Spares Materials Planner

Your Role

• Manage Spares Demand & Replenishment: Develop constrained and unconstrained demand plans for service spare parts across a global network of 204 depot locations. Create demand signals aligned with booking, shipping, and installed base requirements.
• Oversee RMA & Repair Loop: Forecast and plan across the return, RMA, and repair loop to ensure rapid material availability and closed-loop inventory optimization.
• Apply Spares Compatibility & Lifecycle Logic: Utilize forward and backward compatibility planning logic to support spare parts lifecycles, end-of-life (EOL) transitions, and new product introduction (NPI) serviceability requirements.
• System & Parameter Administration: Serve as a SME using Baxter (Prophet) and/or specialized spares MRP/ERP systems. Manage system data, parameters, lead times, safety stocks, and reorder points to maintain parameter health.
• Govern Partner Ecosystem: Actively collaborate with outsourced partners—Manufacturing, Inventory/Logistics), and planning software—to ensure alignment, execution, and SLA performance across the network.
• Optimize Inventory & SLAs: Balance inventory levels and availability targets while controlling costs and mitigating excess and obsolete (E&O) liabilities.
• Drive Analytics & Scenario Planning: Generate scenario plans to mitigate risk and conduct 'what-if' analyses. Identify patterns, trends, and key factors affecting service demand.
• Lead Continuous Improvement: Perform root cause and corrective action (RCCA) reviews for inventory variances and drive issue avoidance.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Operations, Engineering, Finance, and Sales to reconcile variances, manage run-rate inputs, and align goals.
• What You Will Bring
• 10+ years of materials and demand planning experience, with a focus on service supply chain, spares planning, or reverse logistics.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations, Logistics, or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on proficiency with Baxter (Prophet) or specialized spares MRP/ERP forecasting systems. Knowledge of Kinaxis, NetSuite, or Coupa plus.
• Deep domain expertise in global depot network planning (204 locations), RMA/repair loop management, forward/backward compatibility rules, and outsourced 3PL/CM operations.