Are you interested in leading high impact projects and working cross-functionally to deliver top selection and delight end Customers?
This is your chance to help build strategic relationships and drive business growth with some of the most influential Consumables Vendors.
AVS Supply Chain Managers will play a critical role in delivering optimal customer experience by ensuring Amazon has the right product quantities, in the right places, and at the right time.
This position will work to continuously optimize operational metrics by working directly with vendors and partner teams.
AVS Supply Chain Managers serve as a key point of contact between internal teams and Vendors and contribute to vendor-level operational strategy, annual negotiations, and opportunities to reduce cost and waste in the supply chain.
Key job responsibilities
- Plan and execute inventory strategies to optimize sales, in-stock rates, turns and inventory health for owned category
- Monitor, analyze and own key performance indicators such as in-stock rate, procurement lead time, fill rate, and inventory turns
- Participate in business reviews with your Vendors; identify operational improvement areas and support conversation with recommendations to drive improvement
- Forecast and manage efficient inbound and outbound inventory flows and health.
- Drive root cause analysis / reporting on operational issues, develop action plans and project manage improvements with the ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
- Work with internal teams collaborate, to help drive tools and process improvements that affect purchasing and procurement workflows
About the team
The Amazon Vendor Services program is a paid service that offers enrolled Selling Partners services in one of five major categories : (1) A designated Customer Success Manager, (2) Strategic business advice, (3) Support, (4) Supply Chain management and (5) Programs, Pilots, Betas, and Advance Coaching.
In this role, you will be a member of the Consumables Category team, and will provide Supply Chain expertise alongside a team of designated Account Managers supporting one to two Selling Partners within the Consumables categories.
Consumables categories consist of Baby, Grocery, Health & Personal Care, Mass Beauty, Pets, and Premium Beauty. The role offers broad scope as the Selling Partners supported by this role may span numerous Brands, end Customer segments, and product categories.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree
- 4+ years of professional or military experience
- 4+ years of with Excel experience
- Experience working retail supply chain, end-to-end supply chain strategy, ecommerce, or strategy consulting
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience working with complex data sets
- Experience with process improvement techniques such as Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma
- Knowledge of the principles of statistical inventory control
- Experience communicating results to senior leadership