At Amazon delivering great experiences for our customers is top priority. The Resource Planning Team ensures Amazons Fulfillment Centers have robust and cost optimal labor plans while constantly innovating in a number of areas aimed at improving our customers experience. This person will work with stakeholders and data sources to recommend ongoing hourly staffing plans and shift structures in all of our European Fulfillment Centers. We are looking for a passionate analytical and technical person who will relentlessly dive deep improving the accuracy and efficiency of the planning process.
A planner will be expected to influence network level strategic decisions through partnering with senior stakeholders. The ideal candidate will possess both an analytical background that enables them to support network planning and demonstrate the ability to think broadly and strategically about operational initiatives. They will experience a wide range of problem solving situations requiring extensive use of data collection and analysis. They will work in lockstep with multiple business teams including FC operations leadership HR finance leadership supply chain transportation and the software development team in Seattle.
Responsibilities include:
Interacting with and influencing business and finance customers to gather and present data.
Supporting with input forecasting using trend analysis and statistical modeling to drive decision making.
Be responsible for the Production Planning as well as cost and service optimization for the IN network
Building short/medium and long term operational plans to minimize variable costs associated with staffing
Analyzing and solving business problems with focus on understanding root causes and driving forwardlooking opportunities
Communicating complex analysis and insights to stakeholders and business leaders both verbally and in writing.
Participate in global operational and production planning initiatives and project roll outs to cater to growing business needs
Promote process improvement and standardization of processes across all sites in the network
5 years of Excel (including VBA pivot tables array functions power pivots etc. and data visualization tools such as Tableau experience
Bachelors degree or equivalent
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