Supply Chain Inventory Manager, Startup Supply Chain - Emea Ges - Pzw-878

.Supply Chain Inventory Manager, EU StartupAt Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and passionate people. If you'd like to help us build the place to find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history.The EU Startup Supply Chain team is looking for a motivated Inventory Manager professional to run multiple deployment warehouses across EMEA to support our Startup team in launching new sites and expanding the Amazon network. The role of Startup Inventory Manager is to coordinate around 20 deployment projects per year, performance manage local Inventory Managers, drive cross-functional strategic initiatives to improve inventory management.The role requires candidates to be able to deep dive into the system data and identify opportunities and risks. Building strong relationships with our suppliers is a key part of this role, as well as the ability to work with multiple stakeholders involved in each of the projects.Key Job ResponsibilitiesDrive cross-functional strategic initiatives to improve supply chain efficiency and overall cost structureInventory control ownershipDrive complex business analysis to identify business opportunities to improve internal and external processesWork cross-functionally to identify and apply best practices and continuous process improvementsAct as a point of escalation for vendor management and contractorsManage supplier's operational excellence through data-driven metricsAutomate dashboard and metric reportingProvide scalable solutions for specific warehousing and inventory issuesSet project requirements and drive agendas across internal and external teamsAct as the supply chain interface with the whole project team internallyAble to foresee risks, escalate them, and influence the stakeholders to develop and execute the mitigation plansResponsible to get 100% right materials on time to enable the sites' readiness for launchOwn the supply chain KPIs to deliver the right material on time in full quantityA day in the lifeThe inventory manager interacts on a daily basis with procurement teams, execution project managers, material suppliers, and installation vendors to understand the material needs, track the supply chain operation, and escalate risks. The candidate should be able to analyze large sets of data to get the right information and make the right decisions on material management between different sites to be launched in EU and MENA.About the teamWith more and more customers to be served in Europe, Amazon is opening new Fulfilment Centres every year. The EMEA Startup Supply Chain Team is responsible for getting these buildings ready with everything in place ready for the first package to leave the site