Spares Demand Planner

About the Role

This entry-level role supports spares demand planning activities for assigned product areas. The planner will learn KLA planning processes, use data to support inventory decisions, and work with cross-functional teams to help ensure the right parts are available to support customer needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Support spares planning for assigned products or part groups.
• Review demand, inventory, and planning data to help maintain appropriate spare parts availability.
• Monitor basic performance metrics such as fill rate, service levels, and inventory position. Conduct root cause analysis to drive the appropriate corrective actions.
• Work with Regional Planning, Product Support, Supply Planning, Procurement, and other teams to gather inputs for the demand plan.
• Learn product lifecycle concepts, spares planning fundamentals, and KLA planning systems.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint proficiency.
• Exposure to ERP, planning, reporting, or data visualization tools such as SAP, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, or similar tools is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Level Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Data Analytics, Operations, or a related field.
• New college graduates and candidates with internship, co-op, academic project, or equivalent experience are encouraged to apply.
• Coursework, internship, project, or early career experience in supply chain, operations, engineering, business analytics, data analysis, or a related area.
• Basic understanding of supply chain, demand planning, inventory planning, or operations concepts.
• Basic understanding of inventory planning, service levels, product lifecycle, bills of material, or service parts concepts is a plus.
• Strong analytical skills and interest in working with data to solve business problems.
• Ability to organize information, manage priorities, and follow through on assigned tasks.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to learn, ask questions, and work in a cross-functional team environment.