What are the responsibilities and job description for the Service Planner position at Bruker?

Service Planner

Job Locations US-Remote

2025-17434

Job Function

Logistics & Supply Chain

Overview

As one of the world's leading analytical instrumentation companies, Bruker covers a broad spectrum of advanced solutions in all fields of research and development. All our systems and instruments are designed to improve safety of products, accelerate time-to-market and support industries in successfully enhancing quality of life. We've been driving innovation in analytical instrumentation for 60 years now. Today, worldwide more than 8,500 employees are working on this permanent challenge, at over 90 locations on all continents.

The Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology (BNSM) team at Bruker is looking for a dynamic and motivated individual for the role of Distribution Planner. The position is an opportunity for motivated individual to utilize their innovation, leadership, business, and supply chain skills to deliver valuable operational support to the Bruker BNSM Global Supply Chain (GSM) team. In this role, you will use your data analytics skills and DRP experience to minimize shortages and reduce the costs of ordering, transporting, and holding goods, to enable excellent service levels for our nine sites across the globe.

Responsibilities

Forecasting & Demand Planning

Collect and evaluate average daily usage (ADU) data to understand demand trends
Use seasonal demand to influence the forecast for improved accuracy
Analyze data using ADU, forecast, and the replenishment lead times to determine correct inventory levels
Prepare and submit recommendation for inventory adjustment for approval

Inventory Planning & Optimization

Maintain reorder point data based on inventory adjustments

Analyze and aggregate supply / demand requirements

Participate in long-term capacity and resource planning to ensure proper scheduling of new product line phase-ins as well as existing product line phase-outs

Evaluate reporting and queries to support inventory control analysis

Prepare inventory / production related analysis per management direction, including ad hoc reporting and maintenance of departmental KPIs

Establish and track process metrics and key performance indicators

Capacity Planning

Assess supply resources to aggregate and prioritize demand requirements, plan inventory and distribution requirements, production, material and rough-cut capacity for all products

Other Responsibilities

Partner and collaborate with other functions and leaders to establish and improve processes and procedures to align to the business model, requirements, and strategy

Implement and maintain material and inventory control systems, policies, processes and procedures ensuring that a controlled flow of approved materials timed to meet production requirements

Monitor, assess and communicate risks and delays to project teams and management on a timely basis

Develop and implement strategies and goals for specific products, projects, or processes

Drive improvements that increase efficiency, improves effectiveness, and provides overall benefit to cost

Qualifications

Education and / or Experience requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, engineering, business, economics or related field

Minimum 5 years' experience of supply chain, demand planning, distribution requirements planning (DRP), material resource planning (MRP), inventory control and / or supplier management

Strong working proficiency with Microsoft Office, including expert level functionality with Excel

Minimum 3 years' experience working within and between ERP systems, analytics and dashboard software (PowerBI, Tableau, SAP Analytics Cloud, etc)

Certificate in CPIM or CSCP strongly preferred.

Knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics

Highly motivated and self-driven with a focus on successfully delivering results for the team and meeting overall company goals.

Extremely organized and detail-oriented with the ability to manage large amounts of data from various inputs and consolidate the information for critical business decisions (data analytics)

Strong interpersonal, persuasion, influencing and collaboration skills required.

Demonstrates flexibility and the ability to multi-task and balance competing priorities constantly and meet strict deadlines.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to anticipate and identify issues or barriers and generate solutions, using high level of personal discretion in decision making.

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Ability to create written communication that is properly structured providing clear, concise messages that draw well supported conclusions. Verbal communication skills required across all levels of the organization and with external vendors and suppliers.

Demonstrates in-depth understanding of the financial aspects of Supply Chain operations and knowledge and proficiency across multiple practices within the Supply Chain function to understand, coordinate and communicate across the competing demands of each.

At Bruker, base salary is part of our total compensation. The estimated base salary range for this full-time position is between $83,000 to $133,000. You will have the ability progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base salary for the role will depend on a several job-related factors, including, but not limited to education, training, experience, the geographic location of the successful candidate, skills, competencies, job-related knowledge and travel requirements for this position. Full-time employees may also be eligible for a performance-related incentive in addition to a full range of benefits including 401(k) with company match, an employee stock purchase plan, medical and dental plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, employee assistance program and paid time off including vacation, sick time and holidays, and more.

Bruker is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Certain positions at Bruker require compliance with export control laws and as a result, all interviewed candidates for all positions will be screened pre-interview to determine their eligibility in light of export control restrictions.

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Salary : $83,000 - $133,000

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