Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of diversity and inclusion of our teams within the organization.
How do you get items to customers quickly, cost-effectively, and—most importantly—safely, in less than an hour? And how do you do it in a way that can scale? Our teams of hundreds of scientists, engineers, aerospace professionals, and futurists have been working hard to do just that! We are delivering to customers, and are excited for what’s to come. Check out more information about Prime Air on the About Amazon blog (
If you are seeking an iterative environment where you can drive innovation, apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve real world delivery challenges, and provide benefits to customers, Prime Air is the place for you.
Come work on the Amazon Prime Air Team!
We are seeking a Supply Chain Manager to effectively drive enhancement of our Supply Chain Inventory, Shipping, Receiving and Transportation strategies. In this role, you will lead projects, own value-stream KPIs, and develop mechanisms for communicating status, risk, and business challenges. The ideal candidate must be adept at cross-team coordination, project management, and analyze data, with a proven history of delivering results.
Export Control License: This position may require a deemed export control license for compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Placement is contingent on Amazon’s ability to apply for and obtain an export control license on your behalf.
Key job responsibilities
- Optimizing and managing the flow of goods within the supply chain network.
- Identify and mitigate risks, preventing them from escalating into program blockers.
- Evaluate and prioritize projects in conjunction with customer needs and technical team inputs.
- Analyze and synthesize data to identify opportunities for enhancement of the customer experience.
- Identify, drive and document improvement initiatives to help with a fast-scaling program.
This position is Seattle based and will required 5 days a week in the office work schedule; this position may have up to 10% domestic travel.
A day in the life
Being a Supply Chain Manager for Amazon Prime Air involves lots of problem solving. You’ll work with a number of teams to navigate challenges when situations impact our business. You’ll spend time resolving tactical issues and looking at the bigger picture to drive Amazon towards achieving a large-scale drone delivery service for our customers.
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
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
- Experience with performing/troubleshooting inventory processes within ERP systems
Job Tags
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