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Aviat Networks is the world’s largest independent supplier of wireless transmission systems. We are recognized worldwide for cutting-edge 5G, backhaul, networking solutions and services. Customers in more than 170 countries depend on Aviat Networks to build, expand, and upgrade their voice, data, and video solutions.
Job Summary:
The Senior Supply Planner plays a critical role in enabling and protecting the business by ensuring the right products, capacity, and inventory are available at the right time to meet evolving customer and operational needs. This role is responsible for stabilizing enterprise supply execution in a dynamic telecommunications environment characterized by shifting demand, inventory variability, and changing business conditions. This position leads the development and execution of inventory, allocation, and fulfillment strategies that balance service level commitments, supply continuity, inventory health, and order-to-cash (O2C) efficiency. The Senior Supply Planner transforms operational volatility into disciplined, scalable supply decisions, ensuring responsiveness to business changes while mitigating risk. Working cross-functionally with demand planning, procurement, logistics, and commercial teams, this role anticipates supply challenges, drives proactive adjustments, and supports seamless transitions during periods of change. The Senior Supply Planner also plays a key role in protecting customer experience and business performance by ensuring timely responses to disruptions and aligning supply strategies with enterprise priorities.
Responsibilities:
- Execution and Operations
- Stabilize supply execution across constraints and demand shifts
- Lead prioritization and escalation management
- Planning and Strategy
- Define inventory, allocation, safety stock, and replenishment strategies
- Optimize service, DSI, OTIF, and inventory tradeoffs
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Align Supply Chain, Fulfillment, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Sales Operations
- Lead supply response during shortages and transitions
- Technical and Analytical
- Scale supply planning models, KPI frameworks, and ERP/MRP optimization
- Drive operational risk visibility and analytics
- Data and Digital Capability
- Strengthen planning data governance and exception management
- Lead automation and AI-ready planning capabilities
- Customer & Business Impact
- Improve fulfillment responsiveness, inventory health, and operational efficiency
- Reduce aging inventory and O2C (order-to-cash) cost
- Transformation and Innovation
- Lead planning scalability and workflow simplification
- Define future-state supply planning capabilities
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in supply chain management or related discipline
- APICS / ASCM certification a plus
- 8+ yrs supply planning, inventory, or master scheduling leadership in manufacturing/electronics environments
- ERP/MRP optimization, supply analytics, inventory strategy, KPI management
- Data governance, automation, AI-ready planning capability
- Executive-level communication, cross-functional influence, operational leadership
- Supply continuity, fulfillment execution, inventory/service-level optimization
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in supply chain management or a related discipline
- 8+ years of supply planning, inventory, or master scheduling leadership experience in manufacturing or electronics environments
- Experience with ERP/MRP optimization, supply analytics, inventory strategy, and KPI management
- Experience with data governance, automation, and AI-ready planning capabilities
- Executive-level communication, cross-functional influence, and operational leadership
- Experience with supply continuity, fulfillment execution, and inventory/service-level optimization
- APICS or ASCM certification
What We Do
Aviat Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVNW) works to provide dependable wireless transport products, services and support to our customers, building the foundation for an LTE and 5G broadband future. With more than one million systems sold into 170 countries worldwide, communications service providers and private network operators including state/local government, utility, federal government and defense organizations trust Aviat with their critical applications. Coupled with a long history of microwave innovations, Aviat provides a comprehensive suite of localized professional and support services enabling customers to drastically simplify both their networks and their lives. For more than 70 years, the experts at Aviat have delivered high performance products, simplified operations, and the best overall customer experience. Aviat Networks is headquartered in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit www.aviatnetworks.com
