We're looking for an experienced demand planner for our AMXL Returns network. You will be responsible for managing significant operational and service growth across the North America Last Mile Operations and work with cross-functional and cross-org teams to understand the business and identify customer needs.
We are seeking an experienced leader for an exciting opportunity to work in the last mile delivery space to create forecasting processes to manage forward and reverse logistics in last mile delivery operations. In this role you will deal with ambiguity, identify problem statements and develop innovative solutions to improve Customer Experience, reduce cost and create a best-in-class home delivery network.
The transportation network encompasses all of the operations required to deliver worldwide shipments from our fulfillment channels to our customers.
Key job responsibilities
- Own key metrics and goals such as forecast accuracy
- Create a plan that creates a balance between customer experience, speed and cost
- Own the end-to-end strategy using the forecast as the guidance to achieve that strategy
- Develop deep understanding of transportation planning and optimization tools
- Partner with product, technical, operations and other network planning teams to build scalable solutions
- Designing program mechanisms to reduce bottlenecks, improve communication, identify risks, and gather feedback from worldwide stakeholders
- Create hypothesis on ambiguous problem statements and gather data to create an analysis to prove or disprove these hypotheses.
- Proactively build and manage relationships with key internal stakeholders across the businesses
- Continuous Improvement – Analyze the impact of business changes on demand (region/sites) and continuously improve the forecasting processes by diving deep into the gaps within existing tools and by automation and standardization while working with internal and external stakeholders (Retail, Finance, Transportation, Operations).
- Voice of Customer – Work with all customers (Capacity Planning, Operations, Middle Mile team) to understand and document their changing requirements and create a plan to deliver results for them.
- And finally, rolling up your sleeves to get things done!
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of program or project management experience
- 3+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
- 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
- 2+ years of supply chain experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
- 3+ years of driving process improvements experience
- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $77,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $141,500/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. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.