Supply Chain Manager , Consumables

Description

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 Selling Partners. 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. Supply Chain Managers serve as a key point of contact between Retail, Supply Chain, 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, inventory turns, and overall inventory health for assigned categories

- Monitor and own key performance indicators including in-stock rate, procurement lead time, fill rate, and inventory turns
- Lead business reviews with vendors to identify operational improvement opportunities and drive actionable recommendations
- Forecast and manage efficient inbound and outbound inventory flows while maintaining optimal inventory health
- Conduct root cause analysis on operational issues, develop action plans, and project manage improvements while balancing multiple competing priorities
- Identify opportunities to simplify recurring operational pain points for vendors and scale successful mechanisms across the broader team
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive tools and process improvements that enhance purchasing and procurement workflows
- Serve as internal subject matter expert for key components of Amazon's Supply Chain operations

A day in the life
Your morning starts reviewing key operational metrics: in-stock rates, inventory turns, and vendor performance. You prep for your mid-morning vendor business review where you apply your analysis and collaborate on action plans to close gaps and discuss strategies for upcoming priorities.

In the afternoon, you finalize contributions to a 3-year joint business plan strategy deck, highlighting operational performance trends, surfacing immediate priorities, and outlining transformative initiatives. You drive alignment with internal stakeholders and leadership.

Earlier, you learned a vendor has limited supply for a key promotional item. You execute mitigation strategies, ensure stakeholders are aware of execution steps, and brief leadership on actions to mitigate risk before closing out the day.

About the team
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 two to three 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, or 1 years of professional or military experience
- 2 years of supply chain, inventory management or project management experience
- 2 years of with Excel experience
- Knowledge of supply chain management concepts - forecasting, planning, sourcing, optimization and logistics or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with process improvement techniques such as Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma
- Experience in goods receiving, inventory cycle counts and related auditing and stock control functions
- Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency, with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices.
- Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products, workflows, or customer experiences.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.