Sr. Instock Manager, Cross Border inventory transfer

As the Sr. Instock Manager, you will own instock metrics such as Availability , Inventory health, own defining and executing a Buying strategy for a cross border inventory program. This involves understanding SCOT Buying systems and working with emerging countries on aligning the strategies to improve availability .

Your role will involve partnering with product managers, program managers, in-stock managers, and vendor managers across Europe and South Africa to drive the above metrics. In this role, you need to be able to lead and influence multiple stakeholders in an ambiguous environment, while maintaining a customer-centric philosophy.

In this critical role, you are going to help redefining Supply Chain to align it with Amazon procurement systems and to bring collaboration with both vendors and existing Amazon FC network to a next level. You will be involved in all aspects of instock, operational management and Supply Chain optimization.

The successful candidate possesses strong analytical acumen, with experience generating reports, and analyses. The position requires an individual who supports decisions in a highly demanding and often ambiguous environment, with strong attention to detail. The candidate continuously learns and contributes to knowledge management.

SQL and excel proficiency required.


Key job responsibilities
Deliver Buying efficiency and effectiveness and availability improvement
Perform root cause analysis/reporting on forecasting/ operational issues, develop action plans and manage improvements
Lead collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment processes with Retail and program teams
Work with responsible country teams to meet the business demand plans via assessing deal and opportunity buys
Recommend and drive action plans to increase inventory turns
Work with internal teams to drive system, tools and process improvements / implementations that affect purchasing and vendor management workflow, with emphasis on automating tasks that are currently performed manually
Develop analysis of key business metrics, with emphasis on developing and executing recommendations for improvement

Basic Qualifications

- 5+ years of with Excel experience
- Bachelor's degree, or 5+ years of professional or military experience
- Experience working with complex data sets
- Experience communicating results to senior leadership

Preferred Qualifications

- Knowledge of statistics or other analytical techniques
- Experience with SQL

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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, Seattle - 121,200.00 - 163,900.00 USD annually