Strategic Supply Chain Manager, JP Books SCM, EIS, Enhanced Instock Service
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30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Supply Chain Manager
Amazon is looking for a customer focused self-driven and analytical leader to join the Books organization. We are looking for a Supply Chain Manager who can own complex problems within Supply Chain this role the candidate will work with cross-functional teams to identify and launch initiatives aimed at improving the customer and vendor experience.
Key job responsibilities
Supply Chain ManagerStrategic Vendor ServiceSVSEnhanced Instock ServiceEISSVSSVSEIS
Key responsibilities
The Supply Chain Manager will be responsible for managing paid service programs operating within the supply chain team such as the Strategic Vendor Service (SVS) and Enhanced Instock Service (EIS). This position will own the operation and Kaizen of Instock Management processes for a list of vendors participating in the SVS program. Additionally they will be responsible for monitoring and improving the health of the SVS program itself and handling necessary transitions when required. This role may also contribute to other paid service programs such as EIS as needed.
The ultimate goal of this position is to maintain improve and modify solutions that enhance vendor supply chain performance while creating exemplary scalable processes to ensure Amazon has sufficient inventory to meet customer needs with minimal working capital impact.
A day in the life
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- Stakeholder
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- Vendor
- Vendor
- Attending meetings (Supply Chain team related to paid service operations etc.)
- Creating and monitoring service usage dashboards
- Planning and designing operational improvements
- Developing and documenting improvement plans for future programs
- Leading activities with stakeholders to implement improvement plans
- Managing internal outsourcing partners
- Handling inquiries and addressing irregular cases from vendors
- Communicating with vendors (via email and other channels)
About the team
AI
We believe reading is essential for a healthy society; our mission is to inspire readers by making it easy to read more and get more out of reading. Especially mission for Supply Chain team which this role belongs to is to satisfy our customers in Japan by providing the right products with the right quantities in the right place at the right time. To meet this goal Amazon is continually striving to innovate and provide best-in-class Supply Chain experience through the introduction of pioneering new products and services. Supply chain of books industry in JP is in the turning point where industry is changing and there are abundant opportunities to make improvements for our customers. Especially there are opportunities to leverage technologies such as machine learning models to automate multiple aspects of supply chain and inventory management.
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- Bachelors degree in Engineering Business or related field
- 5
- 5 working experience
- 3
- 3 years of relevant experience (program or project management working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience)
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- Experience using data and metrics to determine improvements
- KPI
- Experience with reporting technologies and analytics. Capable of turning raw data into information and insights.
- JPLTN1
- Native Japanese or JPLT N1
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- Daily use level English required.
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- Possess excellent business judgment strong written and oral communication skills and a practical common sense approach to getting things done.
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- Strong analytical abilities and problem solving skills. Ability to work with large complex data sets and familiarity with statistics or other analytical techniques.
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- Strong organizational skills including prioritizing scheduling time management and meeting deadlines.
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- Experience with improvement techniques such as Kaizen Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma.
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- Business level English
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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Amazon is looking for a customer focused self-driven and analytical leader to join the Books organization. We are looking for a Supply Chain Manager who can own complex problems within Supply Chain this role the candidate will work with cross-functional teams to identify and launch initiatives aimed at improving the customer and vendor experience.
Key job responsibilities
Supply Chain ManagerStrategic Vendor ServiceSVSEnhanced Instock ServiceEISSVSSVSEIS
Key responsibilities
The Supply Chain Manager will be responsible for managing paid service programs operating within the supply chain team such as the Strategic Vendor Service (SVS) and Enhanced Instock Service (EIS). This position will own the operation and Kaizen of Instock Management processes for a list of vendors participating in the SVS program. Additionally they will be responsible for monitoring and improving the health of the SVS program itself and handling necessary transitions when required. This role may also contribute to other paid service programs such as EIS as needed.
The ultimate goal of this position is to maintain improve and modify solutions that enhance vendor supply chain performance while creating exemplary scalable processes to ensure Amazon has sufficient inventory to meet customer needs with minimal working capital impact.
A day in the life
- / (Supply chain team)
-
-
-
- Stakeholder
-
- Vendor
- Vendor
- Attending meetings (Supply Chain team related to paid service operations etc.)
- Creating and monitoring service usage dashboards
- Planning and designing operational improvements
- Developing and documenting improvement plans for future programs
- Leading activities with stakeholders to implement improvement plans
- Managing internal outsourcing partners
- Handling inquiries and addressing irregular cases from vendors
- Communicating with vendors (via email and other channels)
About the team
AI
We believe reading is essential for a healthy society; our mission is to inspire readers by making it easy to read more and get more out of reading. Especially mission for Supply Chain team which this role belongs to is to satisfy our customers in Japan by providing the right products with the right quantities in the right place at the right time. To meet this goal Amazon is continually striving to innovate and provide best-in-class Supply Chain experience through the introduction of pioneering new products and services. Supply chain of books industry in JP is in the turning point where industry is changing and there are abundant opportunities to make improvements for our customers. Especially there are opportunities to leverage technologies such as machine learning models to automate multiple aspects of supply chain and inventory management.
-
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Business or related field
- 5
- 5 working experience
- 3
- 3 years of relevant experience (program or project management working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience)
-
- Experience using data and metrics to determine improvements
- KPI
- Experience with reporting technologies and analytics. Capable of turning raw data into information and insights.
- JPLTN1
- Native Japanese or JPLT N1
-
- Daily use level English required.
-
- Possess excellent business judgment strong written and oral communication skills and a practical common sense approach to getting things done.
-
- Strong analytical abilities and problem solving skills. Ability to work with large complex data sets and familiarity with statistics or other analytical techniques.
-
- Strong organizational skills including prioritizing scheduling time management and meeting deadlines.
-
- Experience with improvement techniques such as Kaizen Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma.
-
- Business level English
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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Inventory Control
- Procurement
- SAP
- Supply Chain Experience
- SAP Supply Chain Management
- Production Planning
- Supplier Management
- ERP Systems
- Materials Management
- Logistics
- Manufacturing
- MRP
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