Senior Supply & Demand Planner - Spares & NPI

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Short term disability and long term

Life insurance and AD&D

401(k) Savings with company match

Paid time off and flexible vacation

Paid holidays and sick leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits

Dependent care Flexible Spending

Job summary

Oracle in Austin, TX is seeking a Principal Supply Demand Planner who owns end-to-end planning for service spares, FRUs, and NPIs to ensure service readiness and optimal inventory. This senior IC partners across Service, Engineering, NPI, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Repair, Finance, and Product teams to manage risk, drive inventory health, and support customer service commitments.

Responsibilities include analytics, cross-functional leadership, NPI launch planning, demand and supply

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.
• Compare NPI assumptions to 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, FRUs, and NPI.
• 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 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.
• Identify critical FRUs, long-lead items, and supply risks.
• Build scenarios for demand, failure rates, lead times, and service levels.
• Track NPI 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 FRU portfolios.
• Incorporate installed base, consumption, reliability, returns, and lifecycle data.
• 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.

Skills

Forecasting

Inventory optimization

Data analysis

Executive communication

Excel

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, Finance, Analytics

Tools

SQL

Python

BI tools

Job description

Oracle in Austin, TX is seeking a Principal Supply Demand Planner who owns end-to-end planning for service spares, FRUs, and NPIs to ensure service readiness and optimal inventory. This senior IC partners across Service, Engineering, NPI, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Repair, Finance, and Product teams to manage risk, drive inventory health, and support customer service commitments.

Responsibilities include analytics, cross-functional leadership, NPI launch planning, demand and supply