Program Manager, Planning, ATS AM Planning

Amazon's EU ATS Amazon Managed Planning Team develop and implement scalable solutions for Amazon to manage it's middle mile network. Our team's goal is to ensure highest accuracy of Amazon Managed loads, maximize the planning efficiency and Linehaul savings. The team plans capacity for the entire EU network and UK, that require building scalable cost-optimal solutions that work for entire network. As a Planner for Amazon Managed supply you will work on improving existing processes and solutions and challenge the status quo. This will require diving deep into performance data, understanding planning processes on a broader scale and working with multiple teams across Amazon, from Operational teams who are fulfilling customer orders to Program teams and everything in between., Your responsibilities will include running and improving short- and mid-term planning processes for Amazon-managed supply during BAU, with a particular focus on high-volume events. In this role, you will stay close to operational processes and use this knowledge to lead programs that deliver end-to-end impact across Amazon's supply mix by optimizing capacity, reducing costs, and anticipating and mitigating risks.
The Amazon Managed Planner requires good analytical, communication, dive-deep and collaboration skills to deliver against the aforementioned responsibilities successfully. These skills allow the Planner to identify process improvement opportunities and drive solutions within ATS Amazon Managed space. Also, the Planner requires the ability to create the trust by sustaining best practices in process and program implementation, ensuring all changes are fully aligned and visible to the impacted teams, and influence the large multitude of stakeholders across various cross-functional teams.

A day in the life
ATS Amazon Managed Planner role and responsibility consists of managing an existing Amazon Managed planning process with a defined roadmap, and delivering complex projects aligned with the planning team's vision of quality, automation and scalability. The Planner streamlines existing processes and identifies solutions for internal customers. In this role, the Planner works on solving complex operational problems related to constraints, demand and supply.

About the team
Amazon couldn't deliver at pace without the Amazon Transportation Service (ATS) team. As part of ATS, you'll be welcomed into a diverse team that plays a central role in our success. Using air, sea and road transport, you'll help Amazon's transport run at maximum efficiency. Our team captures data and uses it to drive decisions. They are key to making Amazon more innovative and efficient. We put safety first as our people are our priority. And we use the expertise of our people to get packages to their destination - quickly, conveniently and sustainably.

Knowledge of Microsoft Excel at an advanced level, including: pivot tables, macros, index/match, vlookup, VBA, data links, etc.
- Experience working cross-functionally with tech and non-tech teams
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to drive improvements
- Experience in project or program management
- Experience in creating process improvements with automation and analysis, or experience communicating results to senior leadership
- Bachelor's degree, or Bachelor of Arts degree
- Experience working with multiple groups of stakeholders
- Experience implementing process improvements

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
- Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field

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