Highlights
Your role will involve partnering with product managers, program managers, in-stock managers, and vendor managers across Europe and South Africa to drive the above metrics. Work with internal teams to drive system, tools and process improvements / implementations that affect purchasing and vendor management workflow, with emphasis on automating tasks that are currently performed manually.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Seattle, WA |
| Industry | Retail |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://Amazon.com/militaryroles |
Description
As the Sr. Instock Manager, you will own instock metrics such as Availability , Inventory health, own defining and executing a Buying strategy for a cross border inventory program. This involves understanding SCOT Buying systems and working with emerging countries on aligning the strategies to improve availability .
Your role will involve partnering with product managers, program managers, in-stock managers, and vendor managers across Europe and South Africa to drive the above metrics. In this role, you need to be able to lead and influence multiple stakeholders in an ambiguous environment, while maintaining a customer-centric philosophy.
In this critical role, you are going to help redefining Supply Chain to align it with Amazon procurement systems and to bring collaboration with both vendors and existing Amazon FC network to a next level. You will be involved in all aspects of instock, operational management and Supply Chain optimization.
The successful candidate possesses strong analytical acumen, with experience generating reports, and analyses. The position requires an individual who supports decisions in a highly demanding and often ambiguous environment, with strong attention to detail. The candidate continuously learns and contributes to knowledge management.
SQL and excel proficiency required.
Key job responsibilities
Deliver Buying efficiency and effectiveness and availability improvement
Perform root cause analysis/reporting on forecasting/ operational issues, develop action plans and manage improvements
Lead collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment processes with Retail and program teams
Work with responsible country teams to meet the business demand plans via assessing deal and opportunity buys
Recommend and drive action plans to increase inventory turns
Work with internal teams to drive system, tools and process improvements / implementations that affect purchasing and vendor management workflow, with emphasis on automating tasks that are currently performed manually
Develop analysis of key business metrics, with emphasis on developing and executing recommendations for improvement
About Company
At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.
Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
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Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.
It’s Always Day 1
At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here
Our Leadership Principles
Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles