Description
This position has the option to be located in Bellevue WA, Nashville TN, Arlington VA, or Austin TX.
If being part of a worldwide brand that's grown to $25 billion in revenue in just over six years sounds exciting, then Amazon Business could be for you. We're reshaping buying in the business-to-business (B2B) world by using technology to help our Customers streamline their procurement and purchasing operations and turn them into value drivers for their organizations. Our more than five million Customers operate across geographies and industries and include 80 of the top Fortune 100 companies. Visit our homepage or LinkedIn Page to learn more.
The Sr. Supply Chain Manager is a core member of the Amazon Business Operations NA Middle Mile team. This role will own building a sub-network withing Amazon's NA Middle Mile network to fulfill B2B customers' large purchases consolidated on pallets. It will involve developing the strategy with the goal of maximizing attainment while optimizing fulfillment cost and delivery speed for Amazon's largest B2B customers. The Strategy and Planning close partnership with NA Sort Center ( NASC ) and AMXL orgs, including VP level visibility and alignment. The role will also own Planning and enabling Middle Mile connectivity from Amazon's parcel network to Amazon's Heavy Bulky network (' AMXL '). It may require frequent B2B customer interaction and travel to customer sites for new launches or problem resolution. The role requires strong analytic skills to optimize cost and speed, earns trust with stakeholder, L8+ leaders, and customers, and delivery results to successfully built out am optimal sub-network for pallet fulfillment within Amazon NA Operations.
Key job responsibilities
- Partner with NASC and develop a high confidence long term Middle Mile capacity plan for pallet fulfillment in NA. Develop deep understanding of current Middle Mile network and future strategy to develop the right capacity plan for AB's customers
- Grow the existing Direct Delivery program – a program that does daily pallet delivery milk runs to AB's largest B2B customers (typically multi-million dollar procurement spend on Amazon) – to continually increase entitlement and maximize attainment
- Establish new Middle Mile connectivity plans and optimize existing connectivity across Amazon's parcel and heavy-bulky delivery networks to optimize delivery speed and cost
- Drive Sustainability focused innovation in Amazon's pallet fulfillment
- Manage full lifecycle of complex cross-functional programs with considerable impact across multiple organizations
- Use strong analytical and quantitative skills; Ability to use SQL (Amazon Redshift, Microsoft SQL , and Postgres) and reporting platforms (Tableau, QuickSight, and SSRS ) to produce clear data that allows cross-functional stakeholders to make exceptional business decisions that improve customer experience.
- Define the program (mission, vision, tenets), set objectives, analyze data and drive improvements that are quantified with metrics
- Roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary; general manager / owner mentality
A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off ( PTO )
4. 401(k) Plan
Learn more about our benefits here:
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Arlington, VA, USA | Austin, TX, USA | Bellevue, WA, USA | Nashville, TN, USA | Tempe, AZ, USA
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of supply chain experience
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- 5+ years of program or project management experience
- Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field
- Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g., pivot tables & charts, multiple criteria lookups, nested logical/IF formulas, data cleansing, array formulas, etc.)
Preferred Qualifications
- 4+ years of supply chain, forecasting, manufacturing, sourcing/procurement, or vendor management experience
- Master's degree
- Experience in developing predictive modeling in any field, applicable to modeling and predicting key performance indicators in the supply chain and logistics domain
- If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you're passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!
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
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $92,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $181,400/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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
