Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Looking for your next challenge? North America Sort Centers (NASC) are experiencing explosive growth and looking for a skilled, highly motivated and experienced Supply Chain Manager with leadership experience and a strong delivery record to join the NASC Mid-Term Planning Team (US and Canada). The Sort Center network is the critical Middle-Mile solution in the Amazon Transportation Services (ATS) group, linking Fulfillment Centers to the Last Mile. The experience of our customers is dependent on our ability to efficiently execute new programs and manage volume flow through the middle-mile network. The NASC Mid-Term Planning Team is expected to lead network planning to address increasing operational complexity from the evolution of new processes such as containerization, heavy-bulky freight, international shipping, customer returns, and Amazon Robotics solutions. We need to continuously innovate on behalf of our customers and develop new operating models and new science-based planning tools to efficiently match processing supply to logistics demand.
Supply Chain Manager will serve in a planning and gatekeeping function for the NASC network, interacting with all facets of the NASC Network and driving innovation, consistency, increased control, uniformity, and the development of a more efficient centralized network planning process with SC Operations and core Transportation teams in the US and Canada.
Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Supports Planning Functions for NASC including Peak and Prime-Week, with broad scope for US and Canada Sort Centers footprint
- Drives integration of all network programs into a single solve at regional and continental level
- Leads major network changes from design till implementation: Peak, Prime Week, Regional and Continental optimizations, integrating specific network programs as needed.
- Designs all network elements for NASC for all major network transformations: DDU coverage, connectivity, critical pull times, and hourly volume availability profiles.
- Secures quality of the network implementation, leading new SC and cross-dock nodes launch at network level (design, ramp up, config request & supervision)
- Foster communication channels and collaboration with Transportation Configuration teams, SC Operations and all relevant Transportation stake-holders for network changes
- Develops and maintains Network Design related business continuity plans
- Assists in creation of Planning Tech Road-Map for team and promote adoption within team of Operations Research based models and tech solutions to automate processes and optimize network solutions
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Transportation Logistics, or related field
- Experience owning end-to-end long-term strategic planning or capacity planning initiatives
- 3+ years of program or project management experience
- 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Full time,