Business Intelligence Engineer, Forecasting Analytics
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Job Summary
Amazon has the worlds most complex supply chain: we fulfill global demand for hundreds of millions of products at lightning fast delivery speeds. We need your skills to optimize our supply chain with the end goal of delighting our customers. A core part of the supply chain operations is Demand and Inbound Forecasting: We forecast the demand and arrival of tens of millions of products. The forecasts are used to make many decisions such as automatically order hundreds of millions worth of inventory decide where to place that inventory and establish labor plans for WW warehouses.
We are looking for a Business Intelligence Engineer to develop new tools and metrics to monitor and improve forecast health. You will do this by generating metrics and insights that detect forecast problems and use those insights to develop mechanisms to correct forecasts at scale. You will have the resources and tools to help you deliver this mission and also the support from partner teams like Data Engineering Data Science and Product.
A successful candidate will be customer obsessed - the Forecasting org has 50 unique customers. You will need to balance long-term thinking with short-term actions. You will be comfortable navigating an ambiguous environment know how to confirm and reconfirm assumptions and be able to harmonize disparate points of view.
Key job responsibilities
- Use business intelligence data modeling and statistical analysis best practices to create reporting and give insight to the forecast against large multi-dimensional datasets from multiple sources.
- Work with Sr. BI Engineers Product Managers and deep learning Science and Engineering teams to design build and implement forecasting metrics; perform analysis to identify the root cause of issues and generate actionable insights to recommend solutions.
- Engage stakeholders to gather business and functional requirements translate the requirements into operable solutions that work well within the overall data architecture.
- Build tools to analyze large amounts of data that uncover forecasting issues and convey insights which highlight forecast performance and explain variance.
- Participate in the full development life cycle end-to-end from design implementation and testing to documentation delivery support and maintenance.
- Keys to success in this role include exceptional analytical thinking knowledge of statistical analysis tools judgment and communication skills. The candidate will need to be able to extract insights from data and be able to clearly communicate appropriate triggers and actions.
A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location the number of regularly scheduled hours you work length of employment and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular full-time employees include:
1. Medical Dental and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. RRSP
About the team
We are ASIN Forecasting Analytics Team. We monitor the ASIN demand and inbound inventory forecasts for Amazon businesses WW. We report on historical forecast performance the changes of future forecasts and the health of future forecasts. We partner with stakeholder teams across supply chain retail and operations to assess the future forecast against existing supply conditions. Lastly we develop intervention models to correct forecasts when defects exist or for scenarios that are not addressed adequately by core addition to forecast accuracy we help manage forecast volatility.
- 2 years of analyzing and interpreting data with Redshift Oracle NoSQL etc. experience
- Experience with data visualization using Tableau Quicksight or similar tools
- Experience with one or more industry analytics visualization tools (e.g. Excel Tableau QuickSight MicroStrategy PowerBI) and statistical methods (e.g. t-test Chi-squared)
- Experience with scripting language (e.g. Python Java or R)
- Masters degree or Advanced technical degree
- Knowledge of data modeling and data pipeline design
- Experience with statistical analysis co-relation analysis
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
CAN ON Toronto - 61400.00 - 102600.00 CAD annually
We are looking for a Business Intelligence Engineer to develop new tools and metrics to monitor and improve forecast health. You will do this by generating metrics and insights that detect forecast problems and use those insights to develop mechanisms to correct forecasts at scale. You will have the resources and tools to help you deliver this mission and also the support from partner teams like Data Engineering Data Science and Product.
A successful candidate will be customer obsessed - the Forecasting org has 50 unique customers. You will need to balance long-term thinking with short-term actions. You will be comfortable navigating an ambiguous environment know how to confirm and reconfirm assumptions and be able to harmonize disparate points of view.
Key job responsibilities
- Use business intelligence data modeling and statistical analysis best practices to create reporting and give insight to the forecast against large multi-dimensional datasets from multiple sources.
- Work with Sr. BI Engineers Product Managers and deep learning Science and Engineering teams to design build and implement forecasting metrics; perform analysis to identify the root cause of issues and generate actionable insights to recommend solutions.
- Engage stakeholders to gather business and functional requirements translate the requirements into operable solutions that work well within the overall data architecture.
- Build tools to analyze large amounts of data that uncover forecasting issues and convey insights which highlight forecast performance and explain variance.
- Participate in the full development life cycle end-to-end from design implementation and testing to documentation delivery support and maintenance.
- Keys to success in this role include exceptional analytical thinking knowledge of statistical analysis tools judgment and communication skills. The candidate will need to be able to extract insights from data and be able to clearly communicate appropriate triggers and actions.
A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location the number of regularly scheduled hours you work length of employment and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular full-time employees include:
1. Medical Dental and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. RRSP
About the team
We are ASIN Forecasting Analytics Team. We monitor the ASIN demand and inbound inventory forecasts for Amazon businesses WW. We report on historical forecast performance the changes of future forecasts and the health of future forecasts. We partner with stakeholder teams across supply chain retail and operations to assess the future forecast against existing supply conditions. Lastly we develop intervention models to correct forecasts when defects exist or for scenarios that are not addressed adequately by core addition to forecast accuracy we help manage forecast volatility.
- 2 years of analyzing and interpreting data with Redshift Oracle NoSQL etc. experience
- Experience with data visualization using Tableau Quicksight or similar tools
- Experience with one or more industry analytics visualization tools (e.g. Excel Tableau QuickSight MicroStrategy PowerBI) and statistical methods (e.g. t-test Chi-squared)
- Experience with scripting language (e.g. Python Java or R)
- Masters degree or Advanced technical degree
- Knowledge of data modeling and data pipeline design
- Experience with statistical analysis co-relation analysis
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company Amazons package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription basic life & AD&D insurance) Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) paid time off and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.
CAN ON Toronto - 61400.00 - 102600.00 CAD annually
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Business Intelligence
- Cognos
- SQL
- Power BI
- QlikView
- Data Visualization
- ssrs
- Tableau
- SSIS
- Data Modeling
- Data Warehouse
- Data Analysis Skills
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