Join our exciting world of Consumables Private Brands in the EU, where we are launching our own line of Everyday Essentials products across all Consumables categories (Food & Beverages, Health, Personal Care, Beauty, Household Consumables, Pets, Sport Nutrition). We're looking for a talented and enthusiastic Strategic Supply Chain Manager for our Consumables Private Brand selection, responsible for delighting our customers by ensuring Amazon has the right product quantities, in the right places, at the right time.
Key job responsibilities
You will work continuously to optimize the end-to-end supply chain and improve supply chain performance by partnering with Category and Operations teams, as well as externally with Vendors for our Supply Chain. You will also work cross-functionally across the organization and with Amazon central teams world wide to drive system and process automation that is sustainable and scalable.
A successful candidate will have a strong business acumen and a passion for supply chain. They must be comfortable dealing with ambiguity, and enjoy identifying opportunities to design and implement long-term scalable solutions from end-to-end. They will have a strong mix of analytical and innovative thinking, alongside the ability to earn trust, which they will use to own and drive change across the business. The candidate should be passionate about retail and enjoy working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
A day in the life
Daily responsibilities:
•Optimize product availability for your categories through effective end-to-end management of the supply chain
•Leverage data to drive analysis and decision-making and deliver improvements in key supply chain metrics such as unhealthy inventory, lead times, placement and speed
• Own and manage multiple projects, working across global teams to improve EU CPB's supply chain/operations - from development through to delivery
•Identify and develop scalable solutions to key operational challenges, both internal and external with Vendors
•Partner with Category teams to contribute to the development of the long-term strategy, with a focus on reducing cost-to-serve
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, operations, engineering, analytics or related field
- Experience demonstrating strong analytical abilities and confidence in the use of data
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams
- Experience in supply chain such as contracting, demand management and/or planning and procurement, and supply chain operations
- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- Experience with data analysis (including advanced Excel and database analysis)
- Experience in managing multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree, or MBA in supply chain management, operations, engineering, analytics or related field
- Experience working with and managing third party vendors
- Experience with Tableau, SQL, or basic data-mining
- Experience implementing process improvements
- Experience managing projects and working independently
- Experience in manufacturing, production, distribution logistics environments, retail, or grocery management roles