Amazon.com Services LLC

Buying, Planning, Instock Management, Buying/Planning, worldwide grocery stores

InventoryManager

$54–103k Seattle, Washington, United States; New York, New York, United States; Austin, Texas, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Inventory Manager at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Inventory management, Supply chain improvement, Process improvement. Develop plans for inventory management. Execute initiatives for inventory management”

What You'll Achieve.

Improve sales; Improve customer experience; Improve process; Reduce defects; Drive results; Reduce cost to serve; Reduce vendor pain points; Improve forecasting; Improve buying; Improve reporting; Improve operations; Improve revenue; Improve margin; Impact in-stock metrics

Industry & Context.

Buying, Planning, Instock Management, Buying/Planning, worldwide grocery stores
Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving; Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

Travel up to 25%

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years supply chain experience, 3+ years inventory management experience, 3+ years project management experience, Advanced Excel proficiency, Intermediate SQL knowledge

Nice to Have

Process improvement experience, Experience with Kaizen, Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Experience with Six Sigma, Experience communicating with C-level executives, Experience communicating with cross-functional teams, Knowledge of statistical inventory control methods, Knowledge of inventory control best practices

What You'll Do.

Develop plans for inventory management

Execute initiatives for inventory management

Build effective supply chain

Drive interactions with partner teams

Build scalable systems

Build scalable processes

Drive initiatives to improve sales

Drive initiatives to improve customer experience

Drive initiatives for process improvement

Work with internal stakeholders

Collaborate on supply chain improvement

Work with manufacturers

Optimize shared supply chain

Reduce supply chain defects

Drive results with manufacturers

Enhance long-term relationships

Reduce vendor pain points

Identify automation opportunities

Improve non-automated processes

Build to scale processes

Influence technical teams

Drive adoption of standards

Create tools for inventory health

Create tools for item-level forecasting

Create tools for purchase order quality

Create tools for vendor self-service

Create tools for supply chain operations

Develop plans driving revenue improvement

Develop plans driving margin improvement

Build tech roadmap with vendors

Drive implementation of tech initiatives

Improve forecasting processes

Improve buying processes

Improve reporting processes

Improve operations processes

Build knowledge management tools

Maintain knowledge management tools

Apply critical thinking

Apply problem-solving abilities

Identify supply imbalances

Resolve supply imbalances

Identify demand imbalances

Resolve demand imbalances

Recommend actionable solutions

Drive cross-functional initiatives

Take ownership of projects

Ensure peer accountability

Impact in-stock metrics

Impact customer experience

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Internal stakeholders; Partner teams; Cross-functional teams; Technical teams; Vendors

Process & Methodology

Project management

Full Job Description

Amazon Worldwide Grocery Stores - Protein Inventory Management team is looking for an Inventory Manager based in Seattle WA, New York, NY or Austin, TX. In this role, you will own developing plans and executing on initiatives that will support excellent inventory management, build an effective supply chain, and drive successful interactions with our partner teams. To be successful in this role, you should feel comfortable using data to influence others and building scalable systems and processes to allow us our business to grow. In joining this team, you will have the opportunity to both build and operate in an ambiguous fast-paced environment and will drive initiatives that improve sales, customer experience, and process improvement within retail and operations. The successful candidate must be highly organized, self-starting, and possess strong data extraction and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated passion for the customer experience. You must be results-oriented and able to manage both strategic and tactical activities in parallel. Strong candidates will have knowledge of fundamental business principles and previous retail experience. The ideal candidate is able to lead and influence both internal and external teams in an ambiguous environment while maintaining a customer-centric philosophy. Key job responsibilities - Work with internal stakeholders in category management, category instock, supply chain, operations, and product management to collaborate on supply chain improvement initiatives. - Work with manufacturers to prioritize our customer experience by optimizing the shared supply chain, reducing defects, and driving results. - Enhance long-term relationships, working on cost to serve reductions and reducing vendor pain points. - Identifying automation opportunities, improving non-automated processes, and building to scale. - Influence technical teams to drive adoption of standards and creation of tools to manage: inventory health, item-level fore

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