📦 Instock Account Specialist – Amazon Now (Quick Commerce) | Amazon Hiring
🏢 Company: ASSPL - Karnataka
Amazon is seeking a talented, dedicated, and analytical Instock Account Specialist to improve product selection and in-stock availability for Amazon Now. The role focuses on inventory strategies, stock health, sales performance, and operational process improvement to support a better customer experience.
Quick Commerce | Inventory & Operations
📌 Job Description
Amazon is looking for an Instock Account Specialist to drive product selection and in-stock availability for Amazon Now, its quick-commerce business.
The successful candidate will execute inventory strategies that optimise customer experience, sales, margins, and inventory turns. The role requires strong analytical skills, process improvement capabilities, and a focus on delivering results.
The specialist will analyse the key drivers of in-stock performance, identify opportunities to improve tools and workflows, and collaborate closely with retail and operations business partners across Amazon.
🔑 Key Responsibilities
- Maintain excellent in-stock rates for the assigned category and/or region.
- Execute inventory strategies to optimise sales, inventory turns, and overall inventory health.
- Monitor, analyse, and manage key performance indicators, including in-stock rate, procurement lead time (PLT), fill rate, forecast accuracy, and days of cover (DOC).
- Forecast and manage efficient inbound and outbound inventory flows.
- Support inventory forecasting and purchasing activities.
- Identify and manage unproductive inventory to improve inventory health.
- Analyse stock availability and proactively identify opportunities to improve performance.
- Identify improvements to tools and workflows that support inventory management.
- Work closely with retail and operations business partners to support business growth and customer experience.
🎓 Basic Qualifications
- At least 1 year of sales experience.
- Bachelor's degree.
⭐ Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Familiarity with Excel for data analysis and reporting.
📊 Key Inventory Metrics
- In-Stock Rate: Measures product availability for customers.
- Procurement Lead Time (PLT): Tracks the time associated with procurement.
- Fill Rate: Measures how much of the required quantity is fulfilled.
- Forecast Accuracy: Evaluates how closely forecasts match actual demand.
- Days of Cover (DOC): Estimates how long available inventory can support demand.
- Inventory Turns: Indicates how efficiently inventory is moving through the business.
- Inventory Health: Helps identify excess or unproductive stock and opportunities for improvement.
🚀 Why Consider This Opportunity?
- Work in Amazon's quick-commerce business.
- Gain exposure to inventory planning, stock availability, and supply chain performance.
- Work with retail and operations stakeholders.
- Develop analytical and process improvement skills.
- Contribute to better product availability and customer experience.
🛠️ Key Skills
- Inventory Management
- Stock Availability and In-Stock Performance
- Sales Analysis
- Inventory Forecasting and Purchasing
- Inventory Health and Stock Optimisation
- Procurement Lead Time Analysis
- Fill Rate and Forecast Accuracy Monitoring
- Days of Cover (DOC) Analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- Analytical Thinking and Problem-Solving
- Process Improvement
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
📝 Interview Preparation Tips
- Understand the basics of inventory management, replenishment, and stock availability.
- Review inventory metrics such as in-stock rate, fill rate, forecast accuracy, and days of cover.
- Practise Excel fundamentals, including sorting, filtering, formulas, and pivot tables.
- Prepare examples of analytical problem-solving and process improvement from your work or studies.
- Understand how excess inventory and stockouts can affect sales and customer experience.
- Prepare to discuss your sales experience and how you use data to support decisions.
📩 How to Apply
Eligible candidates can visit the official Amazon careers website to review the complete job details and submit their application online.
📍 Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
🆔 Job ID: 10570055
🎓 Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree
⏳ Minimum Experience: 1+ year of sales experience