Sr. Advisor, Parts Planning
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About the Role
Responsible for demand forecasting, inventory planning, and optimizing supply chain for OEM spare parts while ensuring service levels and minimizing risks.
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Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve demand forecasts for OEM spare parts across all product categories
- Use historical sales, vehicle population, failure rates, and lifecycle data to generate accurate forecasts
- Monitor forecast accuracy and bias and implement corrective actions
- Translate demand forecasts into replenishment plans ensuring optimal stock availability
- Balance service level targets, inventory investment, aging, and obsolescence control
- Monitor stock coverage, backorders, and excess inventory risks
- Recommend redistribution, liquidation, or return to OEM actions for slow moving and obsolete parts
- Ensure alignment with OEM demand planning processes, systems, and parameters
- Track and report demand planning KPIs including forecast accuracy, parts fill rate, backorder levels, inventory turns and aging
- Support demand planning for new vehicle model launches and parts introductions
Requirements
- 3 5 years of experience in demand planning, inventory planning, or supply chain roles, preferably within an automotive OEM or authorized distributor environment
- Strong understanding of automotive spare parts demand drivers and dealer operations
- Experience with ERP and planning systems (SAP preferred)
- Strong analytical and forecasting skills
- Advanced Excel and data analysis capabilities
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- High attention to detail and structured problem solving abilities
- Ability to work under service level and availability pressure
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Position Overview
- The Sr. Advisor, Parts Planning is responsible for forecasting, planning, and optimizing demand for OEM spare parts to ensure high service levels across dealer and service networks while minimizing inventory risks.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve demand forecasts for OEM spare parts across all product categories (fast moving, slow moving, VOR, critical, and campaign parts).
- Use historical sales, vehicle population, failure rates, and lifecycle data to generate accurate forecasts.
- Monitor forecast accuracy and bias and implement corrective actions where required.
- Support short term and long term demand planning cycles in alignment with OEM guidelines.
- Translate demand forecasts into replenishment plans ensuring optimal stock availability at PDC/RDC and dealer locations.
- Balance service level targets inventory investment, aging, and obsolescence control.
- Monitor stock coverage, backorders, and excess inventory risks.
- Recommend redistribution, liquidation, or return to OEM actions for slow moving and obsolete parts.
- Ensure alignment with OEM demand planning processes, systems, and parameters (lead times, MOQ, order cycles).
- Participate in OEM calls, planning reviews, and performance assessments.
- Manage exception scenarios such as VOR demand, recalls, service campaigns, and emergency supply requirements.
- Track and report demand planning KPIs, including forecast accuracy, parts fill rate / service level, backorder levels, inventory turns and aging.
Minimum Qualifications
- 3 5 years of experience in demand planning, inventory planning, or supply chain roles, preferably within an automotive OEM or authorized distributor environment.
- Strong understanding of automotive spare parts demand drivers and dealer operations.
- Experience with ERP and planning systems (SAP preferred).
Skills
- Strong analytical and forecasting skills
- Advanced Excel and data analysis capabilities
- Knowledge of inventory optimization and demand planning concepts
- Ability to work with OEM planning systems and processes
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- High attention to detail and structured problem solving abilities
- Ability to work under service level and availability pressure
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