Inventory Specialist

DESCRIPTION The Amazon Books Operations Team is looking for a bright, enthusiastic, and analytical candidate with a ability to solve problems and simplify processes.


The Inventory Specialist position offers a dynamic introduction to our online retail business and a training ground for future success focused on operations and supply chain management. The Inventory Specialist supports the team that works directly with strategic vendors to help improve their success at Amazon by building and nurturing an operational partnership. The Inventory Specialist will help to create an engaging experience for our vendor partners by driving issue resolution in a timely manner. The Inventory Specialist candidate will have the opportunity to identify improvements in our vendors' supply chains, invent solutions for improvement and pro-actively identify potential issues before they surface.


Our environment is fast-paced and requires someone who is flexible, detail-oriented, and has strong follow-through. This position offers an exciting introduction to a top tier global company, supply chain management and e-commerce, serving as a broad training ground for future success.
Responsibilities


The Inventory Specialist role will be responsible for the following:
- Root causing and resolving operational exceptions such as out of stock products, missing site offers, supply chain disruptions, etc.
- Handle the day-to-day volumes of the assigned tasks and ensure the given SLAs (Service Level Agreement) are met per quality standards.
- Developing and updating reporting focused on key operational performance indicators.
- Work Schedule would be 8am PST to 5pm PST (Mon-Fri).
- We follow Amazon's global guidance on RTO (atleast three days a week in your reporting office.)
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business or related field
- 3+ years of experience in inventory management/planning, operations, retail, consulting and/or finance
- Experience with reporting technologies and analytics