Lifecycle Planner

PPD (Thermo Fisher) UK

United Kingdom
End-to-end planning for service parts
Translate system lifecycle requirements
Meet customer service levels without excess inventory
Own end-to-end planning for service parts across the full system lifecycle—from New Product Introduction (NPI) through steady-state production, End of Production (EOP), and End of Regular Support / End of Support (EORS/EOS)

Job Summary

  • Own end-to-end planning for service parts across the full system lifecycle—from New Product Introduction (NPI) through steady-state production, End of Production (EOP), and End of Regular Support / End of Support (EORS/EOS).
  • Translate system lifecycle requirements into a spare-parts planning strategy, ensuring to meet customer service levels without excess inventory.
  • We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits.

Matching Summary

Own end-to-end planning for service parts across the full system lifecycle—from New Product Introduction (NPI) through steady-state production, End of Production (EOP), and End of Regular Support / End of Support (EORS/EOS).

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • End-to-end planning for service parts
  • Translate system lifecycle requirements
  • Meet customer service levels without excess inventory
  • Represent Service Logistics in PLM gates
  • Refine failure-rate assumptions
  • Align with Inventory Manager on EOP/EOS reserves
  • Work with Global Planners on daily execution

Nice-to-have

  • Challenging work in a dynamic environment
  • Innovative, forward-thinking organization
  • Outstanding career and development prospects

Key Requirements

  • MSc degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business or related field
  • 5+ years in service/aftermarket planning or supply chain planning
  • Direct experience in leading product lifecycles from NPI through EOS
  • Background in a high-tech service environment is helpful
  • Solid understanding of inventory optimization or service-parts planning tools (Servigistics)
  • Comfort with BI/reporting (e.g., Power BI) and basic SQL/Python a plus
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Ability to understand technical complexity of our products
  • Cross-functional influencer

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