DESCRIPTION Have you ever ordered a product on Amazon and when that box with the smile arrived, wondered how it got to you so fast? Wondered where it came from and how much it cost Amazon? If so, the Amazon Global Supply Chain Optimization (SCOT) organization is for you.
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You will help lead inventory management innovation and define the SCOT roadmap to centralize and drive process and system improvements to automate worldwide inventory management and identify and drive long term free cash flow opportunities. This is a highly visible role that requires partnering with worldwide Retail, Finance and Operations teams to impact Amazon's bottom line. You must possesses superb business judgment, Retail or operations management experience, strong skills in working cross functionally, have project management experience and be comfortable with driving multiple and diverse projects in complex environments. You must have experience and capability to prepare documentation for senior executives and align your roadmap with Amazon's strategic objectives.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a necessity. Successful candidates should excel at diving into data in order to analyze root causes and implement simple, long term solutions. Successful candidates will excel in setting direction and have strong analytical capabilities. The position requires an individual who can work autonomously in a demanding and often ambiguous environment, with strong attention to detail and effective prioritization.
Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
- Be responsible for ML model outputs across key operational programs for Emerging Countries.
- Own and drive business improvement goals by working with Operations, Category Leaders, In-Stock Managers, Engineering, Transportation experts, SCOT Functions, Product and Finance partners to enact change to SCOT systems and/or inventory management processes.
- Gather data and perform sophisticated analytical exercises utilizing extensive understanding of inventory management, feeding back into models for continual improvements.
- Support process improvement with accurate and meaningful data.
- Drive senior business decision-making based on analytical findings.
- Work with data scientists to employ data mining, segmentation, and other analytical techniques to capture important trends and create relevant measurement dashboards.
- Participate in strategic and tactical planning discussions · Perform ad hoc analyses · Cross functional team/product/program management.
- Develop strong relationships with internal SCOT and WW business teams based on strong communication, surfacing meaningful insights and delivering results.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Bellevue, WA, USA BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 5+ years of product or program management, product marketing, business development or technology experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience as a product manager or owner
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
- Experience owning feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
