Job Details
Are you an expert in the dynamic field of inventory management? Amazon is seeking a passionate and experienced professional to take on the role of Spare Parts Inventory Manager.
In this position, you will play a pivotal role in shaping strategy for spare parts inventory management within the Central Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) Decision Science and Technology (DST) team. This position goes beyond traditional inventory management and requires an expert who can influence and revolutionise how Amazon RME manages spare parts inventory. You will not only be responsible for overseeing stock, but will also lead process improvement projects, such as enhancing the tracking of parts and optimising the claims process with suppliers in the event of equipment failures.
Key job responsibilities
- Work with peers to develop and execute a comprehensive strategy for spare parts inventory management
- Drive initiatives to ensure the availability of the right spare parts at the right locations, minimising costs while maximising operations efficiency
- Carrying over research projects, conduct data analysis and effectively interpret reports to identify opportunities, optimise processes, and implement changes
- Lead and champion complex and cross-functional process improvement projects
- Define process improvement projects aimed at optimising current inventory management standards and processes
- Drive initiatives to deprecate redundant workflows and simplify processes with a global impact
- Innovate and implement best practices to enhance the tracking of spare parts, improving accuracy, and efficiency
- Support warranty and repairs initiatives to optimise the process of repairing and claiming parts from suppliers in the event of failures or quality issues
- Identify and implement success metrics to supervise the implementation of spare parts management initiatives
- Prepare and give detailed data-driven business reviews to senior management
- Driving communication from DST to RME and Operations senior management
- Substantive experience working within a role involving inventory management
- Ability to demonstrate leading end-to-end projects, programs or process improvement initiatives
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical discipline, operations, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- Considerable experience working in reliability engineering and spare parts management
- Experience with Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
In this position, you will play a pivotal role in shaping strategy for spare parts inventory management within the Central Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) Decision Science and Technology (DST) team. This position goes beyond traditional inventory management and requires an expert who can influence and revolutionise how Amazon RME manages spare parts inventory. You will not only be responsible for overseeing stock, but will also lead process improvement projects, such as enhancing the tracking of parts and optimising the claims process with suppliers in the event of equipment failures.
Key job responsibilities
- Work with peers to develop and execute a comprehensive strategy for spare parts inventory management
- Drive initiatives to ensure the availability of the right spare parts at the right locations, minimising costs while maximising operations efficiency
- Carrying over research projects, conduct data analysis and effectively interpret reports to identify opportunities, optimise processes, and implement changes
- Lead and champion complex and cross-functional process improvement projects
- Define process improvement projects aimed at optimising current inventory management standards and processes
- Drive initiatives to deprecate redundant workflows and simplify processes with a global impact
- Innovate and implement best practices to enhance the tracking of spare parts, improving accuracy, and efficiency
- Support warranty and repairs initiatives to optimise the process of repairing and claiming parts from suppliers in the event of failures or quality issues
- Identify and implement success metrics to supervise the implementation of spare parts management initiatives
- Prepare and give detailed data-driven business reviews to senior management
- Driving communication from DST to RME and Operations senior management
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Strong analytical skills and able to interpret and manipulate data, with strong knowledge of SQL being fundamental to the role- Substantive experience working within a role involving inventory management
- Ability to demonstrate leading end-to-end projects, programs or process improvement initiatives
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical discipline, operations, business administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Solid experience communicating results to senior leadership- Considerable experience working in reliability engineering and spare parts management
- Experience with Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
