Supply Chain/Transportation Management

Amazon is seeking an experienced Logistics Manager to own 3PL and carrier performance management for external warehousing and the transportation of IT assets across various programs. This role will require collaboration with business teams across the company and around the world to develop and implement supply chain solutions for new products/programs and existing operations. The primary function of this role is to define and deliver global solutions that enhance the speed and scalability of OpsTech Solutions and support our global operations partners.Key job responsibilities• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with third-party logistics providers (3PLs) and carriers to ensure optimal performance and reliability.• Collaborate with finance teams to successfully plan and manage transportation and warehousing projected spending.• Engage in daily communication with transportation providers and internal inventory stakeholders within Amazon.• Partner with GTL regional logistics teams in the transportation of Amazon IT assets.• Monitor and track carrier and 3PL performance to promptly resolve any issues that arise.• Provide proactive reporting to customers and key stakeholders.• Develop comprehensive transportation plans for new projects as they emerge.• Drive global standardization of fulfillment practices, business processes, and reporting by working with operations, finance, engineering, and supply chain stakeholders.• Form and lead cross-functional project teams to plan, organize, manage, and execute complex projects across multiple organizations and stakeholders.• Innovate for significant improvements in quality, cost, and other key performance indicators (KPIs).• Collaborate with key operational experts across the company to lead, support, and influence new business initiatives.• Participate in weekly, monthly and quarterly business reviews and vendor score-carding to ensure alignment with cost and business objectives.• Strengthen partnerships with current transportation providers and identify potential new providers.• Prepare and present detailed, data-driven business reviews to senior management.A day in the lifeAmazon 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: - Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage - Maternity and Parental Leave Options - Paid Time Off (PTO) - 401(k) Plan 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!BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of program or project management experience- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements- 3+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience- 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience- 2+ years of supply chain experience- Bachelor's degree- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL ...

Are you a visionary personality looking for an opportunity to think big and deliver results? Can you work on developing a holistic long-term Transportation Network strategy that will optimally flow millions of items from thousands of vendors to tens of millions of customers? Do you enjoy breaking down and solving complex problems for the benefit of a quickly expanding customer base, focusing first on our Customer, and working backwards? Do you want to be part of a newly formed and growing organization that is designing and launching new business models across the world? If so, Amazon Extra Large (AMXL) is looking for you. AMXL is a single-threaded organization that owns the end-to-end Customer experience for heavy and bulky products. AMXL consolidates supply chain, tech, FC operations, transportation, delivery stations, and last mile delivery. We also provide special handling services such as Room of Choice delivery, Haul-Away and Installation/Assembly for select items. AMXL currently has operations in NA & EU, with plans to expand to more countries this year.Middle Mile Design and Planning team within AMXL Supply Chain is looking for a leader to lead analysis and execution around transportation network design. As a Sr. Supply Chain Manager, this role requires deep diving overall volume flow between FC, SC and DS, partnering with cross-functional teams to action specific drivers while maintaining or improving customer experience and transportation cost. The candidate will lead programs from the idea inception to implementation while managing multiple, competing projects, and effectively prioritizing them.Key job responsibilities- Lead the Middle Mile Network Design and execution for a large program that has a significant impact on the overall business.- Analyze transportation data, network flows, and operational metrics to identify opportunities for improving efficiency, reducing costs, and enhancing performance.- Develop network modeling and simulation capabilities to evaluate the impact of changes to transportation lanes, modes, and routes.- Drive alignment with multiple stakeholders and partner teams to ensure seamless execution and successful delivery of the business objectives.- Work across the NA organization in a cross-functional environment with the forecasting teams, Fulfillment Centers, Sort Centers, Delivery Stations and Technology teams.- Develop a standard planning process mechanism, delivers a robust operational plan, clearly documents assumptions and initiatives that need to be executed to meet the plan.- Create a feedback loop to improve the processes, sets achievable plans by partnering with cross functional teams and leads major network initiatives from design till implementation by collaborating with stakeholders: Peak, Prime Week, Regional optimizations, integrating specific network programs as needed.- Monitor quality of the network initiatives implementation, monitors progress of initiatives and makes changes to the plan to reflect in the latest quarterly guidance.- Foster communication channels and collaboration with the different Supply Chain execution and Long-Term Planning teams.- Pull and report data from numerous databases (using Excel, SQL and/or other data management systems).- Continuously seek WW AMXL collaboration & standardization of planning cadences/processes across geographies.- Engage other Amazon business units globally to share best practices and improve end to end outcomes for Amazon customers.About the teamThe NA Supply Chain team is responsible for the end-to-end supply chain for AMXL, from initial inventory planning and placement, through fulfillment, middle mile, last mile delivery to the end customer, and back again through customer and vendor returns. Our mission is to set the benchmark not only for a world-class heavy/bulky supply chain, but supply chains in general, delivering best-in-class customer experience, speed and cost.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of program or project management experience- 5+ years of supply chain experience- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements- Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership ...

