Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Amazon Freight is building a disruptive transportation product with the vision of redefining shipping for its customers. The goal is to develop easy-to-use, reliable, and transparent transportation services that raise the customer experience bar relative to all existing shipping alternatives. In doing this, Amazon is deeply studying customer shipping needs and building innovative, market-leading solutions that will organically attract customers towards our services.
To enable us to succeed in this endeavor, we are looking for a Supply Chain Manager in the Amazon Freight team. The individual will play a critical role in driving projects with a heavy emphasis on utilizing data to make business decisions. They will use quantitative approaches such as cost/benefit evaluation to evaluate opportunities, stand up initiatives, create mechanisms for operational excellence, and oversee end-to-end program.
Key job responsibilities
1. Analyze large amount of data from different operational and financial sources to evaluate opportunities for customer experience enhancement and operational efficiency.
2. Define metrics, develop program management mechanisms, and oversee end-to-end projects.
3. Collaborate with stakeholders across different functions, influencing and facilitating agreements to achieve shared goals.
4. Make data-driven recommendations and influence design and development of strategic processes.
A day in the life
Main areas of ownership include: (1) analyzing large amount of data from different operational and financial sources to evaluate opportunities, (2) building consensus among stakeholders on potential solutions, (3) driving implementation, and (4) identifying requirements for a scalable solution across the network.
About the team
Amazon Freight is a growing business that is continuing to define and redefine expectations to delight our customers. We are constantly looking to improve performance and invent on behalf of our customers. Additionally, we are being viewed as a key partner to lower total inbound cost while improving inventory placement in NACF.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience in analyzing data to drive decisions
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
- Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g., pivot tables & charts, multiple criteria lookups, nested logical/IF formulas, data cleansing, array formulas, etc.)
- Knowledge of SQL at an intermediate level, including: compile queries, subqueries, aggregation/grouping, data modification, etc.
- 3+ years of supply chain, forecasting, manufacturing, sourcing/procurement, or vendor management experience
Job Tags
Full time,