KLA Spares Demand Planner 

United States, Michigan, Ann Arbor 

120991186

Responsibilities:

• Oversee spares plan for assigned product lines to ensure right spares inventory for current, mature, and new products, are positioned at the right place and time, to support KLA customers.

• Works closely with new product introduction leaders; supply chain and procurement, for assigned products to ensure right spares inventory strategies/plans to support KLA new products customers’ support strategies.

• Uses spare demand planning methodology coupled with survival and statistical forecasting methodologies, to drive optimal spares support strategy

• along with trend/variance root cause analysis to determine and drive corrective actions and improvements with respective owners.

• Monitors and reports out metrics and KPIs such as fill rate performance vs. field rate targets and planned inventory vs actual inventory to identify opportunities of increased agility while reducing total inventory and cost of service; uses what-if scenario tools to facilitate fast decision making.

• Maintains strong communication path with PSO (Product Support Organization) ensuring cross functional knowledge transfer allowing to execute and drive best support plan for global customers.

• Ensure that established fill rate performance targets and inventory or service commitments are incorporated into the global spares plan.

• Manage and/or participate in cross-functional projects that impact current and future fill rate performance.

• Asking the right questions to ensure clarity and alignment across teams during high-stress situations

• Providing crisp and timely communication on developing issues to relevant internal and external customers. Keeping leadership informed of customer impact and progress of recovery efforts

• Partner with supply planning team and procurement to design supply chain solution recommendations and strategic/tactical plans based on business data, commodity, and product knowledge; present proposals and recommendations to senior management and leaders; track and ensure implementation and execution.

• Supports and participates as required in projects, partnering with advance analytics team to develop data sets and sophisticated reports, dashboard with multiple and different analytics view; dill-down options; dynamic pivot tables and charts, to facilitate fast and effective supply chain and business decision making

• Occasional domestic and/or international travel may be required

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ yearsof experience in supply chain operations and supply chain improvements in complex manufacturing environment; strong preference for experience in semiconductor equipment industry or other complex, high-mix, low-volume products

• Experience with SAP ERP system and HANA is a plus

• Experience with Tableau, Power BI or other businessintelligence/analyticaltools/services is a plus

• High proficiency in MS Excel;, Data Base, SQL a plus

• Background in statistics and probability is a plus

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and minimum of two years of related experience; or and advanced degree without experience; or equivalent work experience

• Experience with multiple aspects of advanced supply chain operations, including:

  • Supply and demand management effectiveness (upturn and downturns)

  • Achieving cost reductions

• Process oriented with proven experience turning big data into meaningful analyses that lead to actionable results for supply chain operations

• Strong data and analytical skills and track record for creating processes to improve business performance

• Ability to effectively deal with ambiguity, identify gaps, and implement innovative solutions to increase operational efficiency

• Ability to translate complex business needs into actionable plans

• Ability to identify key insights and critical thinking to prioritize and focus on highest value opportunities or biggest risks

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills

• Lead thru curiosity and continuous improvements

• Effective communication and presentation skills

• Should enjoy a challenging and fast paced environment.

• Self-driven, independent, yet a strong team player.

• Creative, innovative, and resourceful with a passion for speed, agility, simplification, and proactive action