Spares Planner

Optus; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Employee discounts

Monthly $80 credit

25% off Optus products

Flexible work arrangements

On-site campus facilities

Parental leave

Job summary

Optus is seeking a Spares Planner based in Macquarie Park, Sydney to manage spare parts planning, inventory optimisation and supply continuity across a diverse portfolio of platforms.

You will balance inventory investment with operational needs, drive demand and supply planning, supplier performance and continuous improvement across internal stakeholders and suppliers.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in spares planning, materials planning, supply planning or demand planning.
• Strong understanding of demand planning, MRP, inventory control and procurement processes.
• Experience using ERP systems, preferably SAP S/4HANA and SAP IBP.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to interpret data and make informed decisions.
• Experience managing supplier relationships and performance.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and data management capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management with a continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Review spare parts plans to ensure inventory aligns with operational needs.
• Execute IBP activities per established planning schedules.
• Raise POs and STOs to maintain optimal stock levels.
• Monitor shortages and coordinate stock redistribution as required.
• Analyse shortages, identify root causes and action improvements.
• Lead supplier performance meetings and track KPIs (TAT, NCRs, PO lead times).
• Maintain master data integrity, MCRFs and SAP material classifications.
• Support stocktake, reconciliation and adjustments for accuracy.
• Identify opportunities for process and system improvements; participate in UAT.

Skills

Spares planning

Materials planning

Supply planning

Demand planning

MRP knowledge

Procurement processes

ERP systems

SAP S/4HANA

SAP IBP

Advanced Excel

Data management

Stakeholder management

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

SAP IBP

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Optus is an Australian telecommunications company, delivering more than 11 million services to our customers every day across mobile, broadband and digital solutions.

We're looking for a Spares Planner based in Macquarie Park, Sydney to manage spare parts planning, inventory optimisation and supply continuity across a diverse portfolio of platforms.

In this role, you'll ensure critical spare parts are available to support operational requirements while balancing inventory investment, mitigating supply risks and maintaining inventory accuracy. Working closely with internal stakeholders, suppliers and supply chain teams, you'll drive demand and supply planning, supplier performance, inventory control and continuous improvement.

What You'll Do

• Conduct regular reviews of spare parts plans across platforms to ensure inventory levels align with operational requirements.
• Execute Integrated Business Planning (IBP) activities in line with established planning schedules.
• Review demand requirements and raise Purchase Orders (POs) and Stock Transfer Orders (STOs) to maintain optimal stock levels.
• Monitor and manage spare parts shortages through regular reviews, coordinating stock redistribution where required.
• Analyse shortages, identify root causes and implement actions to improve spare parts availability.
• Lead regular supplier performance meetings and monitor key metrics, including turnaround time (TAT), non-conformance reports (NCRs), PO lead times and delivery performance.
• Approve Material Change Request Forms (MCRFs) and maintain master data integrity, including material classifications and MRP settings.
• Support stocktake activities, inventory reconciliation and adjustment processes to ensure inventory accuracy.
• Conduct last-buy and obsolescence analyses, developing strategies to secure long-term parts availability while minimising excess inventory.
• Identify opportunities for process and system improvements, including defining business requirements, raising enhancement requests and participating in User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

What makes you perfect for the role?

• Extensive experience in spares planning, materials planning, supply planning or demand planning.
• Strong understanding of demand planning, MRP, inventory control and procurement processes.
• Experience using ERP systems, preferably SAP S/4HANA and SAP IBP.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and make informed decisions.
• Experience managing supplier relationships and performance.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and data management capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a continuous improvement mindset.

The good stuff…

• Competitive remuneration and employee discounts.
• Make life easier and more affordable with $80 monthly credit and 25% off Optus products and unique shopping discounts with our retail partners.
• Flexible working arrangements with opportunities to work three days in the office, two days remote or home.
• Vibrant and collaborative office campus that includes cafes, convenience store, chill out zones, GP, post office, gym and on-site childcare centre.
• Competitive leave policies, including additional 'Connected' days to focus on culture, family, health, community, or whatever’s important to you.
• We support growing families with inclusive, carer-neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks.
• Build meaningful connections through employee-led networks and diversity initiatives including Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network and Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+).
• Put your wellbeing first with free access to counselling and support services, 24/7 - in-person, by phone, SMS, or video.
• Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon.

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences.

We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

We also want to do our best to make our recruitment process inclusive.

If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email ***************@optus.com.au or call 1800 309 ***.

For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit Optus Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging.