Senior Capacity Planning Manager

Amazon, (www.amazon.com) a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, Washington, is the global leader in e-commerce. Since Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1995, we have significantly expanded our product offerings, international sites, and worldwide network of fulfillment and customer service centers.

Today, Amazon offers everything from books and electronics to tennis rackets and diamond jewelry. We operate sites in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada, Italy, and China (Joyo.com) and maintain dozens of fulfillment centers around the world which encompass more than 26 million square feet. Amazon.com brand has become synonymous with a superior level of convenience, selection, low prices, and customer service.

At Amazon, we strive to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. We- ve invested more than $2 billion in technology and content to date to solve some of the most complex technical challenges in distributed systems, operations, data mining, optimization, scalability, security and algorithms.

At Amazon, we hire the world's brightest minds and offer them an environment in which they can relentlessly improve the experience for our customers. We want you to help share and shape our mission to be Earth's most customer-centric company.

Amazon's evolution from Web site to e-commerce partner to development platform is driven by the spirit of innovation that is part of our DNA. We do this every day by solving complex technical and business problems with ingenuity and simplicity. We- re making history and the good news is that we- ve only just begun.

Roles & Responsibilities :

- An innovative Operations leader with superior analytical and planning abilities and preferred experience in Network Design/Topology Design and Capacity planning.

- Has knowledge and experience in direct-to-customer fulfillment operations as well as excellent technical, problem-solving, and communication skills

- Finds practical and simple solutions to complex problems without sacrificing quality or core functionality

- Experience defining projects, collecting requirements, designing process and system solutions, writing detailed functional specifications, coordinating efforts to scope, schedule; as well as analyzing cost/benefit of feature selection and communicating results throughout the organization

- Ability to utilize exceptional problem solving, and communication skills to influence business and technical audiences

- Helps develop long-term department strategies and significantly influences the cross-company project development and delivery processes and standards.

- May have direct people management responsibilities, Mentoring individuals for overall performance and effectiveness in specific situations

Basic Qualifications :

- Candidates must be independent and flexible, with solid communication skills, and a strong customer focus.

- Outstanding analytical, problem solving, and organizational skills.

- Must be detail-oriented with a demonstrated ability to self-motivate and follow through on issues.

- Candidate must have basic Supply Chain and Planning knowledge through work experience or coursework.

- Proficiency in SQL, Microsoft Excel and basic programming skills.

- At least 8-10 years of experience as an Operations/ Planning manager.

- Strong verbal and written communication skills.

- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

- Strong program management skills and ability to prioritize in complex, fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Engineering Degree, Masters in Management studies or MBA. APICS (CSCP)

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