Amazon is hiring: Sr. Supply Chain Manager, Amazon Shipping - Quality in North B
Amazon, North Bergen, NJ, United States, 07047
Overview
Sr. Supply Chain Manager, Amazon Shipping - Quality. Join Amazon's dynamic environment as a (Senior) Supply Chain Manager with a Network Capacity Background, focusing on optimizing the flow of goods, information, and services within the supply chain network. The role involves end-to-end ownership of operations, with emphasis on capacity planning, logistics optimization, network design, and analysis of operational efficiency. There are opportunities across different business units to lead strategic initiatives and drive process improvements related to network capacity and the physical flow of goods or services.
In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams including Business, Operations, Supply Chain, Product, Finance, and more. You will use data and analytics to identify opportunities for operational improvements, implement scalable systems, and drive automation to enhance efficiency, while focusing on optimizing the physical flow and operations within the supply chain network. Your impact will contribute to Amazon’s commitment to being the most customer-centric company on earth.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic initiatives related to network performance and quality within Amazon's various business units.
- Concentrate on optimizing and reducing defects for the flow of goods, information, or services within the supply chain network.
- Balance supply and demand, assess and improve the efficiency of distribution networks, warehouses, or logistics operations.
- Analyze and synthesize data to identify opportunities for enhancing customer experiences and reducing defects and lost packages within the supply chain.
- Define metrics, develop program management mechanisms, and invent/simplify processes to drive decision-making in complex network capacity situations.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across different functions, influencing and facilitating agreements to achieve shared network capacity goals.
- Manage cross-functional network performance initiatives, ensuring continuous improvement and adherence to lean philosophy at scale.
- Own a portfolio of cross-functional programs related to network capacity, driving performance improvement and efficiency in project delivery.
- Identify and deliver operational improvement opportunities in network capacity, focusing on inventory management, logistics strategy, and transportation optimization.
- Monitor and optimize key network performance metrics to ensure the smooth flow of goods or services through the supply chain network.
- Travel up to 25% of the time per quarter as required.
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of program or project management experience
- 5+ years of supply chain experience
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience owning program strategy, end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years of delivering cross-functional projects experience
Preferred Qualifications
- 2+ years of driving process improvements experience
- Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, organizational development, or related field
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