Lead Spares & NPI Demand Planner

Oracle; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 102,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Principal Supply Demand Planner to own end-to-end supply and demand planning for service spares, FRUs, and NPIs, ensuring service readiness and inventory optimization across the product lifecycle.

The senior IC collaborates across Service, Engineering, NPI, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Repair, Finance, and Product teams to manage risk, forecast demand, and support customer commitments with autonomy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, Finance, Analytics, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in supply planning, demand planning, inventory management, NPI, or service-parts planning.
• Experience supporting new product introductions.
• Strong knowledge of forecasting, inventory optimization, and supply planning.
• Experience with spares, FRUs, repairables, or intermittent-demand inventory preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel and planning-system experience.
• Strong written, verbal, and executive communication skills.
• Proven ability to influence and drive cross-functional decisions.

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.
• Lead supply-demand and launch-readiness reviews.
• Mentor planners and establish planning best practices.
• Own spares and FRU 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.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Advanced Excel

Planning systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Forecasting

Influence & negotiation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain/Engineering/Operations

Tools

SQL

Python

BI tools

Job description

Oracle is seeking a Principal Supply Demand Planner to own end-to-end supply and demand planning for service spares, FRUs, and NPIs, ensuring service readiness and inventory optimization across the product lifecycle.

The senior IC collaborates across Service, Engineering, NPI, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Repair, Finance, and Product teams to manage risk, forecast demand, and support customer commitments with autonomy.