Senior Inventory Planning Manager, Fleet Support
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Job Location:
Hayward, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Fleet Support Inventory Planning Manager to lead a team of inventory and transportation planners responsible for ensuring parts availability that supports our service operations field maintenance and fleet uptime. This role is critical to maintaining high service reliability minimizing vehicle downtime and ensuring the right parts are positioned in the right locations based on usage patterns service forecasts and operational priorities.
The ideal candidate brings deep experience in service parts planning after-sales support and spare parts lifecycle management. This individual will work cross-functionally with Service Operations Field Maintenance Procurement Engineering Logistics and Finance to ensure service parts are accurately forecasted sourced stocked and replenished across the network.
In this role you will:
- Lead and develop a team of service parts and transportation planners.
- Oversee inventory planning and replenishment for all service and maintenance parts.
- Build and execute service parts strategies balancing availability cost and working capital.
- Ensure material readiness to support scheduled and unscheduled fleet service with zero downtime.
- Manage part lifecycle transitions including new service parts supersessions revisions and end-of-life.
- Maintain accurate SAP (S/4HANA) planning data including MRP parameters lead times and safety stock.
- Analyze consumption trends failure rates and field demand to forecast and right-size inventory levels.
- Collaborate with Procurement and suppliers to ensure reliable lead times and supply continuity.
- Coordinate transportation and logistics to ensure timely delivery of critical service materials.
- Monitor and report on KPIs such as fill rate backorders days of supply and fleet uptime impact.
Travel: up to 25% may be required (including international travel)
Qualifications:
- 8 years of experience in inventory management service parts planning or supply chain operations.
- 2 years leading or supervising planning inventory or logistics teams.
- Strong proficiency with SAP S/4HANA (MRP inventory management master data).
- Demonstrated experience supporting service operations or aftermarket parts environments.
- Expertise in forecasting replenishment and lifecycle management of service parts.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to operate in fast-paced ambiguous environments.
- Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with service engineering logistics and procurement teams.
- Experience managing suppliers and resolving shortages constraints and escalations.
- Excellent communication skills with ability to present risks status and mitigation plans.
- Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Management Logistics Operations or related field.
Bonus Qualifications:
- Experience in automotive or industrial manufacturing environments
- APICS/CPIM certification or equivalent supply chain credential.
- Proven success in implementing planning process improvements or system enhancements
- Familiarity with transportation planning and logistics coordination
- Masters degree in Supply Chain Management Operations or Engineering.
$158000 - $174000 a year
Base Salary Range
There are three major components to compensation for this position: salary Amazon Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights. A sign-on bonus may be offered as part of the compensation package. The listed range applies only to the base salary. Compensation will vary based on geographic location and level. Leveling as well as positioning within a level is determined by a range of factors including but not limited to a candidates relevant years of experience domain knowledge and interview performance. The salary range listed in this posting is representative of the range of levels Zoox is considering for this position.
Zoox also offers a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (e.g. sick leave vacation bereavement) unpaid time off Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights Amazon RSUs health insurance long-term care insurance long-term and short-term disability insurance and life insurance.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- AS400
- Transportation Management Systems
- Microsoft Outlook
- Vehicle Maintenance
- Dispatching
- Maintenance Management
- OSHA
- Maintenance
- Fleet Management
- Operating Systems
- Leadership Experience
- Logistics
About Company
We’re reinventing personal transportation—making the future safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable for everyone. This is on-demand autonomous ride-hailing.
