Spare Parts Warehouse Technician-1

US01 VALEO NORTH AMERICA; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Valeo North America is seeking a Spare Parts Warehouse Tech to lead a team in our spare parts warehouse in Reno, NV. The role focuses on safety, training, and maintaining an efficient parts system within a large automotive tech environment.

The position is full-time and permanent, with responsibilities spanning inventory control, process improvement, and collaboration with maintenance and production teams. Valeo offers growth opportunities in a global engineering company.

Responsibilities

• Manage people and ensure safety rules are followed in the spare parts warehouse.
• Provide training for team members and ensure 5S standards for a clean, organized warehouse.
• Establish and maintain the spare parts management system; supervise handling of parts.

Job description

About Valeo

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Responsibilities

• Manage people Ensure that Safety rules are applied in the Spare parts warehouse.
• Take care all necessary training for his team
• Manage standards 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)
• Manage continuous improvement
• 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 equipments 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, Lead Time and criticity of equipment, in relationship with Equipment FMEA.
• Improve the spare parts management & handling system.
• Contribute to successful new projects
• Participate to contract negotiation with parts supplier lead by purchase department
• Promote and participate to standardisation 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; Challenge it.

Job Details

Job: Spare Parts Warehouse Tech
Organization: Maintenance Spares
Schedule: Full time
Employee Status: Regular
Job Type: Permanent contract
Job Posting Date: 2026-09-25

Join Us!

Being part of our team, you will join:

• one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
• a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
• a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com

Valeo is a global tech company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility industry. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest innovative companies. We offer a large number of job opportunities that are as diverse as they are rewarding. Whether you are a student seeking an internship, a recent graduate, or an experienced professional, you will find an interesting opportunity at Valeo for you!

More information on www.valeo.com

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