Description

The Amazon Fresh Grocery team is looking for an inspiring leader for our Demand Planning team. This leader will manage a team of demand planners for our Beverages, Alcohol, and Non-Food Grocery business. They will be responsible for ensuring their team has built the highest quality forecasts for selection we sell instores and online. This requires someone with both excellent quantitative skills as well as the ability to manage a wide range of stakeholders. You should feel comfortable using data to build scalable systems and processes that allow our business to grow. Your expertise will drive innovation, efficiency, and lasting impact.

The successful candidate will have a passion for leading and developing a high performing team. This candidate will be strong with analytics, thought leadership, tactical process development, and a willingness to move fast and experiment often. You should feel comfortable with ambiguity, have strong attention to detail, and be motivated by a fast-paced environment. You will be expected to be thoughtful in your pursuit of results and thrive in a high energy environment where tactical and strategic activities are driven in parallel.

Key job responsibilities

• Manage a team of Demand Planners that will forecast for their category and vendors.

• Represent Amazon when meeting with senior executive teams from top vendors and building long term strategic relationships.

• Set goals and strategic direction for your team, ensuring alignment with broader business goals and vision.

• Partnership with category, marketing and financial leaders to ensure teams are hitting targets and delivering results on behalf of customers.

• Analyze and audit team forecast variances, dive deep to understand root causes, create bridges for forecast variance and present in business reviews.

• Write documents and updates that communicate insights in a digestible manner to senior leaders.

• Collaborate with Vendors, Category Teams, Marketing, Operations, and Finance teams, to establish a consolidated demand plan that meets topline goals.

• Inspect demand forecasts critically and challenge assumptions from business teams.

• Partner with internal teams to develop tools, automation, and process improvements.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of with Excel experience

• Bachelor's degree, or 5+ years of professional or military experience

• Experience working with complex data sets

• Experience communicating results to senior leadership

• Experience hiring, training, managing and inspiring teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of statistics or other analytical techniques

• Experience with SQL

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $109,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.