Assistant Buyer, Amazon Merch on Demand

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Description

Amazon Merch on Demand is the leader in on-demand print services for artists, brands, and content creators. If you'd like to help us drive a continuous improvement culture in this world class organization, this is your chance. We are looking for a motivated, organized individual to join our team and help make history in a rapidly growing, fast paced environment.

We are seeking an experienced Purchasing Coordinator to join our Supply Chain team. Scope of role includes raw material procurement for a dedicated number of Purchasing Centers. The successful candidate for this position will be self-managing, have a high sense of urgency and is driven to achieve a defined service level.

Key job responsibilities

General Work Activities -

• Develop and execute inventory and supply strategies to meet customer needs and achieve business requirements.
• Prioritize activities and align with stakeholders to deliver supplies with a high degree of predictability.
• Manage supplier performance and allocation of material to demands based on priority
• Manage cross-functional projects against plans and objectives to meet commitments and goals
• Identify and drive realization of opportunities for durable, relative advantage in your category
  
  

Function Specific Work Activities

• Purchase raw materials used in the production of customer orders.
• Maintain a targeted weeks of supply protecting site level in-stock.
  
  

Function Specific Work Activities -

• Purchase materials, equipment and supplies from suppliers.
• Assist vendor managers in maintaining supplier relationships by monitoring and addressing supply issues and developing parts and projects.
• Support purchasing team with routine tasks, administrations, projects, improvement initiatives and automation plans.
• Proactively identify supply base opportunities to minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and exploit industry developments that benefit Amazon
• Understand forecasting, demand planning, material planning, and manufacturing processes to verify supply commitments.
• Manage supply buffers and allocation to shorten lead times and build resiliency into the supply chain without driving excess.
• Drive supplier improvement initiatives to continually lower risk and reduce lead times
• Influence suppliers' manufacturing processes, technology decisions, and policies in ways that are mutually beneficial and sustainable for both organizations.
• Conduct regular touch bases with purchasing sites, to monitor missing cases, PO discrepancies, space, and coverage.
• Manage invoice hold processes, to ensure on-time vendor payment.
• Manage special order projects upon request, such as new product launch purchasing and forecast support.
• Publish reporting that monitors in-stock rate, WOC, and actual purchases vs plan.
  
  

Long-Term Responsibilities -

• Process transition management.
• Technology on-boarding, training, and resource
• Subject matter expertise in one or more areas of category management operations.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• 1+ years of procurement experience
• 1+ years of Microsoft Office products and applications experience
• High school or equivalent diploma
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including: pivot tables, v-lookup, etc.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of project coordination experience
• Advanced knowledge of excel (macros, index/match, VBA, data links, etc.), or SQL at an intermediate level (queries, subqueries, aggregation/grouping, data modification, etc.)
  
  

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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