Spare Parts Program Manager

About the role

The Spare Parts Program Manager is responsible for ensuring optimal availability, reliability, and lifecycle management of spare parts across assigned technologies. This role leads the development and deployment of spare parts strategies, standards, criticality analyses, and inventory optimization initiatives to support loss elimination, MTBF improvement, and overall performance enhancement.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and deploy a comprehensive spare parts strategy across U.S. manufacturing sites, including criticality analysis, min/max settings, obsolescence management, and supplier recommendations.
• Ensure alignment of spare parts strategy with reliability metrics (MTBF/MTTR), asset performance data, and loss elimination priorities.
• Lead spare parts loss analysis in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders to identify inventory gaps, excess stock, and risk exposure.
• Conduct feasibility assessments, build business cases, and define roadmaps for improvement initiatives.
• Integrate spare parts strategy with reliability engineering activities, including failure mode analysis, component redesign recommendations, MTBF tracking, and consumption analytics.
• Develop, optimize, and maintain spare parts standards, procedures, and playbooks; ensure consistent governance, documentation control, and version management across U.S. sites in alignment with global PMI standards.
• Cook with internal and external stakeholders to ensure accurate part identification, sourcing, quality, and availability.
• Prepare, maintain, and regularly update business continuity and contingency plans (BCP).
• Partner closely with key stakeholders to support the initiative pipeline, optimizing spare parts inventory levels, cash utilization, and service performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Proven experience in a manufacturing or technical/engineering environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Lean Manufacturing, aligned with functional skill matrix requirements.
• Fluent in English (written and verbal).
• Strong knowledge of advanced analytical and problem-solving tools.
• Willingness and ability to travel, with no mobility restrictions.
• Strong competencies in analytical thinking, action orientation, interpersonal effectiveness, and creativity.

What’s ‘nice to have’

• Legally authorized to work in the U.S.

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary and potential for discretionary annual bonus.
• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, and health savings accounts for HDHP enrollment.
• Auto-enrollment in 401(k)/Deferred Profit Sharing (DPS) Plan with employer matching and contributions.
• Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, and floating holidays.
• Paid parental leave, family and medical leave, bereavement leave, sick and safe time, public emergency leave, jury duty leave, and leave for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or crime.
• Basic life and AD&D insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Option to purchase supplemental life and AD&D coverage.

Annual Base Salary Range

$132,000 - $165,000

What’s Nice to Have

• Legally authorized to work in the U.S.

Company Information

• Headquartered in Stamford, Conn.
• U.S. affiliates have more than 2,300 employees.
• Acquired Swedish Match in late 2022.
• Authorized versions of IQOS and ZYN brands as Modified Risk Tobacco Products.
• Invested $12.5 billion globally in smoke-free product development.
• Delivering a smoke-free future since 2008.

Equal Opportunity Employer

PMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.