We are a fast-growing home and kitchen Amazon e-commerce business seeking a rockstar Amazon Inventory & Operations Associate to join our team. This is a critical role that requires managing multiple aspects of our Amazon supply chain & inventory management process with opportunity for growth within the company. The ideal candidate will have related experience to some or all of the following: Amazon Inventory Management, purchase order creation, coordinating and negotiating with freight forwarders, inventory forecasting & management with a 3PL warehouse, project management and experience with Amazon Seller Central. We’re looking for someone who’s both comfortable diving into detailed spreadsheets, managing complex moving parts in a global supply chain and also zooming out to the big-picture strategy around our supply chain and business. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is very detail-oriented, extremely reliable, proactive, highly organized, strives for excellence in their work, and seeks a long-term full-time role with growth and advancement in the company.
*Core Responsibilities include:*
– Creation and management of Purchase Orders
– Ensuring a 100% In stock rate and replenishing Inventory at Amazon Fulfillment Centers & 3PL
– Managing complex Google Sheets/Excel files for supply chain and inventory management
– Forecasting inventory demand requirements
– Reconciling shipments & missing inventory with Amazon Seller Central
– Reviewing and auditing inspection reports
– General Amazon listing creation and management on Amazon Seller Central
– General project management for multiple active Purchase Orders in a fast-paced startup environment
*Requirements:*
– Experience with Amazon inventory management, supply chain and/or logistics of physical products on Amazon (or related experience)
– Very proficient in Excel/Google Sheets and comfortable with formulas & spreadsheets (e.g., lots of vlookups, nested and/or complex formulas, etc)
– Performs well under pressure; extremely organized and proactive
– Excellent and clear written and verbal communication skills in English
– Extremely reliable and detail oriented (almost obsessive due to the nature of this type of work)
– Thrives in a high performance team with high expectations, hardworking and highly ambitious
– A positive and friendly attitude, detail-oriented, reliable, and a desire to learn and grow on the job
– Bonus: Significant experience with an Amazon ecommerce business / Amazon Seller Central
*Work Schedule:*
– Flexible and fully remote (work from home); must be available for communication (slack and/or video conferencing) until at least 2 pm EST (Mon-Fri)
*Training and Support:*
– Extensive training (paid), SOPs, and onboarding provided during the first few week
– Opportunity to work and learn from a highly experienced CEO/Founder
*Salary Range:*
– Competitive pay and negotiable based on experience and qualifications
– Full-time (e.g., 40/hrs per week)
*Benefits:*
– Potential for individual/company level bonus based on performance
– Opportunity to grow with the company over time based on performance
– Eligible for “13 month” bonus (prorated based on number of months worked)
*To apply for this job, please follow these steps:*
Change the email subject line to “I Want to Work for [insert our publicly available company email address for our business Potato Ventures here] – as an Amazon Inventory & Operations Associate.” (or start your application with this sentence) – if you don’t do this your application will be ignored.
In the first few sentences of your message, explain why you are interested in this position and why you believe you are a good fit. Please limit your response to 2-3 sentences.
Next, include the following questions in your message, using numbers to make it easy for us to read:
1) Describe your experience working with Amazon inventory management, Supply Chain and/or Amazon operations roles; provide any relevant details and please be brief
2) If you are currently in a role (or have recently left one), why are you interested in switching jobs/roles?
3) If you are currently actively seeking work (e.g., not employed), when was your most recent job and why did you decide to leave?
4) What are you looking for in your next job/role? What is most important to you? List at least 3 things.
5) Why are you interested in this specific role?
6) Are you looking for Full-time or Part-time work (or either)?
7) Do you have any experience working with an Amazon focused business specifically? If not, what related experience do you have (e.g., e-commerce, Shopify, Project Management, etc). Please elaborate briefly on any relevant/related experience you have.
8) If selected for next steps, there will be a short relevant supply chain assignment and a short Google Meet/Zoom interview between us and video will be required. Are you able to do this?
9) Did you use ChatGPT to generate your responses? (yes/no)
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please do *not* use ChatGPT (or similar) generated responses in your answers, we want to get to know you, not ChatGPT; if used your application will be ignored (note Grammarly is ok).
Thank you!
Zaid
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