Supply Chain Manager, Amazon Private Brands
DESCRIPTION
Do you want to shape a strategic investment area for Amazon? The Amazon Private Brands team is focused on developing high quality products designed to meet our customers’ everyday needs.
We are looking for a passionate, data driven candidate to help us build a best-in-class supply chain to support our rapidly expanding global product portfolio. The Supply Chain Manager, Private Brands will manage operational performance of our supplier base, identifying opportunities and implementing plans that improve the speed and flexibility of our supply chain, eliminate waste, and enable us to lower costs for our customers. We are looking for a candidate with excellent judgment, strong operating skills, and a drive for invention and process improvement.
This role interacts closely with global technology teams, quality, compliance, and sourcing business partners across Amazon, as well as external suppliers and logistics service providers. If you are comfortable working in an ambiguous environment, willing to roll up your sleeves and solve challenging problems, and enjoy the world of supply chain and logistics, this may be the role for you.
In this role, you will:
- Drive root-cause analysis and reporting on operational issues, develop action plans and manage improvements across our supplier base.
- Coordinate with Amazon operations teams to trouble shoot and resolve supply chain issues.
- Manage a collaborative planning process to secure inventory and mitigate risks of stock outs and supply disruptions.
- Design and implement new processes to help scale the business.
Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities:
- Understand forecasting and buying systems and audit them to maintain inventory health
- Identify and resolve buying issues
- Build reporting tools to assess and communicate inventory health
- Work with supply chain teams in country of origin to solve for potential delays and disruptions
- Ensure internal stakeholders, especially P&L owners, are well informed of inventory health and issues
- Contribute to overall team effectiveness and efficiency through improving existing processes and introducing new ones where needed
- Owning specific projects as needed
A day in the life
【What's a day in the Amazon office like? 】 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wIlMX1yUKU
【Employee Benefits】 https://www.amazon.co.jp/b?node=22292420051
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience managing technical products or online services
- Experience in product, program, or project management in leading cross-functional teams in delivery of major new products or services
- Experience in balancing conflicting priorities dealing with ambiguity
- Experience developing operational processes and technologies
- Knowledge of SQL and VBA at an advanced level
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Knowledge of Microsoft Excel (macros, pivots, lookups) at an advanced level
- Experience building and analyzing cost/ benefit scenarios and business cases and communicating results throughout the organization
- Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver projects on tight deadlines
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