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The Spare Parts Manager is responsible for the end-to-end management of the spare parts business, ensuring optimal availability, cost efficiency and contribution to service revenue growth. The role is critical in achieving service excellence by ensuring a high-quality customer experience and satisfaction through reliable spare parts availability, improved system uptime and the strategic management of spare parts as a business driver.

Key roles & responsibilities

• Spare Parts Strategy & Business Ownership
  • Define and execute the EU spare parts strategy
  • Drive spare parts as a revenue and margin contributor
  • Support service contracts, OOW business and upselling
• Demand and Inventory Management
  • Lead demand planning and forecasting
  • Optimize stock levels (availability, reduce BO, right parts and QTY, …)
  • Manage slow-moving & obsolete stock
• Supply Chain Operations
  • Ensure availability and lead time performance and coordinate with stakeholder
  • Manage critical parts & escalation processes
• Pricing & Commercial Management
  • Define spare parts pricing strategy
  • Ensure margin optimization
  • Align pricing and part management with market benchmarks and Service business strategy
• Service & Technical Alignment
  • Work closely with Service Operations teams
  • Ensure correct parts identification & BOM structures
  • Support first-time-fix rate (FTFR) improvement and over all SVC Quality
• Performance & KPI Management
  • Define and track KPIs such as: Fill rate / availability, Inventory turnover, obsolescence rate, Spare parts revenue & margin
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives
• EU Coordination & Governance
  • Align spare parts processes across countries
  • Enable standardization and best practice sharing
  • Support local teams in performance improvement
  • Support to organize, realize and attend dedicated Service Events
  • Analysis of feedback and complaints to continuously improve our service offer
  • Organization and support of internal Service audits and workshops as well as coordination and implementation of countermeasures
  • Support EU Service Organization by defining and implementing new digital tools, systems and offers
  • Conduct ad hoc studies and/or benchmark analysis based on necessary topics

Required qualifications, skills and experience

• Academic background in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering or related field
• Minimum 5 years' experience and responsibility for Spare Parts operation, within a Service environment, for example in the HVAC or consumer electronics market
• Solid knowledge in following areas is appreciated: Project Management, Technical Support, Technical Helpdesk, Field Support or Service Network Management
• Excellent understanding of HVAC systems and parts
• Strong experience with Service revenue and business generation, setting Parts Management as a business driver
• Ability to work in virtual international teams and in a matrix organization
• Proactive and self-dependent, structured and solution driven working style
• Above average communication with excellent stakeholder management skills

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.