Amazon’s Ops Tech Solutions Supply Chain (OTS-SC) plans, sources, makes and delivers IT equipment necessary to empower Amazon’s Worldwide Stores Business. OTS-SC responsibilities include Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Management, Scheduling, Capital planning, Risk management, Sourcing, Order processing, Warehousing, Assembly, Provisioning, Transportation, Repair, Replacement and Disposal of IT equipment. Within OTS, the Inventory and Asset Management team is responsible for standardizing and streamlining inventory and asset management processes across First, Middle and Last Mile customers as well as internal warehousing and assembly locations. This role will work cross-functionally with different technical and non-technical stakeholder groups such as Engineering, Deployment, Field and Supply Chain to deep dive existing process opportunities and develop improved process flows for inventory and asset management for both deployed and un-deployed assets. The role will also stand-up new processes due to lack of existing process infrastructure and write data-focused strategy papers to gain alignment. Additionally, this role will develop metrics to define and measure success of the processes being set up. This is an exciting opportunity to develop processes from scratch and identify untapped opportunities that will enable OTS to reduce cost, drive simplification and efficiency. This position will work with multiple stakeholders from different teams across the globe, building scalable and sustainable solutions.Key job responsibilities- Lead the integration of Last Mile facilities into Amazon’s inventory management framework, refining existing policies to accommodate the distinct challenges of smaller, high-turnover sites.- Oversee inventory control for IT products across 5000+ Amazon facilities, including Last Mile sites, ensuring data thresholds are optimized for each location's operational needs.- Manage excess and obsolete (E&O) inventory globally, developing and implementing strategies to repurpose, return, or resell assets in line with Amazon’s inventory management policy.- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across OTS verticals and customer business units to continuously refine and standardize inventory management processes across all facility types.- Identify and resolve process and system gaps as the inventory framework scales to Last Mile sites, ensuring that tracking systems are scalable and capable of handling increased operational complexity.- Define and implement key inventory metrics, such as Optimal Inventory Thresholds, Inventory Shrinkage, Days of Cover, Aged Inventory, and Excess/Obsolete percentages, maintaining alignment with company-wide goals.- Drive the reduction of excess and obsolete inventory across all IT Hub and Last Mile locations by establishing best practices and pursuing year-over-year cost-saving and efficiency improvement targets.- Develop phased program plans with defined milestones and deliverables to ensure the smooth integration of Last Mile sites into the broader inventory management framework.- Lead the development of automated systems to track and report on inventory health, providing stakeholders with real-time, data insights through monthly, quarterly, and annual business reviews.- Communicate inventory program status and results to executive team through detailed white papers, program status updates, and formal business review presentations.A day in the lifeAmazon 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: - Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage - Maternity and Parental Leave Options - Paid Time Off (PTO) - 401(k) Plan 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!BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, operations, engineering, analytics or related field- 5+ years of supply chain experience- 5+ years of program or project management experience- 5+ years of leading large complex programs experience- 5+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience- 5+ years of driving process improvements experience- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements- Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership- Knowledge of Microsoft Excel at an advanced level, including: pivot tables, macros, index/match, vlookup, VBA, data links, etc. ...

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a highly reliable, scalable, and low-cost cloud platform that powers thousands of businesses in over 190 countries. AWS Infrastructure Supply Chain & Procurement (ISCaP) organization works to deliver cutting-edge solutions to source, build and maintain our socially responsible data center supply chains. We are a team of highly-motivated, engaged, and responsive professionals who enable the core sustainable infrastructure of AWS. Come join our team and be a part of history as we deliver results for the largest cloud services company.The ISCaP team is looking for an exceptional TIPM (Technical Infrastructure Program Management) to help us build on this mission as the volume of products, services, and locations continues to grow. The ideal candidate is one who thrives in ambiguity, is very customer obsessed, focused on operational excellence and is willing to take high degree of ownership for their program vision and execution of ideas. The ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization, make data driven decisions, and apply good judgement to manage escalations, competing priorities, and deliverables is essential to this role. Successful candidates will be able to balance think big with realities of delivering on customer promises today. They will also have excellent analytical and creative thinking skills, and the ability to break down complex problems with no clear answers (and at times, conflicting data) into simple, innovative solutions and/or clear, measurable implementation plans. Key job responsibilities- Set up, lead and continuously improve the Supply and Operational Execution (S&OE) meetings with the service teams.- 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.About the teamAbout AWSDiverse ExperiencesAWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.Why AWS?Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.Inclusive Team CultureHere at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.Mentorship & Career GrowthWe’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.Work/Life BalanceWe value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of technical infrastructure management experience- Knowledge of best practices and emerging technologies, related to infrastructure (i.e. network, data center, hardware, software)- Experience with varying scenarios of infrastructure builds ...

The Manager of Networking Planning Technology team will engage work on the rural and super rural expansion strategy, developing tools, analyses, and iterative strategic planning models to help enable the rural distribution, real estate, and coverage plan for Amazon in far-reaching regions. Key deliverables will be engineered databases for long term planning information, developing dashboard and visualization tools to present long range planning scenarios to leaders, automating financial forecasts for ROI / IRR assessments on different investment scenarios, and expediting topology and network strategy questions through innovative modelling techniques. The ideal candidate has experience in network modelling, leading teams in data engineering, analytics, and producing strategic documents to high visibility programs with upper-level leadership. Key job responsibilitiesKey responsibilities of this role include architecting data systems to cleanly present and automate strategic reports, the development of flash reports, writing and contributing to high value CapEx and launch strategy documents, coverage and network heatmaps, and financial analytics. The manager will develop tools and processes to automate critical analyses in long range supply chain plans, produce iterative financial models, and write-ups to leadership on how to interpret the recommendations. This will include, where we ideally want to launch, how many buildings are needed to solve our long term goals, and when is the ideal timing for engaging in new regions. This leader will talk with existing technical leaders in the space, develop data management procedures handle large scale requests, and work cross functionally with several operative teams to align on key inputs. They will also have great people management skills and exemplify strong leadership in ambiguious spaces. A day in the lifeA day in the life of the Network Planning Technology manager will be handling requests on what regions provide ideal paybacks, analyzing how existing regions should be changed to compliment our future plans, and assessing new strategies for entering regions not yet covered by Amazon delivery. They will liaise with key stakeholders, contribute to model changes in line with our long range plan, and establish tenets / standard work for improving our suite of tools and reports for leadership planning cycles. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of cross functional project delivery experience- 5+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience- 5+ years of program or project management experience- 5+ years of team management experience- 2+ years of supply chain experience- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements ...