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Amazon Business (AB) is re-inventing B2B eCommerce by offering business customers of all sizes the same advantages Amazon has already brought to consumers including broad selection, low pricing, and great customer service. WW Amazon Business Operations is building the operations and supply chain solutions that will enable AB’s rapid growth by re-engineering many parts of our supply chain to offer bulk, consolidated, pallet deliveries and many other services that business customers require.
Amazon’s Supply Chain Managers (SCM) play a central role in our global business, they keep our complex, international supply chains working seamlessly and efficiently. This SCM role will own Amazon Business Operations’ Strategy and Planning for EU countries, and will be responsible for embedding B2B requirements into Amazon’s fulfilment infrastructure. By analysing complex, varied and ambiguous data and driving change by working closely with multiple stakeholders across Amazon you’ll help us optimise our supply chain to make our customer experience even better and our parcel and pallet fulfilment networks more energy and cost efficient.
This role can be based in Luxembourg, Barcelona or Munich
Key job responsibilities - Enable effective decision through proactive retrieval and data aggregation from multiple sources - Communicate analysis and insights to internal stakeholders both verbally and in writing - Escalate problems and/or variance in data to the relevant owners and internal business partners and follow through on the resolutions - Identify and eliminate root causes of defects to drive improvements in AB EU Operations - Drive continuous improvement by identifying ways to streamline processes, minimize repetitive tasks, and create actionable outcomes - Contribute to discussions with cross-functional teams and leadership to influence and create innovative solutions - Work independently in a dynamic environment
A day in the life Being a Supply Chain Analyst for Amazon involves lots of problem solving. You’ll work with a number of teams to navigate challenges as and when situations impact our network. You’ll spend time resolving temporary issues and looking at the bigger picture to drive Amazon towards achieving new objectives. This role is both proactive and reactive, and you’ll have the opportunity to help forecast and plan for new projects.
No two days will be the same. You could spend one day helping to define our supply chain and operating models and the next assisting with a site’s resource plan for a busy period. Having so much variety in your role means you’ll be able to learn something new every day.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent - Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g., pivot tables & charts, multiple criteria lookups, nested logical/IF formulas, data cleansing, array formulas, etc.) - Experience in SQL or programming - Speak, write, and read fluently in English
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field - Experience in requirement gathering and ability to write clear and detailed requirement document - Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements - Experience working in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment, or experience working in large teams or at a national/multinational organization - Experience working on and delivering end to end projects independently
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