Supply Chain Manager, AGL Supply Chain
DESCRIPTION
Supercharge Your Grocery Logistics: Join Amazon's AGL Supply Chain Team
Are you an experienced Supply Chain Manager with a knack for creative, data-driven problem solving ready to lead the charge in online grocery delivery? Amazon Grocery Logistics (AGL) is seeking a strategic powerhouse to own cutting-edge initiatives that fuel the growth of our thriving grocery businesses.
As the AGL Distribution Center (DC) Supply Chain Manager, you will spearhead our DC capacity planning and Peak readiness, defining the optimal attributes to effectively remain instock for customers while managing DC fullness in coordination with cross-functional teams. Your responsibilities will include:
• Conducting in-depth analysis on DC overstock and inventory health.
• Designing efficient dock layouts to support increase DC volumes and delivery destinations.
• Determining strategic opportunities to improve operational efficiency and storage capacity.
• Integrating best-in-class technology to enable real-time tracking and seamless customer experiences.
• Managing capacity and inventory to ensure product freshness and minimize waste.
• Driving continuous improvements to customer satisfaction and service levels.
This role requires a dynamic blend of analytical, technical, strategic, and operational expertise. You'll need to balance Under-the-Roof (UTR) and upstream (buying, forecasting) tradeoffs, lead business-critical workstreams, and manage our evolving network of facilities serving customers nationwide.
As part of a global organization, you'll also collaborate with international partners to standardize best practices and elevate our grocery delivery prowess to new heights.
If you're a Supply Chain maven ready to make your mark on the future of grocery distribution, we want to hear from you. Join the AGL team and help us redefine the customer experience, one delivery at a time.
This role can be located in any of the following corporate office locations: Seattle (WA), Nashville (TN), Arlington (VA), Austin (TX), New York (NY).
Key job responsibilities
- Partnering with Retail, Operations, Product, Delivery and Supply Chain Execution teams to define capacity reporting, operational design, and operating/reporting models.
- Building complex models to determine future capacity needs for our network, to be used to communicate clearly to partner teams and senior leadership to enable strategic CapEx decisions.
- Developing tech requirements to ensure our fulfillment network can scale to address future challenges and growth.
- Solve ambiguous problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks (before they become roadblocks).
- Oversee gaps between teams, processes and systems, helping teams reduce exposure to classic failure modes (e.g., requirements not sufficiently understood or documented, ineffective cross-team collaboration, long-term impact(s) from third-party solutions, security not considered, insufficient stakeholder review, etc.).
- Work autonomously in an ambiguous environment, seeking to understand business problems, automation limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions and reasons behind leadership decisions.
- Develop, implement, and govern KPI reporting for a portfolio of programs, providing visibility to the milestones, and performance across all projects.
- Work with program managers, business leaders and executive teams to communicate and impact critical business initiatives.
- Engage other Amazon business units globally to share best practices and improve end to end outcomes for Amazon customers.
A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan
Learn more about our benefits here: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/internal/benefits/us-benefits-and-stock
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 1+ years of supply chain experience
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of Lean principles and DMAIC methodology
- Experience in MS Access and SQL
- Experience in requirement gathering and ability to write clear and detailed requirement document
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $57,800/year in our lowest geographic market up to $106,100/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.