Description

The Team: Innovation is part of our DNA! The Amazon Fresh Core Processes team is looking for a Sr. Program Manager that wants to join an ambitious and driven team that is changing the landscape of retail. This role includes ~25% travel to Amazon Fresh Stores nationwide.

The Role: As Sr. Program Manager on the Core Process team, you are the glue bringing together cross-functional teams to deliver efficient, accurate, and simplified field processes for the stores. In this role, you will own the strategy, development, and deployment for in-store inventory health and customer quality programs. Our ideal candidate will work back from core customer needs to develop new standard operating processes that improve efficiency and inventory accuracy. You will consistently work with external and internal stakeholder teams including category, in-stock, supply chain, finance, external vendors, and the store teams that you will serve. You will use data to track the effectiveness of the inventory health programs as well as areas of opportunity for further training or process innovation.

Key job responsibilities

Drive the expansion, improvement, and simplification of inventory health processes within Amazon Fresh Stores
Innovate on behalf of your customer by identifying and building solutions to reduce labor hours, improve team efficiency, and increase inventory accuracy
Work side by side with store teams to test new initiatives and to understand pain points
Develop, test, and roll out new store processes and SOPs
Improve and integrate new associate tools and tech that enable field ops success
Create and monitor metrics to demonstrate progress towards goals, provide new insights, develop business cases, and allow for regular updates to senior leadership
Monitor store’s compliance and progress on key performance indicators. Assess data to make decisions on process iterations
Champion these store programs and develop training to allow your programs to scale
Regularly create detailed written updates and progress toward program goals up to a director and vice president audience
Managing cross-functional project teams while collaborating with key internal and external stakeholders to improve processes and communication mechanisms
Build respect and credibility with individual contributors, stakeholders, management peers, and executives
Spend ~25% of your time in the field launching, supervising, and iterating on new/improved processes

Basic Qualifications

5+ years of program or project management experience
Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
Operations leadership experience (ideally in Retail stores)
3+ years of experience using Microsoft Excel
3+ years of experience successfully managing priorities and resources for customer-experience-driven project/program teams
Proven track record of taking ownership and successfully delivering results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Self-motivated, able to work both independently and collaboratively within a team
Willingness to work 15-25% of your time in stores, this may include travel

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
5+ years’ experience in retail operations
Familiarity with business process improvement documentation and demonstrated experience engaging and influencing key stakeholders including retail field leadership
Ability to work with technical and non-technical business owners to overcome obstacles and deliver results
Six Sigma, Kaizen, Agile, or other Process Improvement methodologies
Knowledge in SQL

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $104,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

Company - Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A2957337

Qualifications

5+ years of program or project management experience
Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
Operations leadership experience (ideally in Retail stores)
3+ years of experience using Microsoft Excel
3+ years of experience successfully managing priorities and resources for customer-experience-driven project/program teams
Proven track record of taking ownership and successfully delivering results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Self-motivated, able to work both independently and collaboratively within a team
Willingness to work 15-25% of your time in stores, this may include travel

Benefits

The base pay for this position ranges from $104,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market
Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Responsibilities

Program Manager on the Core Process team, you are the glue bringing together cross-functional teams to deliver efficient, accurate, and simplified field processes for the stores
In this role, you will own the strategy, development, and deployment for in-store inventory health and customer quality programs
Our ideal candidate will work back from core customer needs to develop new standard operating processes that improve efficiency and inventory accuracy
You will consistently work with external and internal stakeholder teams including category, in-stock, supply chain, finance, external vendors, and the store teams that you will serve
You will use data to track the effectiveness of the inventory health programs as well as areas of opportunity for further training or process innovation
Drive the expansion, improvement, and simplification of inventory health processes within Amazon Fresh Stores
Innovate on behalf of your customer by identifying and building solutions to reduce labor hours, improve team efficiency, and increase inventory accuracy
Work side by side with store teams to test new initiatives and to understand pain points
Develop, test, and roll out new store processes and SOPs
Improve and integrate new associate tools and tech that enable field ops success
Create and monitor metrics to demonstrate progress towards goals, provide new insights, develop business cases, and allow for regular updates to senior leadership
Monitor store’s compliance and progress on key performance indicators
Assess data to make decisions on process iterations
Champion these store programs and develop training to allow your programs to scale
Regularly create detailed written updates and progress toward program goals up to a director and vice president audience
Managing cross-functional project teams while collaborating with key internal and external stakeholders to improve processes and communication mechanisms
Build respect and credibility with individual contributors, stakeholders, management peers, and executives
Spend ~25% of your time in the field launching, supervising, and iterating on new/improved processes

Sr. Program Manager, Inventory Health, Amazon Fresh Stores

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