Supply Chain Principal Lead - Dubai Campus

About the role

The Supply Chain Principal Lead provides professional and operational delivery for supply chain, ensuring that transactions, analyses, records, system activities and stakeholder requirements are completed accurately, on time and in line with approved policies, procedures, controls and service standards. The role covers inventory control, warehouse coordination and logistics across the Dubai campus and its connections with Sharjah and Abu Dhabi.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate receiving, inspection, storage, issuing, transfer and return of institutional materials and supplies between Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi warehouses.
• Maintain accurate stock records, item masters, locations, units of measure, batch or serial information, expiry dates and system transactions.
• Own and maintain the inventory stock model, including classification, minimum/maximum levels, safety stock, reorder points and replenishment parameters.
• Plan and run cycle counts and physical inventory verification, and reconcile variances.
• Coordinate replenishment and delivery schedules with procurement, suppliers, internal warehouse, campuses and end users.
• Ensure safe, secure storage, handling, labelling, segregation and preservation of inventory, and manage documentation for goods receipt, inspection, acceptance, issuance, transfer, return, disposal and write-off.
• Investigate damaged, missing, incorrect, expired or delayed stock and coordinate corrective action.
• Prepare inventory and logistics dashboards covering availability, accuracy, turnover, stockouts, ageing and service levels.
• Support continuity planning for critical supplies and improve warehousing, inventory and logistics processes.
• Monitor warehouse capacity and storage utilisation, and plan transportation, delivery routes, vehicle use and shipment schedules across campuses.
• Keep accurate data, records, documents, system entries, reports, analyses and audit trails, and prepare backup manual processes.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a discipline relevant to the role; a relevant postgraduate qualification is preferred for leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience delivering the role-specific processes, governance, systems, reporting and stakeholder coordination described in the job description.
• Experience in a large, regulated, government, education or multi-site organisation is required.
• Professional proficiency in English; Arabic is an advantage.

Required skills

• Proficiency in relevant enterprise systems, analytics, reporting, records and productivity tools.
• Lean, Six Sigma and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) experience is required.
• E-commerce warehouse management is an advantage.