Specialist, End to End Inventory Planning
Schneider Electric · Posted Oct 16
Energy management, automation, software, and sustainability solutions
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About the role
The Supply Chain Inventory Planning team supports Schneider Electric's Solar Utility Scale service operations, ensuring the availability, accuracy, and strategic management of spare parts and materials needed for service continuity. The role acts as the Supply Chain Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for the service organization in the assigned geographic area, managing end-to-end order flows from purchase requisition to purchase order, optimizing inventory levels, and aligning regional plans with global supply chain objectives. The planner also works with manufacturing sites, particularly the Bangalore factory, on forecasting, capacity adjustments, and production ramp-ups.
What you will do
- Oversee the entire order management cycle, including converting purchase requisitions (PRs) into purchase orders (POs), tracking order status, and coordinating deliveries with the service center and service dispatcher teams.
- Maintain clear visibility on all spare parts ordered for offline inverters and ensure strict prioritization to prevent customer production losses.
- Act as the Supply Chain SPOC for the local service operations leader, service dispatchers, and service technicians.
- Develop a strong understanding of preventive maintenance schedules, associated spare parts requirements, and inventory needs for corrective maintenance.
- Monitor and control inventory levels at the local service center.
- In collaboration with business operations, establish and update safety stock parameters and replenishment processes twice per year for critical corrective‑maintenance spare parts.
- Identify inventory excess and propose corrective actions to optimize working capital and overall warehouse efficiency.
- Manage large‑volume preventive maintenance orders, ensuring they are placed up to one year in advance to provide a firm forecast signal to the factory.
- Share regional operational insights with the Supply Chain Operations Leader and the SIOP Leader to support accurate forecasting and regional demand planning.
- Ensure alignment between regional planning and global supply chain objectives and strategies.
- Monitor production plans and collaborate closely with manufacturing sites—particularly the Bangalore factory—to ensure timely capacity adjustments and proactively drive production ramp‑ups when required.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in Supply Chain Planning, Inventory Management, or Service Operations Supply Chain, ideally within industrial, energy, or field‑service environments.
- Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, complex formulas, data analysis).
- Strong data orientation with the ability to analyze and deep-dive into ERP systems (NetSuite / Oracle) to extract, validate, and interpret data.
- Proven ability to generate reports, dashboards, and data-driven recommendations.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of building strong working relationships with service leaders, technicians, and cross-functional teams.
- Strong planning, prioritization, and organizational abilities, with a structured and anticipatory approach to workload.
- Comfortable working under pressure, managing urgent priorities, and maintaining clarity and accuracy in execution.
- Proactive, initiative-driven, and solutions-oriented — not just an executor.
- Demonstrated capacity to identify problems, analyze root causes, and drive continuous improvement.
- Comfortable challenging the status quo and proposing innovative approaches to enhance processes and operational performance.
Benefits and support
- Professional development opportunities to grow your career in supply chain planning
- Flexible work options designed to help you thrive both professionally and personally
About Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric is a global leader in digital automation and energy management, driving efficiency and sustainability for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure, and industries. Combining world-leading energy technologies, real-time automation, software, and services, the company helps customers turn operational ideas into a more resilient and sustainable future.
- Industry
- Energy Management
- Company size
- 10001+ employees
- Founded
- 1836
- Location
- Rueil-Malmaison, France
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Nathan Fast
Chief Financial Officer
Charise Le
Chief Human Resources Officer
Esther Finidori
Chief Sustainability Officer
Peter Weckesser
Chief Digital Officer
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