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The Amazon Fresh Grocery team is excited to welcome an Instock Manager to our dynamic team, based in Seattle, WA, New York, Arlington, VA, Nashville, TN, or Austin, TX.

Join us at Amazon Fresh Grocery in reshaping the future of customer experiences and supply chain excellence. Your expertise will drive innovation, efficiency, and lasting impact.

As the Lead, Special Supply Chain Programs within Amazon Fresh Grocery, you'll take on a critical role

building processes and mechanisms for our Culinary and Transformation programs. Your focus will be on Perishable products across Amazon's Culinary and Fresh Bakery programs, as you interface with Supply Chain Managers and Operations partners across both Online and In-Store channels.

To be successful in this role, you should feel comfortable using data to influence others and building scalable systems and processes to allow us our business to grow. In joining this team, you will have the opportunity to both build and operate in an ambiguous fast-paced environment and will drive initiatives that improve sales, customer experience, and process improvement within retail and operations.

Success starts by being a self-starter, highly organized, and possessing strong data extraction and analytical capabilities. In this role, we look for you to be thoughtful in the your pursuit of results and thrive in a high energy environment where tactical and strategic activities are expected to be driven in parallel.

Strong candidates will have knowledge from manufacturing or production environments, and transformation of raw materials to finished goods. The ideal candidate is able to lead and influence both internal and external teams in an ambiguous environment while maintaining a customer-centric philosophy.

Key job responsibilities

A successful Lead, Supply Chain Programs will:

• Develop mechanisms to manage inventory availability and inventory health including: improved instock, inventory planning, vendor operational improvement (efficiency, fill rates, lead time), forecasting, and waste reduction

• Partner with internal teams to develop tools, automation, and process improvements that affect production and inventory management workflows

• 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

A day in the life

As a Lead, Special Supply Chain Programs, you will lead a small team of PMs to deploy mechanisms and reporting focused on Culinary and Transformation excellence. This will include partnership with Operations teams to understand how they manage inventory counts and production schedules to ensure product availability at each store or fulfillment center. You will be responsible for developing and deploying the tooling, KPIs, and processes to run these programs in a manner that ensures customers have fresh product available whenever shopping at Amazon Fresh.

About the team

Our mission is to perfect the art of grocery experience, from buying to vendor performance, optimizing DC operations, and nurturing vital relationships with key distributor partners. At the Grocery Retail Inbound Team (GRIT), we are the driving force behind Amazon Fresh Grocery's unparalleled supply chain success. Being on our team means being part of a team that orchestrates the seamless flow of goods, ensuring that our customers can find what they need when they need it.

We're not just focused on perfect execution; we're involved in the long-term planning of our DC topology, sourcing strategy, and vendor partnerships. Join us at GRIT, and you'll have the opportunity to influence the planning of our network, collaborate with tech to build innovative supply chain solutions, and work with top manufacturers to optimize our supply chain.

If you're ready to be part of a team that defines the future of grocery supply chain, then GRIT is the place for you. Join us, and let's build something extraordinary together.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of with Excel experience

• Bachelor's degree, or 5+ years of professional or military experience

• Experience working with complex data sets

• Experience communicating results to senior leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of statistics or other analytical techniques

• Experience with SQL

• Experience working in a production environment, transforming raw materials to finished goods

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $109,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.