In-stock Manager, Amazon Merch on Demand

Amazon • Carrollton, TX

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About The Position

Amazon Merch on Demand is a leader in print-on-demand services. If you'd like to
help us build a dynamic print-on-demand platform, this is your chance to help
make history. In this rapidly growing fast paced environment, we are looking for
a motivated, organized self-starters with an entrepreneur spirit, to join our
team as a Senior In-Stock Manager, at our Carrollton, TX location.

This is a unique opportunity to play a key role within the supply chain. We are
looking for a passionate leader with proven experience complex modeling, tool
automation, and collaborating with stakeholders. In this role, you will define
and implement our in-stock strategy across apparel, hardline, and consumable
products. The right candidate is detail-oriented, has experience implementing
automation tools, and builds strong relationships.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 1+ years of professional or military experience
• 1+ years of supply chain, inventory management or project management experience
• 1+ years of with Excel experience

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of the principles of statistical inventory control
• Experience with process improvement techniques such as Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma
• Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency, with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices.
• Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products, workflows, or customer experiences.

Responsibilities

• Owns purchasing metrics, which includes on-time ordering, truck schedule attainment, site fullness, vendor consumption vs plan, invoice holds, and out of stock reason codes.
• Owns driving improvement in inventory health, purchasing efficiency, and costs reduction.
• Acts as a liaison, resolving any issues that may arise with site-level supply.
• Builds systemic and process-related requirements for 3P storage, inventory transfers, and our catalog.
• Defines purchase order plans and truck schedules, referencing vendor forecast and warehouse closures.
• Defines and executes our peak in-stock strategy across sourcing, operational and purchasing stakeholders.
• May be requested to assist in placing purchase orders.
• Owns site-level risk-tracking, with bridges including domestic expedites and site transfers.
• Conducts weekly reviews with stakeholders, communicating in-stock risk where applicable.
• Maintains SKU-level de-activations, reactivations, and inventory thresholds based on site-level inventory availability and sales.
• Maintains purchase automation tools, across apparel, hardline, and consumable products. Creates new tools, as requested.
• Works with internal technical teams to drive a single process change by defining requirements, driving prioritization, and managing implementation.
• Develops key performance dashboards, noting risk to target metrics and in-stock.
• Creates applicable Assistant Buyer SOPs, across all purchase and risk tracking tools.
• As requested, creates purchasing tools, risk track reports and automation proposals.
• May contribute to forecasting and planning tasks.
• Creates domestic new product purchase plans, ensuring products arrive at Merch sites as expected.
• Defines and executes product deprecation strategies, with proposals shared in leadership line reviews.
• Collaborates with stakeholders, on product types to print at each warehouse based on capacity and speed.

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level