Amazon

Supply Chain Manager, Forward Nodes Planning

Amazon • $85K — $128K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in program or project management
  • 3+ years of cross-functional experience with tech and non-tech teams
  • 3+ years defining and implementing process improvements with data and metrics
  • 2+ years in supply chain management
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Advanced Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) and SQL proficiency
  • Experience analyzing program requirements and using data-driven metrics for improvements

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with technical teams on supply chain optimization strategies
  • Create and deliver critical reports to senior leadership
  • Devise scalable solutions for customers in challenging locations
  • Lead complex initiatives from pilot programs to nationwide rollout
  • Conduct cost-benefit analyses to enhance customer fulfillment methods
  • Present strategic recommendations to organizational leaders

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching contributions
  • Generous paid time off policy
  • Parental leave provisions
  • Access to mental health support and employee assistance programs
Full Job Description
Are you excited to drive high-visibility, strategic logistics and technology solutions to help streamline Amazon's operations?

Amazon Logistics (AMZL) is looking for a motivated individual with strong analytical skills, supply chain knowledge, and technology experience to join our team as a Supply Chain Manager. In this position, the successful candidate will own mid to long term topology strategy, short and long term plan of record management, and topology optimization engine for Amazon delivery forward nodes planning. This position requires working with multiple stakeholders across various supply chain functions like engineering, finance, operations, sales and operation planning. This role is a high visibility role as it requires regular interaction with the leadership team and involves critical decision making. Finally, this position develops and implements ideas to drive continuous improvement by simplifying the process, creating additional value, and driving automation.

Key job responsibilities

- Working with other technical teams on supply chain optimization modeling and strategy

- Developing critical reports and presenting to senior leaders

- Designing scalable and strategic solutions for customers in hard to reach places

- Leading ambiguous initiatives from pilot to scale across the country

- Running cost benefit analysis on multiple scenarios for the best forms of customer fulfillment

- Presenting final recommendations to leaders

the network.

A day in the life

This role combines strategic thinking, data analytics, supply chain optimization, stakeholder management and hands-on problem solving - all with a direct impact on Amazon's global last mile delivery network.

Every day is a new adventure with opportunities to work backwards from customer needs and solve complex real work problems. You will leverage data-driven models to develop long-term AMZL build plans and lead scenario analysis to guide decision making as teams drive towards your plan. You will have opportunity to develop business cases for innovative delivery solutions, automate manual processes, and/or develop new modelling solutions for the network.

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

- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL

- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience

- 3+ years of driving process improvements experience

- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization

- Experience building processes, project management, and schedules

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.

USA, WA, Bellevue - 85,800.00 - 128,600.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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