Instock Manager - Fashion Inventory Planning
Posted date [2026-10-04]
(ID: 52943)
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Job Description and Requirements
Instock Manager - Fashion Inventory PlanningJob Snapshot
Role: Instock Manager
Location: Dubai, UAE
Industry: Retail
Function: Inventory Planning and Management
Experience: 4+ years in supply chain, inventory management or project management
Job Type: Full Time
Position Overview
Amazon is hiring an Instock Manager in Dubai, UAE to lead inventory planning, operational performance and improvement initiatives for a growing fashion category. The role is responsible for maintaining strong product availability and inventory health while improving forecasting, replenishment, vendor performance and the systems that support retail inventory management.
The Instock Manager will combine supply chain expertise with business analysis and cross-functional project management. Working with vendor managers, marketing managers, fulfillment teams and other internal stakeholders, the role will identify opportunities to improve sales, profitability, customer experience and operational efficiency.
Job Details
Country: UAE
City: Dubai
Industry: Retail
Function: Inventory Planning and Management
Salary: Not disclosed
Gender: No Preference
Candidate
Nationality: Not specified
Job Type: Full Time
Work Arrangement: On-site
Inventory Planning and Availability
Own inventory availability and health across the assigned fashion category, ensuring inventory decisions support customer demand and broader business objectives.
- Improve in-stock availability across the category.
- Manage inventory planning and inventory health.
- Support systematic forecasting activities.
- Monitor inventory requirements and replenishment performance.
- Improve inventory efficiency within fulfillment centers.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen inventory planning processes.
- Balance product availability with healthy inventory levels.
Vendor Operational Performance
Work with vendors to improve the operational inputs that influence inventory availability and replenishment.
- Improve vendor operational efficiency.
- Monitor and improve vendor fill rates.
- Address opportunities related to vendor lead times.
- Work with vendors on inventory and supply chain efficiency.
- Identify operational constraints affecting product availability.
- Partner with vendor managers on initiatives supporting sales and profitability growth.
Forecasting and Replenishment
The Instock Manager will work on key system inputs required to achieve highly automated replenishment.
This includes examining forecasting and inventory signals, identifying gaps affecting replenishment performance and working with internal teams to improve the tools and processes used for purchasing and inventory management.
Business Analysis
Conduct complex analysis to identify opportunities for stronger business and operational performance.
- Analyze inventory and operational performance.
- Identify opportunities to improve cost structure.
- Evaluate drivers affecting profitability.
- Use data to identify process and inventory improvement opportunities.
- Translate analytical findings into actionable business initiatives.
- Support decisions affecting inventory, purchasing and vendor management.
Systems and Process Improvement
Lead initiatives that improve the systems and workflows supporting inventory management.
- Drive cross-functional system improvement projects.
- Lead process improvement initiatives.
- Work with internal teams on tools affecting purchasing workflows.
- Improve processes supporting vendor management.
- Identify opportunities to automate or simplify inventory activities.
- Support systems development related to operational requirements.
- Drive projects from problem identification through implementation.
Sales and Profitability
Partner with vendor managers and marketing managers to support category growth.
The role will connect inventory availability with commercial performance, helping ensure products are available to customers while identifying opportunities to improve sales and profitability. Inventory planning decisions should support both customer experience and efficient retail operations.
Cross-Functional Project Management
The Instock Manager will coordinate initiatives involving multiple business and operational teams.
Projects may involve inventory planning, fulfillment center efficiency, purchasing workflows, vendor operations, replenishment systems and broader process improvements. The role requires ownership of results and the ability to move complex initiatives forward across functional boundaries.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor\'s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Supply Chain, Operations or a related discipline, or 3+ years of professional or military experience.
- 4+ years of experience in supply chain, inventory management or project management.
- 3+ years of experience using Excel.
- Experience leading process improvement, systems development and project management.
- Experience in operations, IT, retail, consulting and/or finance with a history of owning and driving results.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of statistical inventory control principles.
- Experience with process improvement techniques such as Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma.
Key Skills
- Inventory planning and management.
- Inventory availability optimization.
- Inventory health management.
- Supply chain operations.
- Demand forecasting.
- Automated replenishment.
- Vendor performance management.
- Fill rate improvement.
- Lead time optimization.
- Microsoft Excel.
- Business analysis.
- Cost and profitability analysis.
- Purchasing workflows.
- Process improvement.
- Systems development.
- Project management.
- Fulfillment center efficiency.
- Cross-functional collaboration.
Role Impact
This position directly connects inventory performance with customer experience and commercial results. Improving forecasting, vendor execution and replenishment helps maintain product availability, while effective inventory health management supports cost efficiency and profitability.
