Senior Continuous Improvement Manager, Consumables Private Brand

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or science discipline or equivalent experience Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification or equivalent experience 5+ years of continuous improvement leadership across operations using Lean Six Sigma Principles (Value Stream Mapping, Standard Operations, Flow, Pull, Problem Solving, Variation Reduction, 5S, etc.
) Experience working on cross-functional technical teams to drive collaborative environment Manufacturing or Private Label experience for Consumable products Strong analytical skills, comfortable collecting new data sets and analyzing to find trends across multiple data inputs, including across metrics reported by suppliers Experience leading Kaizens and Agile work streams The North American Consumables Private Brand (CPB) Team is looking for a Senior Continuous Improvement Manager (Industrial Designer) to join our team and improve operations with and across our supplier base, focusing on product and supplier quality.
The Senior Continuous Improvement Manager will directly engage with external suppliers to identify opportunity areas across their production and operations/quality management, implement improvements for Amazon.
They will develop and maintain tracking mechanisms to hold internal stakeholders and external suppliers accountable against their commitments and Amazon expectations.
They will drive excellence in manufacturing and packaging to implement continuous improvement with our suppliers.
They will break through ambiguity to develop a scalable mechanism for CI with our suppliers.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate bias for action, think big, ownership, deliver results, and relentlessly quality improvements for Amazon.
Across 3rd party sourcing, this candidate will have experience diving deep to gain supplier insights, launching successful improvement initiatives, and developing strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
The candidate will possess attention to detail, excellent communication skills, the ability to drive consensus across multiple stakeholders and be a great team player.
The right candidate will have the ability to work independently and deal with an ambiguous environment while creating and implementing the program’s strategy.
In this role, you will be responsible to: · Work with CPB suppliers to improve product and supplier quality across manufacturing, and packaging that output measured improvements in product and packaging quality and safety.
This includes the creation of appropriate supplier performance KPIs, measuring, reporting, and leadership review.
· Develop/maintain production expertise across consumer packaged goods products and technologies (e.
g.
, raw materials, manufacturing, packaging).
· Identify and drive FCF opportunities for Amazon with our suppliers.
· Maintaining mastery in current best approaches (CBA) across consumables production and continuous improvement spaces.
· Auditing and inspecting post-improvement metrics.
· Organizing and leading performance reviews with suppliers.
· Organizing and leading internal process improvement Kaizens across Amazon practices We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Santa Monica, CA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA MBA, MS or PhD with strengths in Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Management Science, Economics, and related areas Lean Six Sigma Black Belt PMP certified or equivalent project management certification Strong strategic aptitude; proven ability to define the right business strategy and develop the product roadmap to deliver it Experience across multiple manufacturing operations in the Consumables space Experience writing SQL, mining databases and data analytical tools such as Tableau, Power BI, etc.
Effective communication across stakeholders and leadership with the ability to influence external stakeholders Excellent written and verbal skills as well as prioritization and planning skills Willing to travel up to 50% of the time Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, 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 $105,700/year in our lowest geographic market up to $205,600/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.
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