MRO Transformation Lead - Spare Parts Management

Chobani • Twin Falls, OR

12d

About The Position

The MRO Transformation Lead – Spare Parts Management is responsible for developing, maintaining, and continuously improving spare parts data and stocking strategies across all manufacturing sites. This role ensures that new parts are set up correctly in SAP, existing inventory levels are optimized, and critical spares are identified, reviewed, and maintained to support equipment reliability and minimize downtime. The position also drives standardization of spare parts, BOM accuracy, and centralized knowledge sharing between locations.

Requirements

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Maintenance Management, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of maintenance planning, reliability, or maintenance systems experience within a CPG or industrial manufacturing environment, with SME knowledge of spare parts systems.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP PM  (PM, BOM, and material master creation).
• Understanding of maintenance fundamentals, TPM, and reliability principles.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and data management skills.
• Effective communicator who can collaborate with technicians, planners, and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain new material masters in SAP, ensuring accurate descriptions, units of measure, material types, and storage data.
• Validate that new parts align with engineering and reliability standards before activation.
• Work with OEMs and engineering to ensure correct PM spares and BOM components are captured during new equipment installation, as well as existing equipment
• Analyze inventory usage, lead times, and cost to determine optimal min/max and reorder points.
• Review inactive and slow-moving parts for potential reduction or removal.
• Work with site storerooms to prevent duplicate materials and to consolidate common parts.
• Conduct criticality assessments in partnership with maintenance and reliability teams.
• Identify failure-prone or high-impact components and ensure stocking strategies are aligned with risk.
• Maintain a live critical spare list and review/update it regularly.
• Audit and update equipment BOMs for accuracy and completeness.
• Validate that spare parts are linked to the correct functional locations and equipment.
• Ensure BOM completeness as part of new equipment commissioning.
• Create a centralized spare-parts library to share best practices, preferred vendors, and standardized components across sites.
• Lead cross-site meetings to align on stocking strategies and eliminate redundancies.
• Develop standard work, playbooks, and documentation related to MRO inventory and materials management.
• Monitor SAP data integrity and correct issues with descriptions, units, valuation, or supplier links.
• Provide reporting on part usage, cost trends, open POs, and inventory KPIs.
• Train site teams on proper SAP part lookup, usage history, and material management processes.

Benefits

• We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision coverage, 401K match, short- and long-term disability coverage, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, and tuition reimbursement. We are also proud to offer specialized benefits like health care navigation, mental health services, fertility assistance, and paid parental leave as well as 120 hours of PTO and 11 Holidays each year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees