Nikunjkumar Patel

Line Expeditor @Air Canada

Toronto, ON, CA

Directly responsible to the Director of Planning & Expedite Expedite, on a world-wide basis, material shortages and material supply to Line Maintenance, 3rd party and internal customers Communicate material shortages to Customers/Maintenance with plan and estimate of when material will be supplied Decide and implement procedures to satisfy parts requirements for material. Such supply procedures may include; Organize couriers to move critical and time sensitive parts. Arrange for the forwarding of On Board parts box and/or cabin crew as/of necessary Utilization & Adherence to Vendor Owned InventoryWork with other teams to provide reference documents to set up non recognized parts and effectivity issues in Trax Investigate and review reports of aircraft deviations for Materials Management, Logistic and Supply Monitor AOG material trends and consumptions and relay pertinent data to the appropriate Business Unit i.e Buyers, Components Communicating with Stores Duty Manager, Stores & Logistics, MOC, Line Maintenance, inventory groups and vendors, airlines, transportation companies Assigning self-audits on orders in accordance to FAA & TCCA certification, execute and resolve Material Release process where required Liaison with customs broker to arrange customs clearance Expedite the return of parts & tooling shipped to outstations Participate in meetings and/or conference calls related to material supply Handle any material shortages from any business unit that will require specialized support where the aircraft may have a potential of a disruption or may cause AOG Respond to all queries by external airlines for parts support for their AOGs Work with specialized couriers on best routing practice to obtain optimal delivery times Prepare and execute customs documents after hours/weekends when required

Nehru College of Aeronautics and Applied Sciences

Aircraft Maintenance Engineering

H.M.B Sardarians High School, Surat, Gujarat

Nehru College of Awronautics and Applied Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu

Singhania University

BSc AME