The Instock Manager will also help strengthen the underlying systems and processes, creating more efficient and scalable ways to manage inventory as the fashion category grows.
Workplace Inclusion
Amazon supports an inclusive workplace and provides accommodations or adjustments during the application, interview and onboarding process for candidates with disabilities who require assistance.
About the Company
This position is with Amazon Middle East and North Africa FZ-LLC. The Instock Manager will support Amazon\'s fashion retail operations through inventory planning, vendor performance improvement, replenishment optimization, business analysis and cross-functional process development.
Job Type: Full Time
Work Arrangement: On-site
Inventory Planning and Availability
Own inventory availability and health across the assigned fashion category, ensuring inventory decisions support customer demand and broader business objectives.
- Improve in-stock availability across the category.
- Manage inventory planning and inventory health.
- Support systematic forecasting activities.
- Monitor inventory requirements and replenishment performance.
- Improve inventory efficiency within fulfillment centers.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen inventory planning processes.
- Balance product availability with healthy inventory levels.
Vendor Operational Performance
Work with vendors to improve the operational inputs that influence inventory availability and replenishment.
- Improve vendor operational efficiency.
- Monitor and improve vendor fill rates.
- Address opportunities related to vendor lead times.
- Work with vendors on inventory and supply chain efficiency.
- Identify operational constraints affecting product availability.
- Partner with vendor managers on initiatives supporting sales and profitability growth.
Forecasting and Replenishment
The Instock Manager will work on key system inputs required to achieve highly automated replenishment.
This includes examining forecasting and inventory signals, identifying gaps affecting replenishment performance and working with internal teams to improve the tools and processes used for purchasing and inventory management.
Business Analysis
Conduct complex analysis to identify opportunities for stronger business and operational performance.
- Analyze inventory and operational performance.
- Identify opportunities to improve cost structure.
- Evaluate drivers affecting profitability.
- Use data to identify process and inventory improvement opportunities.
- Translate analytical findings into actionable business initiatives.
- Support decisions affecting inventory, purchasing and vendor management.
Systems and Process Improvement
Lead initiatives that improve the systems and workflows supporting inventory management.
- Drive cross-functional system improvement projects.
- Lead process improvement initiatives.
- Work with internal teams on tools affecting purchasing workflows.
- Improve processes supporting vendor management.
- Identify opportunities to automate or simplify inventory activities.
- Support systems development related to operational requirements.
- Drive projects from problem identification through implementation.
Sales and Profitability
Partner with vendor managers and marketing managers to support category growth.
The role will connect inventory availability with commercial performance, helping ensure products are available to customers while identifying opportunities to improve sales and profitability. Inventory planning decisions should support both customer experience and efficient retail operations.
Cross-Functional Project Management
The Instock Manager will coordinate initiatives involving multiple business and operational teams.
Projects may involve inventory planning, fulfillment center efficiency, purchasing workflows, vendor operations, replenishment systems and broader process improvements. The role requires ownership of results and the ability to move complex initiatives forward across functional boundaries.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor\'s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Supply Chain, Operations or a related discipline, or 3+ years of professional or military experience.
- 4+ years of experience in supply chain, inventory management or project management.
- 3+ years of experience using Excel.
- Experience leading process improvement, systems development and project management.
- Experience in operations, IT, retail, consulting and/or finance with a history of owning and driving results.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of statistical inventory control principles.
- Experience with process improvement techniques such as Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma.
Key Skills
- Inventory planning and management.
- Inventory availability optimization.
- Inventory health management.
- Supply chain operations.
- Demand forecasting.
- Automated replenishment.
- Vendor performance management.
- Fill rate improvement.
- Lead time optimization.
- Microsoft Excel.
- Business analysis.
- Cost and profitability analysis.
- Purchasing workflows.
- Process improvement.
- Systems development.
- Project management.
- Fulfillment center efficiency.
- Cross-functional collaboration.
Role Impact
This position directly connects inventory performance with customer experience and commercial results. Improving forecasting, vendor execution and replenishment helps maintain product availability, while effective inventory health management supports cost efficiency and profitability.
The Instock Manager will also help strengthen the underlying systems and processes, creating more efficient and scalable ways to manage inventory as the fashion category grows.
Workplace Inclusion
Amazon supports an inclusive workplace and provides accommodations or adjustments during the application, interview and onboarding process for candidates with disabilities who require assistance.
About the Company
This position is with Amazon Middle East and North Africa FZ-LLC. The Instock Manager will support Amazon\'s fashion retail operations through inventory planning, vendor performance improvement, replenishment optimization, business analysis and cross-functional process development.
