Aftermarket Procurement Agent II

The Aftermarket Procurement Agent is responsible for independently evaluating, purchasing, and coordinating the availability and inventory levels of spare parts to support sales operations, meet customer demand, and achieve strategic objectives. This role ensures parts availability through accurate demand planning, effective inventory control, and close coordination with internal teams and suppliers.

• Manage parts procurement and inventory levels for assigned materials.
• Analyze historical usage, demand forecast, and planning parameters to execute purchase orders and meet demand.
• Maintain and adjust planning parameters.
• Identify potential shortages or excess inventory and implement corrective action.
• Expedite critical parts and support issue resolution to meet operational needs.
• Monitor status of open purchase orders to ensure on-time delivery of materials.
• Communicate delivery delays and availability shortages to sales and management.
• Evaluate vendor performance and provide feedback to strategic procurement and management.
• Maintain accurate data and planning integrity in ERP/MRP systems.
• Generate and communicate forecasts to suppliers as needed.

• Analyze inventory parameters and constraints to maintain target inventory levels, inventory turns, and availability.
• Identify and disposition slowing moving, excess, and obsolete inventory.
• Monitor inventory levels and take corrective action to prevent insufficient and excess inventory.
• Identify and reconcile inventory inaccuracies and shortages.
• Support inventory accuracy initiatives and root cause analysis.
• Prepare and review individual inventory and planning performance reports for assigned materials

• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal departments and suppliers to ensure seamless flow of information and materials.
• Communicate regularly with strategic procurement on supply chain issues affecting material quality and availability.
• Support cross-functional teams in new product introductions and lifecycle planning, ensuring materials are available as needed.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, sales, and logistics, to support product development, market launch, and serial production phase-out.
• Coordinates quality matters as needed with suppliers.
• Support Aftermarket and organizational process improvement initiatives.
• Participate in cross-functional teams as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business, or related field
• 2-5 years of experience in parts planning, materials planning, or inventory management
• Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle)
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with minimal supervision

• Experience in manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, equipment, or service parts environments
• Familiarity with lean inventory or continuous principles
• APICS/ASCM certification (CPIM or CSCP) an advantage