Highlights
The Maintenance Planner / Parts Manager operates within the Tech Ops job family and serves as the primary point of contact for parts ordering, receiving, storeroom management, and inventory optimization in support of preventive and corrective maintenance execution. This role owns the end-to-end spare parts lifecycle for 1-2 Leo Satellite Manufacturing buildings, ensuring maintenance technicians have the right parts, at the right time, to sustain equipment uptime.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Kirkland, WA |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://Amazon.com/militaryroles |
Description
Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.
This role owns the end-to-end spare parts lifecycle for 1-2 Leo Satellite Manufacturing buildings, ensuring maintenance technicians have the right parts, at the right time, to sustain equipment uptime. The Maintenance Planner / Parts Manager operates within the Tech Ops job family and serves as the primary point of contact for parts ordering, receiving, storeroom management, and inventory optimization in support of preventive and corrective maintenance execution.
Key job responsibilities
Own spare parts ordering, receiving, put-away, and issuance processes across 1-2 buildings
Manage storeroom organization, labeling, and 5S standards to ensure rapid part retrieval
Establish and maintain min/max inventory levels based on equipment criticality and consumption data
Enter and maintain parts data in APM/CMMS, including BOM accuracy, lead times, and vendor information
Coordinate with vendors on purchase orders, delivery schedules, returns, and warranty claims
Support work order planning by staging kits and confirming parts availability prior to scheduled maintenance
Conduct cycle counts and reconcile inventory discrepancies; drive root cause on variances
Assist in the creation of process improvement plans for parts management workflows
Provide process improvement feedback to site leadership based on operating experience
Coordinate with maintenance technicians and leadership to forecast parts demand for planned outages and projects
Support implementation CMMS system integrations related to parts tracking
Train less-experienced team members on storeroom procedures and inventory management SOPs
About Company
At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
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Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles