About this role
About the Role The Spares Planner drives service parts availability and optimizes inventory levels across a specific geographic region. This role bridges the gap between Field Service Engineers, Service Operations and Logistics, reducing downtime waiting for parts through proactive planning, material management, and scheduling. What You'll Do
- Inventory Planning & Management: Analyze historical demand, optimize planning parameters for the regions; manage stocking levels, E&O and inventory rebalancing; support NPI planning, initial stocking strategies, and part lifecycle transitions; monitor and validate MRP accuracy; resolve data integrity issues; respond to MRP validation inquiries from purchasing.
- Expediting materials when foreseeing shortage and coordinating urgent replenishment as needed.
- Familiar with Engineering Change process, including Inventory Disposition / Legacy Support Planning / Last Time Buy.
- Coordination: Act as the primary liaison between FSE, CSR, Buyer, Forecaster, and Logistics. What We're Looking For
- 8+ years in Spares material planning, having other experience (customer service / order fulfillment / supply chain) will be a plus.
- Experience with SAP and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Excellent planning abilities, with the capacity to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects.
- Strong interpersonal skills to coordinate between departments.
- Strong English communication skills (written and spoken) to support global interactions.
- Bachelor’s in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related fields. Nice to Have
- 8+ years in Spares material planning, with additional experience in customer service / order fulfillment / supply chain.