Transportation Planning Manager, First Mile

The First Mile Transportation Planning Manager role provides Operations with solutions for in-station operations, both year-round and during seasonal peaks.

The ideal candidate is passionate about using data to deliver actionable plans that impact the business. They have a strong track record of delivering results and are experienced in executing within a cross-functional environment, leveraging analysis and data. They thrive in a fast-paced setting, working with large datasets, and solving highly complex and ambiguous problems.

As a Transportation Planning Manager in the First Mile area, you will work on the weekly and daily cadence for generating labor and supplies plans for Seller Processing Centers, ensuring the organization is well-prepared for future demands. You will analyze execution gaps to improve future plans and collaborate across teams to ensure decisions align with the overall business strategy.

The impact of this position is significant, as it involves making decisions that affect the entire country network of one of the largest companies in the world. A proven track record of sound judgment is essential. At Amazon, you will be encouraged to use this judgment as you grow and develop your career.

Key job responsibilities

You will work with the Supply Chain team to transform volume inputs into labor plan outputs on a weekly and daily cadence.

You will be responsible for continuously improving this process, as well as analyzing and reporting results to the business. By collaborating with Finance, Operations, and other teams, you will ensure that your plans are precise, actionable, cost-effective, and continuously optimized.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. We celebrate not only the diversity of our workforce but also the diverse ways we work.

A day in the life

You will:

• Work with teams across Amazon to turn volume forecast inputs into an executable plan output;

• Interact with stakeholders across the Amazon and First Mile network to ensure Day of Pickup plan execution is optimal;

• Support leadership with important data analytics to ensure prompt and precise decision-making.

• Focuses on daily volume planning of equipments and supplies for UTR, in short, medium and long term.

• Responsible for the inputs and outputs that define SPC's capacities across the network.

• Works close to the Supply Chain, Procurement and Engineering team, to align SPC capacities and supplies with External Fulfillment needs

• Analyze and propose optimization for FM network to achieve speed goals while maintaining cost efficiency

• Experience managing teams
• Experience in program or project management
• Experience delivering cross functional projects
• Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel (macros, pivots, lookups) at an advanced level
• Bachelor's degree in BI, finance, engineering, statistics, computer science, mathematics, finance or equivalent quantitative field
• SQL advanced

• Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization
• Experience in data mining, data management, reporting, and SQL queries

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