Supply Chain Program Manager, Startup Supply Chain - GES

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The international Startup Supply Chain team is looking for a motivated Inventory Manager professional to run multiple deployment warehouses in Mexico & Brazil in order to support our Startup team in launching new sites and expanding Amazon network. The role of Startup Inventory Manager is to coordinate around 5 deployment projects per year, performance manage local Inventory Managers, and 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 risks. Building strong relationships with our suppliers is a key part of this role as well as the ability to work with multiple stakeholders involved in each of the projects.

Key job responsibilities

1. Drive cross-functional strategic initiatives to improve supply chain efficiency and overall cost structure.
2. Lead and execute all Supply chain tasks on the projects from (Bill of Materials) BoM definition to ordering and inventory control.
3. Drive complex business analysis to identify business opportunities to improve internal and external processes.
4. Work cross-functionally to identify and apply best practices and continuous process improvements.
5. Act as point of escalation for vendor management and contractors.
6. Manage supplier’s operational excellence through data-driven metrics.
7. Automate dashboard and metric reporting.
8. Provide scalable solutions for specific warehousing and inventory issues.
9. Set project requirements and drive agendas across internal and external teams.
10. Act as the supply chain interface with the whole project team internally.
11. Able to foresee risks, escalate them and influence the stakeholders to develop and execute the mitigation plans.
12. Responsible to get 100% right materials on time to enable the sites readiness for launch.
13. Own the supply chain KPIs to deliver the right material on time in full quantity.

A day in the life
The SC Program Manager interacts on a daily basis with procurement teams, execution project managers, 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 internationally, particularly in Mexico and Brazil.

About the team

With more and more customers to be served in emerging countries i.e. Mexico & Brazil, Amazon is opening new Fulfilment Centres every year. The international 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 15 countries across EMEA & Emerging Countries.

Minimum Requirements

1. Bachelor’s degree
2. 5+ years of Warehouse Management experience
3. 5+ years of project management experience
4. Fluent in English and Spanish (C1+)
5. 2+ years of material flow management and external vendors management
6. Excellent Microsoft Office skills including Excel
7. Experience in a warehouse lead role managing multiple sites
8. Ability to travel to sites up to 50% of the time

Preferred Qualifications:
• Warehousing, supply chain, inventory management, finance, vendor and/or project management experience
• Fluent Portuguese

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