Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain or Engineering
Warehouse Management professional experience
Experience in project management and implementation with proven ability to design workable solutions and drive projects to successful completion
Experience in material flow management and external vendor management
Excellent Microsoft Office skills including Excel
Experience in a warehouse lead role managing multiple sites
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects - prioritization, planning, and task delegation
Experience in leading by influence
Proficient knowledge of warehouse procedure and policy
Excellent problem-solving skills and leadership qualities
Comfortable delivering frequent direct written and oral feedback
Flexibility to travel up to 50% across projects in Europe
Job Description:
The EU Startup Supply Chain team at Amazon is looking for a motivated Program Manager professional to run the external warehouses and the assets transfer process across multiple warehouses in EMEA to support our Startup team in launching new sites and expanding the Amazon network. The role of Supply Chain Program Manager is to manage $15MM of assets on an annual basis, performance manage local Inventory Managers, and 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. This is an individual contributor role with many stakeholders to influence both internally and externally. It requires strong project management skills and experience.
Key Responsibilities:
Drive cross-functional strategic initiatives to improve supply chain efficiency and overall cost structure
Inventory control ownership
Drive complex business analysis to identify business opportunities to improve internal and external processes
Work cross-functionally to identify and apply best practices and continuous process improvements
Act as point of escalation for vendor management and contractors
Manage supplier's operational excellence through data-driven metrics
Automate dashboard and metric reporting
Provide scalable solutions for specific warehousing and inventory issues
Set project requirements and drive agendas across internal and external teams
Act as the supply chain interface with the whole project team internally
Able to foresee risks, escalate them, and influence stakeholders to develop and execute mitigation plans
Responsible for 100% compliance with VAT/TAX requirements on asset transfers
A Day in the Life:
The Supply Chain Program Manager interacts daily with procurement teams, execution program managers, material suppliers, and installation vendors to understand material needs, track supply chain operations, and escalate risks. The candidate should be able to analyze large sets of data to make informed decisions on material management between different sites to be launched in the EU and MENA.
About the Team:
The EMEA Startup Supply Chain Team is responsible for getting new Fulfilment Centres ready with everything in place for the first package to leave the site. The vision of the Startup Supply Chain team is to manage materials from bill of material definition to deployment completion, ensuring on-time supply and assembly of about 4,000 items per project, from over 500 suppliers in 12 countries.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in large corporate companies with complex supply chain processes and multiple inventory locations
Excellent communication skills including the proven ability to effectively manage, influence, negotiate, and communicate with external business partners and internal teams
Warehousing, supply chain, inventory management, finance, vendor, and/or project management experience
Professional experience influencing internal and external stakeholders
Ability to think and react in a high-energy, fast-paced environment
German, French, Polish, Arabic, Turkish are considered preferred qualifications
Would you like an opportunity to travel and work in multiple countries and cultures? The role will be based anywhere in Europe with up to 50% of time on job travel, either domestically or to other EMEA countries.
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