Production Planning Analyst, Production Planning Team

Amazon


Date: 6 days ago
City: Bengaluru, Karnataka
Contract type: Full time
Description

Amazon is a US-based multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Amazon.com started as an online bookstore, but soon diversified into many other categories, with a vision to be earth's most customer-centric company & to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online.

Amazon's Global Finance Solutions (GFS) team is a fast-paced, team-focused, dynamic environment and delivering great experiences for our customers is top priority. GFS is seeking a Production Planning Analyst to support our production planning team (PPT).

At Amazon, delivering great experiences for our customers is top priority. The Production Planning Team ensures Amazon’s 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 on-going hourly staffing plans and shift structures in all of our Fulfillment Centers or delivery stations for the regions we cover. We are looking for a passionate, analytical and technical person who will be improving the accuracy and efficiency of the planning process.

An analyst 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 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 lock-step with multiple business teams including FC operations’ leadership, HR, finance leadership, supply chain, transportation and the software development team in Seattle.

Key job responsibilities

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 MEU and potentially wider EU 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 forward-looking 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

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent training or certifications
  • Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to drive improvements
  • 1+ years of SQL, ETL or Oracle experience
  • - 2+ years of complex Excel VBA macros writing experience
  • - Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with handling of large datasets
  • Preferred qualifications
  • - Experience working with Tableau

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 https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.


Company - ADCI - Karnataka

Job ID: A10428883

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