Supply Chain Ops: POET Specialist — Operational Excellence

Amazon Inc.; Omaha, Northern (NE, KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking an exceptional Supply Chain Operations Specialist to help grow our infrastructure capacity globally. You will lead operational excellence efforts, partner with engineering, product management, and finance, and translate vision into measurable implementations.

Ideal candidates bring strong analytics, ownership, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to handle ambiguity and deliver customer-focused solutions at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Math, Business or other related quantitative disciplines.
• 2+ years of procurement, supply chain, inventory management, contract management, lease administration or operations experience
• 2+ years of process improvement, operational analysis, and financial analysis experience
• Experience leveraging data through at least one tool such as excel, SQL, Tableau, QuickSight, or Python to influence cross-functional prioritization, identify improvement opportunities, and drive solutions
• Experience managing cross-functional teams in a fast-paced consumer electronics product company

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key member of the Supply Chain Operational Excellence (POET) team in helping to manage and deliver Infrastructure capacity to select regions around the world.
• Understand the technical requirements of our partners and work closely with the internal development teams to guide the direction of supply chain activities.
• Develop new analytical models for supply chain solutions.
• Execute strategic business objectives while working with key internal stakeholders to improve the supply chain with the latest internal and external information.
• Prepare and give detailed data-driven business reviews to senior management, focused on improving forecasting accuracy and associated impacts.
• You will be a positive influencer across diverse teams, be able to effectively rally support for your initiatives, and be able to help deeply technical teams create simple solutions to meet your program goals.
• Keys to success in this role include exceptional analytics, judgment, and communication skills.

Skills

Procurement experience

Process improvement

Data analysis

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree or above in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Math, Business or other related quantitative disciplines

Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field

Tools

Excel

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Python

QuickSight

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking an exceptional Supply Chain Operations Specialist to help grow our infrastructure capacity globally. You will lead operational excellence efforts, partner with engineering, product management, and finance, and translate vision into measurable implementations.

Ideal candidates bring strong analytics, ownership, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to handle ambiguity and deliver customer-focused solutions at scale.