Sr. Supply Chain Manager, AMXL Middle Mile Network Design
DESCRIPTION
Are you a visionary personality looking for an opportunity to think big and deliver results? Can you work on developing a holistic long-term Transportation Network strategy that will optimally flow millions of items from thousands of vendors to tens of millions of customers? Do you enjoy breaking down and solving complex problems for the benefit of a quickly expanding customer base, focusing first on our Customer, and working backwards? Do you want to be part of a newly formed and growing organization that is designing and launching new business models across the world? If so, Amazon Extra Large (AMXL) is looking for you.
AMXL is a single-threaded organization that owns the end-to-end Customer experience for heavy and bulky products. AMXL consolidates supply chain, tech, FC operations, transportation, delivery stations, and last mile delivery. We also provide special handling services such as Room of Choice delivery, Haul-Away and Installation/Assembly for select items. AMXL currently has operations in NA & EU, with plans to expand to more countries this year.
Middle Mile Design and Planning team within AMXL Supply Chain is looking for a leader to lead analysis and execution around transportation network design. As a Sr. Supply Chain Manager, this role requires deep diving overall volume flow between FC, SC and DS, partnering with cross-functional teams to action specific drivers while maintaining or improving customer experience and transportation cost. The candidate will lead programs from the idea inception to implementation while managing multiple, competing projects, and effectively prioritizing them.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead the Middle Mile Network Design and execution for a large program that has a significant impact on the overall business.
- Analyze transportation data, network flows, and operational metrics to identify opportunities for improving efficiency, reducing costs, and enhancing performance.
- Develop network modeling and simulation capabilities to evaluate the impact of changes to transportation lanes, modes, and routes.
- Drive alignment with multiple stakeholders and partner teams to ensure seamless execution and successful delivery of the business objectives.
- Work across the NA organization in a cross-functional environment with the forecasting teams, Fulfillment Centers, Sort Centers, Delivery Stations and Technology teams.
- Develop a standard planning process mechanism, delivers a robust operational plan, clearly documents assumptions and initiatives that need to be executed to meet the plan.
- Create a feedback loop to improve the processes, sets achievable plans by partnering with cross functional teams and leads major network initiatives from design till implementation by collaborating with stakeholders: Peak, Prime Week, Regional optimizations, integrating specific network programs as needed.
- Monitor quality of the network initiatives implementation, monitors progress of initiatives and makes changes to the plan to reflect in the latest quarterly guidance.
- Foster communication channels and collaboration with the different Supply Chain execution and Long-Term Planning teams.
- Pull and report data from numerous databases (using Excel, SQL and/or other data management systems).
- Continuously seek WW AMXL collaboration & standardization of planning cadences/processes across geographies.
- Engage other Amazon business units globally to share best practices and improve end to end outcomes for Amazon customers.
About the team
The NA Supply Chain team is responsible for the end-to-end supply chain for AMXL, from initial The NA Supply Chain team is responsible for the end-to-end supply chain for AMXL, from initial inventory planning and placement, through fulfillment, middle mile, last mile delivery to the end customer, and back again through customer and vendor returns. Our mission is to set the benchmark not only for a world-class heavy/bulky supply chain, but supply chains in general, delivering best-in-class customer experience, speed and cost.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of program or project management experience
- 5+ years of supply chain experience
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years of driving process improvements experience
- Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $103,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $181,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.