Principal Supply Demand Planner - Spares & Frus, Supply Chain Operations
$102.3k - $209.5k/yr+ Bonus + Equity
Senior, Expert
Bachelor's
Seattle, WA, USA+2 moreMore locations: Santa Clara, CA, USA | United States
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Operations & LogisticsSupply Chain Management
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, Finance, Analytics, or a related field is required.
- At least 8 years of experience in supply planning, demand planning, inventory management, new product introductions, or service-parts planning is required.
- Experience supporting new product introductions is required.
- Strong knowledge of forecasting, inventory optimization, and supply planning is required.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are required.
- Advanced Excel and planning-system experience are required.
- Strong written, verbal, and executive communication skills are required.
- The ability to influence and drive cross-functional decisions is required.
Responsibilities
- Develop dashboards and planning models for supply, demand, and inventory.
- Track service levels, shortages, forecast performance, and inventory health.
- Perform root-cause analysis on planning and service gaps.
- Compare new product introduction assumptions with actual field performance.
- Develop supply-demand scenarios for business and financial planning.
- Drive improvements in planning tools, data, and processes.
- Serve as the planning subject matter expert for spares, field-replaceable units, and new product introductions.
- Lead supply-demand and launch-readiness reviews.
- Communicate risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to leadership.
- Influence cross-functional decisions without direct authority.
- Drive resolution of complex supply-chain issues.
- Mentor planners and establish planning best practices.
- Own spares and field-replaceable unit planning for new product introductions.
- Develop initial demand forecasts using installed base, reliability, and failure-rate assumptions.
- Define launch stocking strategies and inventory requirements.
- Ensure parts readiness ahead of product launch and customer deployment.
- Identify critical field-replaceable units, long-lead items, and supply risks.
- Build scenarios for demand, failure rates, lead times, and service levels.
- Track new product introduction readiness and drive mitigation for gaps.
- Transition planning from assumptions to actual field demand.
- Lead post-launch reviews and incorporate lessons learned.
- Own demand forecasts for assigned spares and field-replaceable unit portfolios.
- Incorporate installed base, consumption, reliability, returns, and lifecycle data into forecasts.
- Forecast new products with limited or no historical demand.
- Identify demand trends, forecast bias, and abnormal usage.
- Adjust plans based on field performance and reliability changes.
- Develop scenarios to support planning decisions.
- Develop supply plans to meet service and inventory objectives.
- Set and optimize safety stock and inventory targets.
- Identify shortages, excess inventory, and supply-demand imbalances.
- Lead mitigation for constrained or high-risk materials.
- Optimize inventory across global service locations.
- Partner with suppliers and Procurement on capacity and lead-time risks.
- Reduce excess and obsolete inventory while protecting service levels.
- Manage planning across new product introduction, ramp, sustaining, transition, and end-of-life stages.
- Monitor early-life demand and adjust inventory strategies.
- Manage field-replaceable unit substitutions, supersessions, and engineering changes.
- Minimize stranded inventory during product transitions.
- Develop end-of-life and last-time-buy plans.
- Align inventory with warranty and service obligations.
- Incorporate repair yields, turnaround times, and capacity into supply plans.
- Balance new purchases, repair, refurbishment, and recovered inventory.
- Monitor return and return merchandise authorization trends for emerging risks.
- Identify repair-loop constraints and improvement opportunities.
- Support repair-versus-buy decisions.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with spares, field-replaceable units, repairables, or intermittent-demand inventory is preferred.
- Experience in hardware, cloud infrastructure, data center, networking, semiconductor, or technology environments is preferred.
- Experience with global service-parts and depot networks is preferred.
- Knowledge of intermittent-demand and multi-echelon inventory planning is preferred.
- Experience with repair loops, return merchandise authorizations, and reverse logistics is preferred.
- Experience with product transitions and end-of-life planning is preferred.
- Familiarity with SQL, Python, or business intelligence tools is preferred.
- APICS/ASCM certification is preferred.
About the company
Oracle builds databases, business applications, and cloud infrastructure for companies and public-sector organizations. Oracle Database stores and processes business data, while Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provides computing, storage, and networking for applications and AI workloads. Fusion Cloud Applications support finance, human resources, supply chains, and customer service, helping businesses manage everyday operations and reporting. Customers pay for cloud subscriptions and usage, software licenses, support, hardware, and consulting, with deployment options in Oracle's cloud or their own data centers. Oracle was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Austin, Texas
Founded
1977
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- Cloud infrastructure sales grew: Oracle reported $7.4 billion quarterly revenue, up 121% yearly, in September 2026.
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- Expansion consumes cash: Oracle reported negative $5 billion free cash flow for its August 2026 quarter despite profitable operations.
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Benefits
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
- Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
- 11 paid holidays
- Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial planning and group legal
- Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance