Do you want to read more about this topic? View our statement.

Isabelle Starren: ISABELLE.STARREN@KLM.COM or 0642311044

Roos Koelman: ROOS.KOELMAN@KLM.COM or 31 6 39274953

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