Inventory Planner

Employment Type: Full-time Regular

City: Calgary, AB (YYC)

Posting Open Date: 02/18/2026

Posting Close Date: 03/04/2026 (Please note the posting will close at 9:59pm MST
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This position requires in-person collaboration up to 5 days per week.
Please note this arrangement is subject to change with business requirements.

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We are seeking an experienced Inventory Planner to support Technical Operations within a dynamic airline environment. This role is responsible for proactively planning and optimizing aircraft technical inventory to ensure operational reliability, aircraft availability, and disciplined inventory investment.

The successful candidate will combine analytical rigor with operational awareness — translating maintenance demand, fleet plans, and usage trends into structured inventory strategies that minimize risk while maintaining high service levels.

This is a high-impact role operating at the intersection of Supply Chain, Engineering, and Maintenance.

• Develop and maintain demand forecasts for rotable, repairable, expendable, and consumable aircraft materials
• Analyze maintenance schedules, work orders, fleet growth plans, and historical consumption to anticipate demand
• Govern Min/Max levels, safety stock, reorder parameters, and stocking strategies
• Balance aircraft availability requirements with inventory investment discipline

• Monitor performance against fill rate, service level, backorder, and stockout targets
• Identify and mitigate risks related to lead times, part criticality, repair cycle variability, and supply chain disruption
• Perform structured root cause analysis on shortages and parts-related operational impacts
• Develop mitigation strategies to protect fleet readiness

• Collaborate closely with Maintenance Planning, Engineering, Procurement, Logistics, and Stores
• Participate in regular planning reviews to align inventory strategy with operational requirements
• Provide data-driven recommendations to support decision-making

• Build and maintain reporting tools and dashboards to measure forecast accuracy and inventory performance
• Leverage large datasets to identify trends, risks, and optimization opportunities
• Contribute to process automation and planning maturity initiatives
• Support system enhancements and inventory optimization efforts

• 5–8+ years of experience in inventory planning, material management, maintenance planning, or supply chain analytics
• Experience in aviation, aerospace, MRO, defense, or other highly regulated technical environments strongly preferred
• Exposure to rotable/reparable inventory planning is an asset

• Strong understanding of inventory planning concepts: safety stock, service levels, lead time variability, EOQ, demand forecasting
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with ERP/MRO systems and data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
• Comfort working with large datasets and translating analysis into actionable insight
• Familiarity with inventory optimization or multi-echelon environments is an asset

• Analytical thinker with strong attention to detail
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, operationally critical environment
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders
• Organized and capable of managing multiple priorities

This position directly impacts:

• Aircraft availability and on-time performance
• Reduction of AOG exposure
• Optimization of multi-million-dollar inventory investment
• Operational cost control and planning discipline

You will play a key role in strengthening planning maturity and supporting the reliability of a complex airline operation.

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