Temporary Role Strategic Supply Chain Manager, EU Hardlines

Join Amazons EU Hardlines (HL) Product Family in any one of our EU locations (London Paris Milan Madrid or Munich) and impact our supply chain across Europe. As a Strategic Supply Chain Manager you will build an in-depth understanding of Amazons commercial frameworks operational processes and programs. Supported by this knowledge you will collaborate with our largest vendors to enhance supply chain cooperation and improve the strategic operations setup. The goal is to maximize product availability for our customers while reducing overall costs and time to serve.

Fixed term contract with June 30th 2028 end date.

Key job responsibilities
- Identify and develop scalable solutions to key operational challenges both internal and external with vendors.
- Optimize key goals through effective program management including but not limited to product availability assisting vendors in meeting Amazons standards ensuring vendors accept returns or advocating for Supply Chain Programs to reduce costs.
- Leverage data to investigate and deliver improvements in key supply chain metrics.
- Own and manage multiple projects collaborating across central program teams and category teams to enhance EU HL supply chain/operations from development through to delivery.
- Collaborate frequently with category teams to contribute to the development of the long-term strategy for category availability and inventory management.


A day in the life
As you enter one of our Retail offices in London Madrid Milan Munich Luxembourg or Paris and grab a first cup of coffee or tea with your colleagues you begin to look forward to your day. Approximately 70% of your time will be spent working with our most important vendors by aligning with internal partners in vendor management and central tech teams before reaching out to the vendors themselves to discuss improvement opportunities. Another 20% of your time will be dedicated to advancing projects you own or contribute to creating a lasting impact across large cohorts of our vendor base and supply chain. Finally around 10% of your time will be devoted to personal development engaging in discussions and working directly with your manager.

About the team
We are a centralized function within the EU Hardlines Product Family. We engage with vendors in Toys and Lawn & Garden business while delivering projects across all 9 business units. As a team our culture is focused around three main areas: providing stimulating roles producing scalable improvements and creating experts who feel true ownership for their areas of responsibility. Our Strategic Supply Chain Managers spread across our EU retail locations own the full vendor-facing supply chain. Improving customer availability remains at the core of the role with a focus on delivering upside via long-term strategic engagement with our vendor base by defining end-to-end supply chain solutions that optimize the processing delivery and receipt of goods. Additionally they are enhancing the customer experience by leveraging their vendor and business knowledge to support continuous improvement of our inventory management systems and optimizing inputs to these systems.

- Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Business Engineering or a related field
- Experience demonstrating strong analytical abilities and confidence in the use of data
- Experience with communication presentation and negotiation

- Masters degree in Supply Chain Business Engineering or a related field
- MBA
- Knowledge of data analytics with tools such as Tableau SQL Quick-sight
- Experience working with Data & AI related technologies including but not limited to AI/ML GenAI Analytics Database and/or Storage
- Experience managing and negotiating contracts and vendor relationships

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Required Experience:

Manager

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1