/Supply Chain Management, Sales and Operations Planning Manager, JP S&OP

The Supply Chain Management Operations Team at Amazon Japan is looking for a Team Leader for the Sales and Operations Planning Team. Our strategy is to improve Amazons ability to deliver high quality customer experience and reduce operational costs for our business growth.

S&OP ()SCM

The Sales and Operation Planning team is responsible for the operational planning task related to S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) with stakeholders from both sales/marketing and operations departments. The team develops the optimal operational plan to place our merchandise with a variety of demand product size and inventory turns at numerous Fulfillment Centers (FC) that vary in function size and capabilities while creating the inbound/outbound forecast in collaboration with the technology team and the sales/marketing team. The Team manager (this position) will be responsible for creating the most effective plans as well as executing to the plan while building a strong S&OP team including hiring and developing team members.

Key job responsibilities
a. / Creation of sales (outbound) and procurement (inbound) plan
i.
Information gathering on sales/ procurement plan from sales/marketing department and tech team
ii.
Trend analysis and forecast validation of sales/ procurement plan
iii.
Strategy development for sales/procurement optimization based on sales/ inventory turns/
inventory trend analysis
b. /Creation and Execution of production plan by FC
i.
Analysis of production capability and the development of inbound/outbound plan based on
the capability of each fulfillment center
ii.
Configure required system setting to execute to the production plan by FC
c. / Support the launch of new fulfillment center
i.
Development of sales and operations plan required for the launch of new fulfillment center
ii. PDCA
Operations improvement based on PDCA cycle



This position will require the capability to coordinate with fulfillment centers sales/marketing team the other teams in supply chain/transportation team as well as the technology team responsible for supply chain systems. Thus the successful candidate should have advanced knowledge and experience on demand/supply planning logistics and basic knowledge on the information system and also business level communication skill in Japanese as well as English. Experience in developing/engineering Demand/supply Planning process in manufacture or retail industry is preferred.


This position is also responsible for managing the team resource as well as development and hiring of the team members.

A day in the life
We have a flexible time system with no core hours. Your working hours can be adjusted to accommodate your work and personal needs.

This is a dynamic work environment that actively pursues new business development. The team will provide thorough training and support when you join.

About the team
More Information (Japanese Only)
Department: Supply Chain Management(SCM)/Middle Mile
Job:Project Management
Location:Tokyo Office


- 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

- 2 years of driving process improvements experience
- Masters degree or MBA in business operations human resources adult education organizational development instructional design or related field

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