Spares Demand Planner

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

Group/Division

The KLA Services team consists of Service Sales, Marketing, Spares Supply Chain Management, Field Operations, Engineering, Product Training, Digital Solutions and Analytics, and Technical Product Support. Our services organization maximizes the value of our customers' KLA assets – with highly trained service and product support engineers providing installation services and 24/7 technical support and parts delivery through our extensive supply chain network.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

This entry-level role supports spares demand planning activities for assigned product areas. The planner will learn KLA planning processes, use data to support inventory decisions, and work with cross-functional teams to help ensure the right parts are available to support customer needs.

Responsibilities:

• Support spares planning for assigned products or part groups.
• Review demand, inventory, and planning data to help maintain appropriate spare parts availability.
• Monitor basic performance metrics such as fill rate, service levels, and inventory position. Conduct root cause analysis to drive the appropriate corrective actions.
• Work with Regional Planning, Product Support, Supply Planning, Procurement, and other teams to gather inputs for the demand plan.
• Learn product lifecycle concepts, spares planning fundamentals, and KLA planning systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Coursework, internship, project, or early career experience in supply chain, operations, engineering, business analytics, data analysis, or a related area.
• Basic understanding of supply chain, demand planning, inventory planning, or operations concepts.
• Strong analytical skills and interest in working with data to solve business problems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Exposure to ERP, planning, reporting, or data visualization tools such as SAP, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, or similar tools is a plus.
• Ability to organize information, manage priorities, and follow through on assigned tasks.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to learn, ask questions, and work in a cross-functional team environment.
• Basic understanding of inventory planning, service levels, product lifecycle, bills of material, or service parts concepts is a plus.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Level Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Data Analytics, Operations, or a related field. New college graduates and candidates with internship, co-op, academic project, or equivalent experience are encouraged to apply.

About KLA

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Total Rewards

Base Pay Range: $45,600.00 - $66,867.00 Annually Primary Location: USA-AZ-Chandler-KLA

KLA’s total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits, 401(K) including company matching, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), student debt assistance, tuition reimbursement program, development and career growth opportunities and programs, financial planning benefits, wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP), paid time off and paid company holidays, and family care and bonding leave.
Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed reflects the pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting. Actual pay depends on several factors, including state minimum pay wage rates, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training. We are committed to complying with all applicable federal and state minimum wage requirements where applicable. If applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Use of AI Statement 

At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.

Equal Opportunity Statement

KLA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [email protected] or at +1-408-352-2808 to request accommodation.

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