Director - Spares & FRUs - Supply Chain Operations

Oracle • Seattle, WA

3d • $146,300 - $306,400

About The Position

Manage the functions responsible for creating and maintaining the product lifecycle for the hardware supply chain. Works closely with design engineering and supply chain peers to develop and maintain robust and sustainable manufacturing processes to deliver quality products to the customer.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, Business, Analytics, or related field.
• 15+ years of progressive supply chain, planning, or operations experience.
• 7+ years of experience leading planning or supply-chain organizations.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex global planning functions.
• Deep experience with FRUs, service spares, repairable inventory, or aftermarket supply chains.
• Strong expertise in demand, supply, and inventory planning.
• Experience with intermittent and failure-driven demand.
• Strong understanding of AFR, MTBF, reliability, and installed-base-driven planning.
• Experience managing significant inventory investments and budgets.
• Experience with global inventory, service, and distribution networks.
• Strong financial and business acumen.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively with incomplete or ambiguous data.
• Proven ability to influence Engineering, Operations, Procurement, Finance, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience driving cross-functional process and systems transformation.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and executive communication skills.
• Proven track record of building and developing high-performing teams.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with cloud infrastructure, servers, networking, AI infrastructure, or data center hardware.
• Experience managing high-value GPU, accelerator, or other supply-constrained FRUs.
• Knowledge of multi-echelon inventory optimization.
• Experience with repair loops, refurbishment, and reverse logistics.
• Experience with global depot and field stocking networks.
• Experience with Oracle Fusion or advanced planning platforms.
• Experience implementing planning automation and analytics.
• Familiarity with SQL, Python, BI tools, or advanced modeling techniques.
• Experience leading large-scale planning-process transformation.
• APICS/ASCM CPIM, CSCP, or equivalent supply-chain certification.

Responsibilities

• Own the global FRU and Spares planning strategy and operating model.
• Lead global demand, supply, and inventory planning for service parts.
• Establish forecasting methodologies for intermittent and failure-driven demand.
• Integrate installed base, consumption, AFR, MTBF, returns, and reliability data into planning.
• Define inventory, safety-stock, and service-level strategies.
• Optimize inventory across central, regional, and local stocking locations.
• Segment planning strategies by part criticality, value, and supply risk.
• Establish differentiated strategies for high-cost and constrained FRUs.
• Govern FRU calculation models, planning assumptions, and parameters.
• Identify shortages, excess inventory, and supply risks early.
• Lead recovery and prioritization strategies for constrained materials.
• Partner with Procurement on supplier capacity, lead times, and commitments.
• Ensure critical FRUs are positioned at the right locations to support service requirements.
• Drive inventory transfers and replenishment strategies across the global network.
• Integrate repair, refurbishment, and recovered inventory into supply plans.
• Balance new-buy and repair strategies to improve availability and asset utilization.
• Own FRU and Spares inventory investment planning and financial governance.
• Align forecast, budget, and purchasing requirements.
• Develop executive recommendations on service, inventory, cost, and risk tradeoffs.
• Establish a single source of truth for Spares planning data.
• Improve planning systems, automation, master data, and analytical capabilities.
• Establish global KPIs and executive dashboards for Spares performance.
• Lead root-cause reviews and corrective actions for planning and availability gaps.
• Establish clear ownership and accountability across the FRU and Spares ecosystem.
• Represent Spares Planning in senior leadership and cross-functional forums.
• Lead and develop a global organization of planning leaders and individual contributors.
• Build scalable processes and planning capabilities that reduce reliance on manual intervention.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director