Product Planner (Supply Chain Program Manager) (Global Inventory | Spares Stocking | Supply Chain) (#109448)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Position: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Product Planner (Supply Chain Program Manager)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Location: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Duration: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Full time<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Job Description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Business Unit:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Global Service Support Organization (GSS) team headquartered in Milpitas, CA is our service organization that consists of Service Sales and Marketing, Spares Supply Chain management, Field Operations, Product Training, and Technical Support.  The GSS organization partners with our field teams and customers in all business sectors to maintain the high performance and productivity of our products through a flexible portfolio of services. Our comprehensive services include: proactive management of tools to identify and improve performance; expertise in optics, image processing and motion control with worldwide service engineers, 24/7 technical support teams and knowledge management systems; and an extensive parts network to ensure worldwide availability of parts.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Responsibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A product planner will own the spare parts planning during the product life cycle for their product lines.  The planner will work closely with Sales/Marketing, procurement and engineering to track installed base growth, manage global inventory levels and the overall spares business for their product line.  The product planner will also be looking for ways to optimize the spares stocking strategy and be working with the supply chain team and manufacturing to identify opportunities for inventory reductions while maintaining customer service levels.  Working technical knowledge of inspection and metrology tools is also needed to understand technical impacts on the supply chain.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Preferred Qualifications:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Experience:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> 2 years experience in a high-tech supply chain environment or program management preferably with direct customer interaction is preferred but not required.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Skills:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> Must have excellent written and oral communications skills and be comfortable presenting to internal and external customers.  Excellent analytical and problem solving skills are a must. Ability to focus on complete business picture is also needed.  Experience with MS-Access and other database management software is essential. Programming skills would be a plus.<span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Basic Qualifications:</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">BS/BA Business or related field with preferred concentration in Operations or Technical Supply Chain Management (MS/MBA preferred a plus).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace: none;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Kindly send your resume to <b><a href="mailto:raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com">raju.balaji@kla-tencor.com</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div>

Product Planner (Supply Chain Program Manager) (Global Inventory | Spares Stocking | Supply Chain) (#109448)

Position: Product Planner (Supply Chain Program Manager) Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Full time Job Description: Business Unit: The G...

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