Director - Spares & FRUs - Supply Chain Operations

Director
- Spares & FRUs
- Supply Chain Operations

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• Job Identification 344651
• Job Category Manufacturing and Distribution
• Posting Date 09/08/2026, 06:29 PM
• Role People Manager
• Job Type Regular Employee
• Does this position require a security clearance? No
• Years 10+ years
• Applicants Less than 10 applicants
• Applicants are required to read, write, and speak the following languages English

Manage the functions responsible for creating and maintaining the product lifecycle for the hardware supply chain. Works closely with design engineering and supply chain peers to develop and maintain robust and sustainable manufacturing processes to deliver quality products to the customer.

Job Description:

• Own the global FRU and Spares planning strategy and operating model.
• Lead global demand, supply, and inventory planning for service parts.
• Establish forecasting methodologies for intermittent and failure-driven demand.
• Integrate installed base, consumption, AFR, MTBF, returns, and reliability data into planning.
• Define inventory, safety-stock, and service-level strategies.
• Optimize inventory across central, regional, and local stocking locations.
• Segment planning strategies by part criticality, value, and supply risk.
• Establish differentiated strategies for high-cost and constrained FRUs.
• Govern FRU calculation models, planning assumptions, and parameters.
• Identify shortages, excess inventory, and supply risks early.
• Lead recovery and prioritization strategies for constrained materials.
• Partner with Procurement on supplier capacity, lead times, and commitments.
• Ensure critical FRUs are positioned at the right locations to support service requirements.
• Drive inventory transfers and replenishment strategies across the global network.
• Integrate repair, refurbishment, and recovered inventory into supply plans.
• Balance new-buy and repair strategies to improve availability and asset utilization.
• Own FRU and Spares inventory investment planning and financial governance.
• Align forecast, budget, and purchasing requirements.
• Develop executive recommendations on service, inventory, cost, and risk tradeoffs.
• Establish a single source of truth for Spares planning data.
• Improve planning systems, automation, master data, and analytical capabilities.
• Establish global KPIs and executive dashboards for Spares performance.
• Lead root-cause reviews and corrective actions for planning and availability gaps.
• Establish clear ownership and accountability across the FRU and Spares ecosystem.
• Represent Spares Planning in senior leadership and cross-functional forums.
• Lead and develop a global organization of planning leaders and individual contributors.
• Build scalable processes and planning capabilities that reduce reliance on manual intervention.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, Business, Analytics, or related field.
• 15+ years of progressive supply chain, planning, or operations experience.
• 7+ years of experience leading planning or supply-chain organizations.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex global planning functions.
• Deep experience with FRUs, service spares, repairable inventory, or aftermarket supply chains.
• Strong expertise in demand, supply, and inventory planning.
• Experience with intermittent and failure-driven demand.
• Strong understanding of AFR, MTBF, reliability, and installed-base-driven planning.
• Experience managing significant inventory investments and budgets.
• Experience with global inventory, service, and distribution networks.
• Strong financial and business acumen.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively with incomplete or ambiguous data.
• Proven ability to influence Engineering, Operations, Procurement, Finance, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience driving…