Spares Planner
NEXX Systems -- a dynamic and growing venture-backed manufacturer of semiconductor capital equipment - is a team of dedicated innovators who continually challenge the performance of our equipment to meet the ever increasing demands of the advanced semiconductor packaging industry. Thinking outside the box, pushing the envelope-well, that's just the beginning. If you are a creative, solutions-driven person, NEXX Systems is the company for you.
Role
Spares planner will manage and monitor all spares activity. They will develop the necessary controls to ensure that inventory is tracked and stocked correctly. Develop pricing models to support our gross margin targets. Monitor OTD of spares activity to both NEXX locations and customer shipments.
Responsibilities
Spares inventory control and logistics
- Review consignment location to validate inventory levels
- Managing the cycle count program of our consignment location
- Continuous training of our process to our field office locations
- Review ECO impact analysis and implementation.
World wide spares planning
- Stronger analytical skills to identify trends and opportunities.
- Update MPS to support spares forecast demand.
- Review Historical usage to validate or identify spare items.
- Review and manage inventory turns
- Review opportunities for localized sourcing at our consignment locations to reduce overall cost.
- Develop long term agreements with our spares partners
Field Service Activity Request and Customer Line Down Support
- Review daily requests from Field Service (SMA Activity)
- Communicating delivery dates
- Coordinating open activities with Production and Purchasing to meet open requirements
- Providing timely feedback to Field Service team
Refurbishment strategy and execution
- Develop 3PL in strategic locations to support logistics, inventory levels and minimize delivery lead time to our customers.
- Develop strategy for using refurbished inventory to support warranty activity
Metrics
- Monitor OTD to consignment locations and customers SO
- Monitor Usage at the component level and amount level
Managing the spares price list
- Develop price list model to support our gross margin targets for various types of inventory (consumables, NEXX design, commercial)
- Updating price list for new or ECO items
Qualifications
- Associate or Bachelor Degree minimum; APICS certification in production and inventory management (CPIM) desirable
- 5-8 years of prior spares planning experience for complex technical products within an OEM manufacturing operation ( experience in electromechanical manufacturing environment preferred)
- Industry experience within capital equipment planning and configured products desirable (direct experience within the semiconductor equipment industry preferred)
- Knowledge of MS office products, including Word, Excel, Project, and Visio
- Good working knowledge of Access or other SQL-based query applications
- Expert knowledge of ERP systems and MRP/MPS engines
NEXX Systems offers a very competitive compensation and benefit package, which includes a 401(k) plan, stock option program, bonus pool, tuition reimbursement, and health, prescription drug coverage, dental, vision discounts, flexible spending plan, life insurance, and short and long term disability insurance.
Qualified and interested individuals should send a resume to: jobs@nexxsystems.com or fax to: 978-932-2019, Attention, Staffing Department.
(posted 5/14/10)