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 the global strategy for spare parts inventory management within the Central Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) Integrated Spare Parts (ISP) team. This position goes beyond traditional inventory management and requires an expert who can influence and revolutionize how Amazon RME manages spare parts inventory on a global scale. You will not only be responsible for overseeing stock, but will also lead process improvement projects, such as enhancing the tracking of parts and optimizing the claims process with suppliers in the event of equipment failures.
Key job responsibilities
- Work with peers to develop and execute a comprehensive global strategy for spare parts inventory management
- Drive initiatives to ensure the availability of the right spare parts at the right locations, minimizing costs while maximizing operations efficiency
- Support the development and execution of the nodal spare parts strategy, defining how sites reallocate stock across each other in an efficient way to reduce inventory holdings while improving parts availability
- Carrying over research projects, conduct data analysis and effectively interpret reports to identify opportunities, optimize processes, and implement changes
- Lead and champion complex and cross-functional process improvement projects
- Define process improvement projects aimed at optimizing 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
- 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
- Drive communication from RME and Operations senior management
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience in program or project management
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
- Experience in defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree
- Experience in driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
- Experience leading process improvements
- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
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