Senior Spares & FRU Supply-Demand Planner

Archer; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Archer, in collaboration with Oracle, seeks a Principal Supply Demand Planner to own end-to-end planning for service spares, FRUs, and NPIs. You will ensure service readiness, optimize inventory, and partner across Service, Engineering, Procurement, and Manufacturing to manage risk and meet customer commitments.

The role requires senior-level autonomy, with responsibility for forecasting, inventory strategy, and lifecycle planning across global locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a 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.
• Compare NPI assumptions to actual field performance.
• Develop supply-demand scenarios for business and financial planning.
• Drive improvements in planning tools, data, and processes.
• Lead supply-demand and launch-readiness reviews.
• Communicate risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to leadership.

Skills

Forecasting

Inventory optimization

Supply planning

Demand planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Planning systems

Advanced Excel

Supply risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, Finance, Analytics, or related field

Tools

SQL

Python

BI tools

Job description

Archer, in collaboration with Oracle, seeks a Principal Supply Demand Planner to own end-to-end planning for service spares, FRUs, and NPIs. You will ensure service readiness, optimize inventory, and partner across Service, Engineering, Procurement, and Manufacturing to manage risk and meet customer commitments.

The role requires senior-level autonomy, with responsibility for forecasting, inventory strategy, and lifecycle planning across global locations.