Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Join Amazon's dynamic environment as a Supply Chain Manager with a planning background, where you will play a crucial role in shaping and optimizing various facets of our operations, concentrating on managing the flow of goods, information, or services within the supply chain network.
We have exciting opportunities across different business units, each seeking a skilled professional to lead strategic initiatives and drive process improvements within our supply chain network. As a strategic Supply Chain Manager, you'll take end-to-end ownership of operations, emphasizing capacity planning, logistics optimization, network design, and analysis of operational efficiency.
In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business, operations, program management, product, finance, and more. Utilize your analytical prowess to identify opportunities for operational improvements, implement scalable systems, and drive automation to enhance efficiency, with a particular focus on optimizing the physical flow and operations within the supply chain network. Whether you're managing network capacity initiatives, overseeing cross-functional programs, or focusing on strategic projects, your impact will be visible, ongoing, and contribute directly to our commitment to being the most customer-centric company on earth.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead strategic initiatives related to network capacity within Amazon's various business units.
- Concentrate on optimizing and managing the flow of goods, information, or services within the supply chain network.
- Balance supply and demand, assess and improve the efficiency of distribution networks, warehouses, or logistics operations.
- Analyze and synthesize data to identify opportunities for enhancing customer experiences and operational efficiency in network capacity.
- Define metrics, develop program management mechanisms, and invent/simplify processes to drive decision-making in complex network capacity situations.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across different functions, influencing and facilitating agreements to achieve shared network capacity goals.
- Manage cross-functional network capacity initiatives, ensuring continuous improvement and adherence to lean philosophy at scale.
- Own a portfolio of cross-functional programs related to network capacity, driving performance improvement and efficiency in project delivery.
- Identify and deliver operational improvement opportunities in network capacity, focusing on inventory management, logistics strategy, and transportation optimization.
- Monitor and optimize key network capacity metrics to ensure the smooth flow of goods or services through the supply chain network.
A day in the life
The Senior Supply Chain Manager will own the last mile new initiative strategy and execution plan for the 1-5 year horizon, analyze data to optimize and integrate existing strategies, and improve quality and financial metrics within the AMXL transportation network with innovative solutions. You are able to effectively communicate in verbal and written form to senior stakeholders, solve ambiguous problem statements with a data-oriented approach, and identify and solve gaps with innovative solutions which improve customer experience, reduce cost, and create a best in class delivery network.
About the team
Amazon Extra Large (AMXL) is a single-threaded organization with ownership of the end-to-end (E2E) customer experience for large, heavy, and bulky products. AMXL consolidates E2E supply chain: strategy, data analytics, tech, operations, warehousing, order fulfillment, transportation, and delivery. AMXL also offers special handling services such as Room of Choice delivery, Haul-Away, and Installation/Assembly for select items. AMXL currently operates in NA, EU, JP, and IN, with plans for further expansion.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, Engineering, Finance or related fields
- 5+ years of forecasting, designing or modeling supply chain
- 3+ years of corporate program management experience
- Stakeholder management, influencing and presenting to senior leadership
- MS Excel: Intermediate. V-lookups and Pivot Tables at minimum.
- SQL/Programming Language: Basic – utilize to extract, manipulate and analyze data.
Job Tags
Full time,