Instock Manager, WWGS Inventory Management

Amazon.com Inc

Seattle, WA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Automation, Business Analysis, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Data Analysis, Finance, Forecasting, Grocery Stores, International Business, Inventory Levels, Inventory Management, Operational Improvement, Operational Strategy, Problem Solving Skills, Process Development, Process Improvement, Procurement Management, Product Flow, Profit & Loss, Retail Management, Strategic Planning, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Operations, Systems Scalability, Time Management, Vendor/Supplier Management, Vendor/Supplier Planning
LOCATION
Seattle, WA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Join the World Wide Grocery Store Inventory Management Team in reshaping the future of grocery shopping for our customers. As an Instock Manager, you will be responsible for inventory management for categories/sites within our World Wide Grocery Stores business. Your analytical prowess will help identify opportunities for improvements, implement scalable systems, and drive automation to enhance efficiency, with a particular focus on optimizing the physical flow of products within the supply chain network.

This is a fast-paced and quickly expanding business where you can be part of building new processes and automation daily. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Category, Operations, Supply Chain, Product, Finance, and more. Your impact will be visible, ongoing, and contribute directly to our commitment to being the most customer-centric company on earth.

Key Job Responsibilities

  • Manage inventory availability and inventory health through buying strategies, vendor operational improvements (fill rates, on-time, lead time), forecasting and shrink reduction.
  • Drive cross-functional strategic initiatives to improve customer experience and overall cost structure of the business.
  • Perform complex business analysis to identify business opportunities to improve revenue and profitability.
  • Partner with internal teams to develop tools, automation, and process improvements that affect purchasing and vendor management workflows.
  • Deep dive Instock performance to develop insights and represent this perspective in discussions with stakeholders across the organization.

A Day in the Life

In your day-to-day role, youll be responsible for the supply chain and inventory management for your assigned categories/sites. Youll continuously deliver results while creating new processes for improvement. Youll analyze data to optimize inventory levels, work with vendors on operational improvements, and partner with internal teams on automation initiatives. Youll also lead cross-functional initiatives that improve customer experience and enable new capabilities for our business, requiring you to pivot based on new challenges and learning.

About the Team

The World Wide Grocery Stores Inventory Management Team is building the future of grocery shopping for our customers, rooted in our innovative supply chain. We are expanding availability of perishable products across our network for both new and existing programs. Our team values problem-solving, analytical thinking, and supply chain understanding. We thrive in a high-energy environment where tactical and strategic activities are driven in parallel, and were not afraid to roll up our sleeves to deliver results.

About the Company

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Amazon.com Inc

At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.

Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.

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At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here

Our Leadership Principles
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COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Retail
FOUNDED
1994
WEBSITE
http://Amazon.com/militaryroles