Inventory Planner, TAP

The Capacity Planning Team provides cost-optimal and flexible capacity solutions for in-station operations, year-round and enabling the business to scale for seasonal peak demand increases. This role is based out of the London corporate office. The ideal candidate is passionate about leveraging data to deliver actionable insights that impact daily business, has a strong delivery record and experienced in driving execution in a cross-functional environment, backed by analysis and data. They thrive in a fast-paced environment, relish working with large amounts of data, and enjoys the challenge of solving highly complex, and sometimes ambiguous problems.

Key job responsibilities
In this position, you will take ownership of labor planning as soon as you start, you’ll exercise sound judgement, making sure plans are realistic and achievable. And it’ll be worth it; the impact you could have, within one of the world’s biggest, most innovative companies, won’t go unnoticed. At Amazon, we trust the people we hire and provide plenty of support to help to set you up for success . Our culture is very learn-by-doing oriented; you will take control of your career.

A day in the life
As a Planning Analyst you will be working on the weekly cadence for the generation of labor plans to make sure the organization is well prepared for the future. You will analyze execution gaps to improve future plans. You will work cross-functionally and build key relationships to ensure that decisions are made and actioned enabling operations to run as effectively as possible.
You will also have the opportunity to work on continuous improvement projects spanning from process improvement to in-house tools development for automation and optimization.
A successful candidate enjoys problem solving, is comfortable accessing and working with big data from multiple sources, and is enthusiastic about partnering with other teams across the business to deliver results. You should have an internal drive to challenge the status quo, excellent analytical skills, as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills. You should be a self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity, naturally curious, and be involved in the details.

Basic Qualifications

Obtained a degree in the last 2 years in engineering, statistics, computer science, business analytics, information systems or related field
· Proficient in MS Excel
· Fluent in SQL
· Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

· Work experience in operations/supply chain/logistics
· Previous coding experience in R, Python, or VBA. · Experience with Data visualization tool (Tableau/Quicksight/PowerBI or equivalent)
· Prior experience as a capacity planner or S&OP analyst
· Exposure to labour or production planning
· Experience working with data warehouse
· Experience cross functionally
· Experience in complex problem solving, root cause analysis in a business environment
· Experience with supply chain management and transportation concepts

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