Sr Strategic Supply Chain Manager, Softlines

Amazon; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Strategic Supply Chain Manager for Canada Softlines. In this pivotal role, you'll optimize supply chain operations, manage key initiatives, and foster collaboration with vendors. Candidates should have robust analytical skills, a strong background in supply chain, and experience communicating with senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in supply chain or strategy consulting.
• Experience communicating results to senior leadership.
• Experience with complex data sets and retail supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives to improve supply chain efficiency across vendors.
• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators like lead time.
• Collaborate on strategies to enhance profitability and execution.

Skills

Data extraction

Analytical skills

Ecommerce knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

Job description

Sr Strategic Supply Chain Manager, Softlines

Job ID: 2990875 | Amazon.com.ca, ULC - A49

As a Senior Strategic Supply Chain Manager for Canada Softlines, you will be at the forefront of strategic planning, execution, and optimization of Amazon's supply chain operations. In this influential role, you will lead high-impact projects and collaborate cross-functionally to drive business growth and deliver an exceptional customer experience. This position will work to continuously optimize operational metrics by working on strategic supply chain initiatives for Softlines. The Senior Strategic Supply Chain Manager (SSCM) serves as a key point of contact between Retail, internal supply chain partner teams, and Vendors. The SSCM contributes to cross-category operational strategy, supports Vendor negotiations, and drives opportunities to reduce cost and waste in the supply chain.

A successful candidate must be highly organized, self-starting, and possess strong data extraction and analytical capabilities. They must have proven successes in driving operational initiatives and demonstrate passion for the customer experience. They must be thoughtful in their 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 end-to-end supply chain strategy or inventory management experience as well as knowledge in fundamental business principles and knowledge of ecommerce and retail. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to succeed in efficiently managing a large catalog selection, identifying problems/finding solutions, and building/improving processes. 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
- Identify and deliver end-to-end supply chain improvement opportunities across large cohorts of vendors

- Monitor, analyze, and own category Key Performance Indicators such as: out of stock, lead time, and confirmation rates; present insights, themes and trends to Senior Leadership team

- Strategically analyze production and delivery lead-times, while optimizing operational excellence inputs such as EDI adoption, PO confirmations, efficient receive processes, and inventory placement

- Own initiatives to enhance cost structure and profitability, collaborating closely with partner teams to ensure successful execution

- Lead doc-writing for business reviews and cross-category Softlines supply chain initiatives

- Become the subject matter expert in a subset of supply chain programs and initiatives that impact not just your category, but all of Softlines

- Develop trust with retail vendors and collaborate on initiatives to improve supply chain efficiency and costs in order to drive a delightful experience for Amazon customers

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in management, business administration, economics, engineering, marketing
- 6+ years of professional or military experience
- Experience working with complex data sets
- Experience communicating results to senior leadership
- Experience working retail supply chain, end-to-end supply chain strategy, ecommerce, or strategy consulting

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- - MBA with a quantitative focus, or advanced degrees in supply chain or operations.
- - Demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and tactically in a high-energy, fast-paced environment
- -High degree of organization and ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
- -Superior analytical skills (including data extraction), with demonstrated ability to dive in and quickly understand root cause and identify scalable solutions
- -Excellent business judgment, strong written and oral communication skills, and a practical, common sense approach to getting things done
- -Experience with SQL

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