Tech Materials Supply Planning Leader

Amazon Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon UK Services Ltd. seeks a Supply Planning Manager to lead a team driving end-to-end supply planning for technology materials. You will own MRP creation, inventory performance metrics, and continuous improvement across launches, KTLO, and programs.

You will translate demand and constraints into executable plans, partner with Demand Planning and S&OP, and advance automation via AI and optimization to reduce manual effort and improve plan quality.

Qualifications

• Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams.
• Experience in team management.
• Experience in cross functional project delivery.
• Experience in program or project management.
• Experience in supply chain.
• Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team responsible for supply planning across Launch, KTLO, and Programs.
• Own the end-to-end supply planning mechanism, including MRP creation and execution, order management, inventory performance measurement, and continuous improvement.
• Translate demand plans, supply constraints, lead times, funding availability, and inventory positions into executable material requirement plans at the appropriate horizons.
• Establish accountability for supply inputs and challenge assumptions, overrides, and changes not supported by data.
• Define and improve supply availability, inventory health, Days of Cover, excess and obsolescence, order accuracy, and other metrics.
• Lead capacity planning to align supplier and network capacity with demand forecasts.
• Design hub-and-spoke distribution and network topology strategies to improve fulfillment speed and reduce costs.
• Partner with Demand Planning and S&OP to incorporate demand uncertainty and support scenarios.
• Develop segmented planning approaches for different supply patterns including new site launches and program-driven procurement.
• Collaborate with Product, Data, Analytics, and Technology to automate plan generation and workflows.
• Advance the use of optimization models, machine learning, and AI to improve plan quality.
• Simplify fragmented data sources and processes with a long-term goal of real-time inventory positioning.
• Build scalable mechanisms to support new products, regions, and planning paradigms.
• Communicate supply outlook and recommended actions to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Team management

Program/project management

Supply chain

Data and metrics

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Amazon UK Services Ltd. seeks a Supply Planning Manager to lead a team driving end-to-end supply planning for technology materials. You will own MRP creation, inventory performance metrics, and continuous improvement across launches, KTLO, and programs.

You will translate demand and constraints into executable plans, partner with Demand Planning and S&OP, and advance automation via AI and optimization to reduce manual effort and improve plan quality.