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Snr Instock & Supply Chain Manager (French speaker) - Fixed Term Contract, FR/UK Books
On-site in London·Added 7 days ago (last checked 3 Nov)
Our summary
- Work mode
- On-site, London
- Languages
- French
- Experience
- 5+ years
Skills
This job advert was originally written in French.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- At least 5 years of professional experience in one of the following areas: Supply Chain, Operations, Inventory Management, Planning, Consulting.
- Degree from a top-tier engineering or business school required, ideally in a technical or analytical discipline.
- Highly analytical, flexible, action-oriented and results-oriented profile, autonomous, comfortable with databases and IT tools.
- An effective communicator working with some of Amazon's most important partners and vendors, as well as with internal teams.
- Ability to operate clearly in an ambiguous environment; strong ability to influence.
- University degree required, ideally in a technical or analytical discipline, industrial engineering or business administration
- 5+years of track record in Supply Chain Management, Logistics or Consulting, ideally in a global context
- Proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
- Expert knowledge of Excel
- Fluent English and French languages, excellent verbal and written communication
Nice to have
- Experience in the retail and/or e-commerce sector
- Experience with Business Intelligence (BI) tools, e.g., Tableau and QuickSight, as well as in management reporting
- Ability to write SQL queries
- MBA or MSc
- Training in process improvement or quality assurance, notably Kaizen or Six Sigma
- Experience in Retail and/or eCommerce
- Experience in BI tools e.g. Tableau, Quicksight and management reporting
- Ability to write SQL queries
- MBA or MSc
- Trained in process improvement or quality assurance, Kaizen or Six Sigma
The role
French:
Please note that this is a 14-month fixed-term contract starting in March 2026, and the position may be based in Paris, Luxembourg, or London.
Do you love books and reading? At Amazon Books, we believe that reading is essential for a healthy society; our mission is to inspire readers by making reading easier and getting the most out of reading. Every member of our team has a significant impact on readers' enjoyment.
The Amazon Books team is looking for a talented, intelligent, and highly analytical Instock & Supply Chain Manager. We are looking for candidates passionate about innovation, high-impact operational actions, continuous improvement, and possessing a strong entrepreneurial spirit.
The successful candidate for this position will focus on improving processes in collaboration with our vendors, while ensuring that category and company operational metrics are well-respected and under control.
You must be ready to challenge the status quo and improve existing processes in order to enhance the customer experience.
English:
Please note that this is a fixed-term contract of 14 months starting March 2026, and that the position can be based in Paris, Luxembourg or London.
Our mission is simple: Amazon strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online.
At Amazon Books we believe reading is essential for a healthy society; our mission is to inspire readers by making it easy to read more and get more out of reading. Everyone in our team has a meaningful impact on delighting our customers.
We are looking for a talented, smart and highly analytical Senior Instock & Supply Chain Manager with passion to secure product availability, large scale impact and operational improvements, with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. The candidate must be fluent in French and English.
You will be responsible for Vendors' Operational Excellence, Product Availability and Inventory Health. Your key responsibilities will include:
What you'll do
- Deliver maximum product availability in the Books category, ensuring healthy inventory levels and optimal supply chain organization.
- Improve systems/processes in collaboration with technical teams, vendor operations, and inventory management.
- Work with vendor managers and other team members to execute promotional campaigns and optimize procurement.
- Prepare and analyze tracking metrics to improve inventory management.
- Be a leader beyond your own categories and work jointly with Amazon's engineering teams.
- Manage data at scale to guide decision-making.
- Manage multiple projects - prioritizing, planning, and delegating appropriate tasks.
- Drive maximum product availability while trading-off between healthy inventory levels and delivery speed
- Analyze both supply chain related processes and large data sets, identify improvement potentials and system enhancement opportunities to make clear recommendations for business actions and own the implementation of changes
- Drive and own the development of metrics and analytics: audit existing metrics and suggest new KPIs to track continuous improvement; be responsible for reporting to senior leadership
- Join forces and collaborate with multiple different stakeholders, including Tech teams, Vendor Management and Operations, as well as external Vendors
- Force-multiply solutions in a worldwide organization collaborating across geographies while considering local peculiarities
Hiring process
Online application
Assessments
Online test · Not every role
Role-specific online assessments where the role requires them.
Phone screening
Phone call · Not every role
If you meet the basic qualifications you may be asked to complete a phone screening.
Interview loop
With current employees
Individual interviews with current employees, each assessing different aspects of your skills and experience; in person or remote.
- Some candidates move directly to the interview loop without a phone screening.
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About Amazon
- Industry
- E-commerce and Cloud
- Founded
- 1994
- Employees
- 1,000,000+
- Headquarters
- Seattle, USA
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