Supply Chain Program Manager , EU Startup
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The EU Startup Supply Chain team is looking for a motivated program Manager professional to run the external warehouses and the assets transfer process across multiple warehouses in EMEA in order to support our Startup team in launching new sites and expanding Amazon network. The role of Supply chain program manager is to manage $15MM of assets on annual basis, performance manage local Inventory Managers, drive cross-functional strategic initiatives to improve inventory management. The role requires candidates to be able to deep dive into the system data and identify opportunities and risk.

The role is an individual contributor one with many stakeholders to influence both internally or externally. Its a program management role which require strong project management skills and experience.



Key job responsibilities
• Drive cross-functional strategic initiatives to improve supply chain efficiency and overall cost structure
• Inventory control ownership
• Drive complex business analysis to identify business opportunities to improve internal and external processes
• Work cross functionally to identify and apply best practices and continuous process improvements
• Act as point of escalation for vendor management and contractors
• Manage supplier’s operational excellence through data driven metrics
• Automate dashboard and metric reporting
• Provide scalable solutions for specific warehousing and inventory issues
• Set project requirements and drive agendas across internal and external teams
• Act as the supply chain interface with the whole project team internally.
• Able to foresee risks, escalate them and influence the stakeholders to develop and execute the mitigation plans
• Responsible for 100% compliance with VAT/TAX requirement on asset transfers
Build solution to provide visibility on the available assets for reuse
Establish effective business relation with trade and compliance teams to effectively manage x-regions transfer process
• Own the supply chain KPIs to deliver the right material on time in full quantity



A day in the life
The Supply Chain Program Manager interacts on daily basis with procurement teams, execution program manager, material suppliers and installation vendors to understand the material needs, track the supply chain operation and escalate risks. The candidate should be able to analyze large sets of data to get the right information and make the right decisions on material management between different sites to be launched in EU and MENA.

About the team
With more and more customers to be served in Europe, Amazon is opening new Fulfilment Centres every year. The EMEA Startup Supply Chain Team is responsible for getting these buildings ready with everything in place ready for the first package to leave the site. The vision of Startup Supply Chain team is to manage the material from bill of material definition to the deployment completion, ensuring on time supply & assembly of about 4.000 items per project, from over 500 suppliers in 12 countries.