Supply Planner/Buyer

Company Description/Details

A leading technology company is seeking a Planner/Buyer to manage service parts supply planning, inventory optimization, and purchasing operations across global and regional markets. This role focuses on ensuring parts availability, meeting customer service targets, minimizing inventory costs, and coordinating with suppliers, factories, and cross-functional teams.

Important Details:

• Employment Type – Contract

• Duration – 3 months

• Location – Sunnyvale, CA

• Pay Range – $65 - $70.64 hourly on W2

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute weekly supply plans based on forecasted demand, inventory levels, and customer requirements.

• Monitor key performance metrics, including backlog, fill rate, inventory turns, and supplier forecast accuracy.

• Optimize inventory levels to maintain service targets while minimizing excess stock and overall inventory costs.

• Analyze supply shortages, backlogs, and material constraints, and coordinate corrective actions with relevant teams.

• Execute purchase orders, obtain supplier confirmations, track committed delivery dates, and resolve overdue orders.

• Maintain accurate ERP planning parameters and master data; initiate engineering change requests when required by material lifecycle changes.

• Perform what-if simulations and scenario analysis to evaluate supply, material, and capacity constraints.

• Collaborate with global planning teams, factory operations, suppliers, and finished goods planning teams to align supply and demand.

• Publish weekly factory forecasts, communicate supply gaps, and coordinate actions to resolve discrepancies.

• Identify opportunities to improve planning systems and processes in partnership with business stakeholders and IT teams.

• Coordinate cross-functional projects, monitor timelines and dependencies, and communicate progress and operational impacts.

Qualifications

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in supply chain planning, forecasting, demand planning, purchasing, inventory management, or a related field.

• Demonstrated ability to manage operational performance metrics and deliver process improvements or cross-functional initiatives.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Mathematics, Engineering, Logistics, or a related field.

Other qualifications/requirements:

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and numerical skills.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across global and cross-functional teams.

• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong attention to detail and ability to make data-driven operational decisions.

Must-Haves:

• 3+ years of relevant experience in supply chain planning, forecasting, purchasing, inventory management, or related operations.

• Experience with demand forecasting, supply planning, and inventory optimization.

• Experience monitoring supply chain KPIs such as backlog, fill rate, inventory turns, or forecast accuracy.

• Experience managing purchase orders, supplier confirmations, delivery schedules, or material availability.

• Knowledge of ERP planning systems such as SAP, Oracle, or equivalent.

• Strong analytical skills and demonstrated ability to resolve supply-demand issues.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline.

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Nice-to-Haves:

• Experience in electronics, computer hardware, or electronic product service supply chains.

• Experience managing service parts, spare parts, repair parts, or aftermarket inventory.

• Experience with global supply planning and coordination across regional teams.

• Experience with scenario modeling, what-if simulations, and capacity or material constraint analysis.

• Experience maintaining ERP master data and planning parameters.

• Experience driving cross-functional projects and implementing system or process improvements.

• APICS certification.

• Master's degree or MBA.
   

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For workers in the United States, PrideGlobal and it's affiliates offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity
PrideGlobal and it's affiliates are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Fair Chance Employment
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Accommodations
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