Senior Supply Chain Planner – Spare Parts

The Tesla Direct Supply Management team is looking to hire a skilled Supply Chain Material Planner to ensure on time supply of components, sub-assemblies and accessories at the relevant Tesla service parts distribution centers to support our service needs, at optimal efficiency. This individual must fully understand Tesla’s supply chain and service operations, as well as be an expert on their assigned product or commodities. They will deploy inventory strategies, be responsible for product change and associated material planning implications, manage and solve exceptions, and drive supplier execution.

This role involves daily management of supply and constraints, status reporting and escalation, supplier engagement and the relentless pursuit of operational excellence and continuous improvement. The Supply Chain Planner role requires global cross-functional engagement within Tesla and across the extended supply chain.

Note: this is a service supply chain role, not a production planning role.

• Create and deploy supply requirements to the supply base via MRP, which achieves service demand, inventory, and cost objectives. Ensure demand from all sources (Tesla Service network, e-commerce, Vehicle Delivery, Engineering, etc.) is supported appropriately.
• Manage planning system parameters and master data to optimally reflect supply chain capabilities and plan supply. 
• Apply analytics and supply chain expertise to manage system parameters and meet target inventory and service level goals while minimizing costs and obsolescence. 
• Build and maintain operational partnerships with assigned suppliers. Act as the primary interface with suppliers on delivery status, issues, and resolution. Escalate to commercial or technical partners when required (GSM, accounts payable, quality, engineering, etc.). 
• Support onboarding and training of new suppliers to ensure operational excellence and compliance with Tesla’s supply chain processes and policies. 
• Coordinate supplier ramp up and down for new product launches, ensuring suppliers deliver shipments needed to support service/vehicle delivery targets. 
• Deliver material coverage, run out reports, and other analyses as needed. Provide data-driven decision support to the broader organization through what-if and scenario planning (as examples). 
• Manage engineering changes to minimize obsolete inventory and ensure continuous supply. 
• You will partner with IT and other business stakeholders on the planning process and system improvements. 
• Support onboarding and training of new team members.