Inventory & Stock Planning Manager

Location: Greater London

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Role: Inventory & Stock Planning Manager

Department: Operations

Location: London

Reports into: Director of Operations

About the role

We are looking for an Inventory & Stock Planning Manager. The successful candidate will own the end‑to‑end inventory lifecycle across finished goods, service parts, repair components, and sub‑assemblies.

The Inventory & Stock Planning Manager will ensure accurate visibility, disciplined control, and forward‑looking planning to support Disguise’s global operations. This is a pivotal position in the evolution of the organisation, shifting from reactive procurement to proactive, data‑driven inventory management, with a strong emphasis on:

• Forecasting and demand planning
• Stock optimisation and cost control
• Automation and system‑led processes
• Structured stakeholder management with manufacturers and vendors

The Inventory & Stock Planning Manager is the single point of accountability for inventory health, balancing availability, cost, risk, and scalability as the business grows.

What you will do 1. Inventory Ownership, Governance & Control

• Own global inventory visibility and integrity across all stock types.
• Ensure critical spare part availability to support Service Centres and global RMA commitments.
• Maintain Net Suite as the single source of truth for all inventory‑related data.
• Define and maintain robust stock classification and lifecycle controls; lead cycle counts and audits.
• Manage risks related to excess and slow‑moving inventory, obsolescence and EOL exposure, shrinkage and write‑offs.
• Develop rolling inventory forecasts from sales demand, service consumption, RMA and project‑based demand.
• Own replenishment logic and planning parameters (MOQ, lead times, safety stock, reorder points).
• Partner closely with Operations, Hardware, Product Management and Service Centres to ensure inventory plans align with roadmap, capacity, and service‑level expectations.
• Support new product introductions (NPI), ramp‑up planning, product transitions and redesigns, and end‑of‑life (EOL) planning.

3. BOM, Material Planning & Cost Control

• Own inventory‑related aspects of Bill of Materials (BOM) management, ensuring accuracy of part structures and usage quantities and alignment between engineering BOMs and operational inventory.
• Work with Hardware and Manufacturing partners to anticipate component‑level demand, identify cost, availability and risks.
• Control inventory value, holding costs, aged stock and write‑offs.
• Support Finance with inventory valuation accuracy, forecasting and variance analysis.

4. Automation, Systems & Reporting

• Drive automation of inventory planning and control processes.
• Continuously improve Net Suite configuration, workflows and reporting related to forecast accuracy, stock health, inventory turns and ageing.
• Define and maintain a standard inventory reporting cadence.

5. Manufacturer & Vendor Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary operational interface for inventory‑related coordination with contract manufacturers, key component vendors and repair and refurbishment partners.
• Align forecasts, lead times and material availability with external partners.
• Manage risks related to supply constraints, long lead‑time components and demand volatility.

Experience we are looking for

• Proven experience in impacting inventory, stock planning, or supply chain management within a hardware, technology or manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience using automations to improve efficiency within stock.
• Commercial experience using inventory control methodologies.
• Commercial experience in forecasting and demand planning.
• Experience managing inventory across third‑party warehouses and external partners.
• Experience with BOM management and material planning.
• Nice to have: familiarity with electronics, components or technical spare parts.
• Commercial experience in scale‑up or fast‑growth organisations with evolving systems and processes.

Skills, behaviours and values we are looking for

• Highly analytical with strong attention to data accuracy.
• Process…