Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Are you looking to become a leader in operations strategy for a Fortune 100 company? Amazon is looking for leaders in the space of Network Design & Planning, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Customer Returns, Inventory Planning and Transportation. We need leaders capable of breaking down and solving complex problems for the benefit of over 120 million customers.
Amazon is seeking a Supply Chain Manager to identify, develop and integrate innovative solutions and programs that lead to improvements that redefine the standards for customer experience in our North American transportation network. Amazon transportation encompasses all of the operations that deliver shipments from our fulfillment centers and third party locations to customers worldwide.
As a Supply Chain Manager on the Planning Team, this role will analyze the delivery performance across the North American transportation network, identify improvement opportunities and then take business improvement programs from inception to successful implementation. This involves but is not limited to building stakeholder relationships, addressing transportation network design, and developing innovative programs that drive improvements in our transportation processes.
Key job responsibilities
- Aligning transportation needs and network design across multiple programs and carriers.
- Cooperating and influencing internal and external process stakeholders
- Implementing of cross-functional process changes in a matrix organization
- Articulating clear business and technical requirements to affect process changes
A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan
Learn more about our benefits here:
About the team
NA Transportation Outbound Execution, more commonly referred to as Network Planning, manages the design and connectivity of the network, flow and capacities for carriers, 3P carrier relationships and optimization of OB transportation from the Fulfillment Center (FC). We support launching new processes and technologies to optimize the network and execute creative solutions to accommodate future needs of North American Customer Fulfillment (NACF) and transportation. Network Planning works cross functionally with all carriers, both internal and external, to ensure the daily execution of volume flow and the connectivity in the network allows for optimal DEA, speed and transportation cost. NA Trans, as an organization, serves as a ‘steward of the network,’ working to ensure all decisions on transportation capacity and carriers is in the best interest of Amazon as a whole and works to breakdown silos amongst teams.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of program or project management experience
- 3+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
- 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
- 2+ years of supply chain experience
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, operations, engineering, analytics or related field
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
Job Tags
Full time, Temporary work, Seasonal work, Worldwide,