Spare Parts Warehouse Technician

Valeo•Smyrna, TN

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Valeo is a global tech company focused on designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent mobility, serving as an automotive supplier partner worldwide. Their vision is to create greener and more secured mobility through intuitive driving and reduced CO2 emissions. Recognized as a leader in innovation, Valeo offers a culture that encourages employees to #Dare.Care.Share, fostering growth in advanced technologies. This specific role is for a Spare Parts Warehouse Technician within the Facility Maintenance organization, described as a full-time, regular, permanent contract position. Valeo emphasizes diversity, authenticity, and energy among its talent, with over 100,000 employees across 31 countries, providing numerous career growth opportunities. The company is also highly committed to environmental sustainability, being ranked as the number one company in the automotive sector for sustainable development.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required
2+ years of experience managing a tool crib or spare parts inventory
Experience using Google or Microsoft applications on the job

Responsibilities

Ensure 5S implementation in order to have a clean and organized warehouse, allowing prompt location identification of parts
Establish & maintain the spare part management system
Supervise the handling of spare parts
Create the working instructions & procedures for employees working in spare parts warehouse & management
Ensure access to spare parts by necessary employees during production period (normal & overtime)
Propose the spare parts budget to the Plant / Production manager
Implement spare parts warehouse red box
Permanently challenge the inventory reorder points and stock value
Improve inventory accuracy thanks to regular cycle counting, discrepancy root cause analysis and action plan
Track spare parts obsolescence (including following transfers and equipment write off) and identify non-rotating stock
Propose to Maintenance Manager a list of obsolete, non-rotating spare parts & related Action Plan, such as sell back to suppliers or on the open market, or to other Valeo plants
Define the spare parts procurement strategy, taking into account the spare parts cost
Improve the spare parts management & handling system
Participate to contract negotiation with parts supplier lead by purchase department
Promote and participate to standardization of spare parts
Alert and build action plan in case of non-available spare parts
Create the new line’s necessary spare part list
Request quotation about new spare parts
New parts get into spare part handling system
Participate in the spare parts list definition at the earlier stage of machines / equipment investment