Supply Chain Manager, AMXL First Mile Strategy

Amazon • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

The FM Strategy team influences ASIN forecasting and buying signals for the AMXL
network to optimize inventory placement and network efficiency. This role owns
deep-dive analysis of buying opportunities and building a multi-year roadmap for
systematic improvements to AMXL's buying systems. You'll identify and fix buying
system issues hampering our ability to buy enough inventory, partner with SCOT
teams to improve baseline forecasting models for seasonal and new products, and
develop hybrid buying strategies that balance Direct Import vs. Domestic
sourcing. The role requires strong analytical capabilities (SQL), ability to
influence cross-functional partners (SCOT, Category teams, IPC), and strategic
thinking to define the right metrics and entitlements for AMXL buying
optimization at scale.

About the team
AMXL First Mile (FM) Strategy team is responsible for driving Inventory
Placement and Health strategy for the North America AMXL network, which involves
optimizing placement of Retail and Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) inventory as well
as balancing the AMXL network for inventory cube versus demand. The team manages
inputs into Amazon inventory placement systems/tools for the AMXL network,
influence inventory forecasting and buying signals, and partners with Supply
Chain Optimization Tech (SCOT) and AMXL Category teams on various
inventory/placement and Optimal Inventory Health (OIH) related initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of program or project management experience
• 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
• Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
• Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
• 3+ years of driving process improvements experience
• Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
• Experience building processes, project management, and schedules

Responsibilities

• Conduct deep-dive analyses to identify buying system issues and opportunities for AMXL network optimization
• Build and maintain multi-year roadmap for buying system improvements and forecast accuracy enhancements
• Define entitlements and success metrics for AMXL buying strategies
• Partner with SCOT teams to systematically fix buying system issues and improve baseline forecasting models
• Develop hybrid buying strategies balancing Direct Import vs. Domestic sourcing based on cost and placement optimization
• Influence SCOT and Category teams to implement buying improvements at scale
• Collaborate with Science teams on forecasting model development for AMXL-specific characteristics
• Partner with S&OP and Finance teams on trade-off analysis and capacity planning
• Perform SQL-based analysis on forecast accuracy, buying patterns, and inventory positioning
• Identify opportunities to incorporate external signals (e.g., weather for seasonal products) into forecasting
• Analyze goal alignment challenges for seasonal and new products
• Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual forecasting and planning overhead
• Challenge status quo on metrics and methodologies (e.g., "What's the right metric for AMXL success?")

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level