Headcount Planner, Amazon Advertising

Amazon Advertising is the earths most customer centric advertising program and is dedicated to driving measurable outcomes for brand advertisers agencies authors and entrepreneurs. Our ad solutionsincluding sponsored display video and custom adsleverage Amazons innovations and insights to find attract and engage intended audiences throughout their daily journeys helping advertisers build brand awareness increase product sales and more.

Advertising Forecast and Strategy team (F-ACTS FnS) organization owns the end-to-end Forecasting and Strategic planning for Advertising Services org.

We are looking for an experienced professional with excellent analytical skills and strong business acumen to develop and implement innovative strategical Headcount Planning tools and mechanisms in a fast-paced and innovative environment at a global scale.

This role requires someone with strong analytic skills and business acumen who will work with stakeholders on strategic planning/projects within Amazon Advertising.

Some examples of project work may include support of long-term Amazon Advertising site strategy; planning models development input forecasting and general project evaluation for Amazon Advertising network cost quality scale flexibility and business continuity.

The ideal candidate will have a strong analytic background that enables him/her to manage global network planning a demonstrated ability to think broadly and strategically about Advertising initiatives and the ability to persuade executives to build consensus on objectives.

Key job responsibilities
Leading Amazon Advertising Headcount Planning initiatives and strategy.
The successful candidate will work in lock step with multiple business teams: Campaign management Scaled Design Advertising Operations and QA organizations Program Management Training Recruitment and Finance leadership.
Optimize headcount capacity for the business by balancing customer experience/service levels employee experience operational flexibility and cost effectiveness.
Manage the analysis of daily weekly and monthly reporting of key performance indicators.
Ownership of Service Level and Occupancy goals at a WW level
Coordination of global analytic roll-ups in support of project work and reporting as needed.
Create new reporting & analytic opportunities by analyzing and understanding key planning processes
Thought leadership on integration of new products/services supported by Advertising.
Document writing and presentations up to the director level.

- Bachelors degree in mathematics engineering statistics computer science business administration or a related field
- 3 years of capacity planning operations planning business analysis or similar experience
- Experience in quantitative and qualitative research
- Experience with SQL and advanced Excel
- Experience in written and verbal communication with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders
- Experience that includes strong analytical skills attention to detail and effective communication abilities
- Experience dealing well with ambiguity prioritizing needs and delivering measurable results in an agile environment

- Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a Masters degree or above in a relevant field
- Experience with data scripting languages (e.g. SQL Python R etc.) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R SAS or Matlab)
- Experience in automation and programming
- Knowledge of Six Sigma tools and Lean techniques

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