Strategic Supply and Demand Planner - Grocery FTC, Amazon EU fresh and Perishable Grocery Instock

Full Job Description

*Role can be based in Manchester or London - This is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract

We are seeking a talented, dedicated, and highly analytical Strategic Supply and Demand Planner to drive selection and in-stock for Amazon UK Fresh programs. This is a unique opportunity to play a key role on an important initiative at Amazon. This position requires a candidate with proven analytical skills with experience driving process improvement, thought leadership, and delivering results.

The Strategic Supply and Demand Planner will be responsible for executing inventory strategies to optimize customer experience, sales, margin and turns. They will be relentlessly focused on delivering high in-stock rates in order to meet the needs of our customers. They will dive deep core drivers of in-stock performance, and proactively identify opportunities to improve tools and work flows. This role interacts closely with retail and operations business partners across Amazon, and is pivotal to the growth of this strategic initiative.

The successful candidate will communicate effectively across teams and levels, while balancing the needs and requirements of internal and external customers. Flexibility and the ability to prioritize in a changing business environment will also be key. Our team culture is goal-oriented, collaborative and driven to achieve results. We seek an individual who is motivated by a fast-paced and highly entrepreneurial environment who is willing to roll up their sleeves and get things done.

Key job responsibilities

• Maintain excellent in-stock rates for owned category and/or region
• Execute inventory strategies to optimize sales, turns, and inventory health
• Monitor, analyze and own key performance indicators such as in-stock rate, procurement lead time (PLT), fill rate, forecast accuracy and turns
• Forecast and manage efficient inbound and outbound inventory flows and health, including forecasting, purchasing, and removing unproductive inventory
• Drive root cause analysis/reporting on operational issues, develop action plans and project manage improvements with the ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
• Work with internal teams collaboratively, to help drive tools and process improvements that affect purchasing and procurement workflows, with emphasis on automating tasks that are currently performed manually.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, operations, engineering, analytics or related field
• Experience doing one of several roles: quantitative/financial analysis, retail buying, retail planning & allocation, product/project management, pricing, marketing or e-commerce
• Experience in data-driven business operations processes
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel at an advanced level, including: pivot tables, macros, index/match, vlookup, VBA, data links, etc.
• Experience managing multiple projects and priorities across teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in retail, project management, supply chain, inventory management, sourcing, finance and/or consulting
• Experience with data analysis tools such as Excel, Pivot Tables, SQL, Tableau, etc.
• Experience using data to drive root cause elimination and process improvement
• Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving, or experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis
• Experience in high impact roles in operations including Vendor Management, Supply Chain, and Retail Operations
• Experience in manufacturing, production, distribution logistics environments, retail, or grocery management roles

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Bachelor's degree, or Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, operations, engineering, analytics or related field Experience doing one of several roles: quantitative/financial analysis, retail buying, retail planning & allocation, product/project management, pricing, marketing or e-commerce Experience in data-driven business operations processes Knowledge of Microsoft Excel at an advanced level, including: pivot tables, macros, index/match, vlookup, VBA, data links, etc. Experience managing multiple projects and priorities across teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams