Amazon’s Supply Chain Managers play a central role in our global business. They keep our complex, international supply chains working seamlessly and efficiently. As a Supply Chain Manager, you will work closely with multiple stakeholders across Amazon, from Operational teams who are fulfilling customer orders to Program teams and everything in between. You’ll help us optimise our supply chains to make our customer experience even better and our business more energy and cost efficient.
Key job responsibilities
- Define supply chain and operating models for business
- Analyse and interpret data to improve efficiency across supply chains and multiple operations
- Partner with teams to advise on and manage operational challenges
- Support the planning and organisation of complex projects
- Create short- and long-term innovative solutions using data and research to address wider challenges in your organisation.
- Enhance operational performance and influence change needed from Stakeholder teams.
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert, supporting teams and contribuiting to reliable and trustful partnership with internal Stakeholders.
- Analysing complex data to explain KPIs performance and identify opportunities to achieve higher targets.
- Communicate findings and proposals in a clear and compelling way verbally and in written.
A day in the life
Being a Supply Chain Managers for Amazon involves lots of problem solving. You’ll work with a number of teams to navigate challenges as and when situations impact our network. You’ll spend time resolving temporary issues and looking at the bigger picture to drive Amazon towards achieving new objectives.
As a Supply Chain Managers, you’ll need to help with both on-the-ground tasks and more tactical work. No two days will be the same. You could spend one day helping to define our supply chain and operating models and the next assisting with a site’s resource plan for a busy period. Having so much variety in your role means you’ll be able to learn something new every day.- A degree
- Experience in complex problem solving, and working in a tight schedule environment
- Experience leading process improvements
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
- Knowledge of Microsoft Excel at an advanced level, including: pivot tables, macros, index/match, vlookup, VBA, data links, etc.- Knowledge of SQL at an intermediate level, including: compile queries, subqueries, aggregation/grouping, data modification, etc.
- MBA in supply chain management, operations, engineering, analytics or related field
- Relevant experience in a supply chain, logistics, e-commerce, or transportation planning role
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