Facilities Spares Inventory Control Supervisor

What to Expect

Tesla is looking for a highly motivated Supervisor to lead our Gigafactory Nevada factory spare parts program. We are seeking a high performing leader to coach and direct the performance of a spares operations team. The role will lead a team of technicians who are responsible for receiving, storing, issuing, and maintaining accurate inventory levels of the manufacturing spare parts warehouses and inventory control system.

What You’ll Do

• Drive for operations excellence: optimization of stocked MRO, value optimization (kitting, RMA, etc.), warehouse optimization, 5S, etc.
• Coaching and guiding the career development and talent pipeline for a team with diverse skills, experiences, and capabilities, and sustaining & growing that with sincere engagement
• Coordinate with planning functions to provide world class service to factory operations
• Manage escalation protocols
• Supervise up to 10 Technicians across 4 shifts
• Tesla people leaders are responsible for a variety of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) assurance functions, including ensuring their teams’ safety training is current, documenting EHS incidents, proactively correcting workplace hazards in the areas, and empowering others to continuously improve operations

What You’ll Bring

• Track record of excellence in current and prior roles, demonstrable with metrics or KPIs

• Excellent communication skills: written, verbal, presentation, summarization, etc.

• Exemplary people, organizational, project management, and escalation skills

• Able to lift up to 50 lbs., qualification & capability to use powered industrial vehicles

• Preferred qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in STEM or relevant field, scale manufacturing experience, supply chain or purchasing experience, 2+ years maintenance or spare parts management experience