We are seeking a talented, dedicated, and highly analytical Strategic Supply and Demand Planner to drive selection and in-stock for Amazon UK Fresh programs. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role on an important initiative at Amazon. This position requires a candidate with proven analytical skills with experience driving process improvement, thought leadership, and delivering results.
Location
Role can be based in Manchester or London.
Key Job Responsibilities
- Maintain excellent in-stock rates for owned category and/or region.
- Execute inventory strategies to optimize sales, turns, and inventory health.
- Monitor, analyze and own key performance indicators such as in-stock rate, procurement lead time (PLT), fill rate, forecast accuracy and turns.
- Forecast and manage efficient inbound and outbound inventory flows and health, including forecasting, purchasing, and removing unproductive inventory.
- Drive root cause analysis/reporting on operational issues, develop action plans and project manage improvements with the ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.
- Work with internal teams collaboratively to help drive tools and process improvements that affect purchasing and procurement workflows, with emphasis on automating tasks that are currently performed manually.
Basic Qualifications
- Experience doing one of several roles: quantitative/financial analysis, retail buying, retail planning & allocation, product/project management, pricing, marketing or e-commerce.
- Experience in data-driven business operations processes.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Excel at an advanced level, including pivot tables, macros, index/match, vlookup, VBA, data links, etc.
- Experience managing multiple projects and priorities across teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Bachelor's degree, or Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, operations, engineering, analytics or related field.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in retail, project management, supply chain, inventory management, sourcing, finance and/or consulting.
- Experience with data analysis tools such as Excel, Pivot Tables, SQL, Tableau, etc.
- Experience using data to drive root cause elimination and process improvement.
- Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving, or experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis.
- Experience in retail, operations and/or business management.
- Experience in manufacturing, production, distribution logistics environments, retail, or grocery management roles.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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