Inventory & Stock Planning Manager

Disguise sits at the heart of the most inspiring live and virtual experiences in the world, leading the market in building a software and hardware solution that designs, sequences and controls the most spectacular productions across film and TV, broadcast, live and corporate events.

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.

• 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 team;
  Product Management team;
  Service Centres to ensure inventory plans align with roadmap, capacity, and service-level expectations.
• Support New Product Introductions (NPI) and ramp-up planning;
  Product transitions and redesigns; and End-of-life (EOL) planning.

• Own inventory-related aspects of Bill of Materials (BOM) management, ensuring accuracy of part structures and usage quantities; 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.

• 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.

• Act as the primary operational interface for inventory-related coordination with contract manufacturers, key component vendors, 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.

• 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.

• Highly analytical with strong attention to data accuracy.
• Process discipline: creating and ensuring process structure, consistency and repeatable workflows that ensure accuracy, quality and reliable outcomes.
• Confident stakeholder manager across technical, operational and commercial teams.
• Dynamic and resilient: being able to try new ways of doing things and pivot quickly with energy and resilience.

Disguise is the industry-leading platform sitting at the heart of a new era of visual experiences. One powerful integrated system of software, hardware and services to help create the next dimension of real-time spectacle. We partner with the biggest entertainment brands and companies in the world to deliver the A-list of live music events, live TV broadcasts, immersive…