Capacity Planning and Optimization Specialist

3 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Amazon Full time

As a key member of Amazons Transportation Services team, we are seeking a highly skilled Capacity Planning Analyst to support Network Capacity Management in capacity planning functions in the EU Middle Mile transportation network.

The team provides our network with cost-optimal and flexible capacity solutions for operations and ensures to scale for seasonal peak demand increases.

In this role, you will drive customer experience by directly influencing development, planning and execution of production planning cycles to ensure robust and cost optimal labor plans.

You are constantly monitoring, evaluating and challenging planning inputs and provide data-driven insights to improve our performance in a growing business.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Building short- and medium-term operational capacity plans to optimize cost and service associated with staffing
  • Analyzing planning gaps/deviations and translate them into actionable items to improve future plans
  • Interacting with business teams (e.g. finance, forecasting) to validate and challenge inputs variables using a data-driven approach
  • Focusing on controllership, driving continuous improvement and standardization of processes, including implementation of planning best practices and automation initiatives
  • Communicating complex analysis, insights and results to senior leadership to influence and support tactical and strategic business decisions
  • Working with a variety of data sources, being able to identify incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying root causes, escalating discrepancies, partnering on the resolution and executing fixes
  • Analyzing and solving business problems related to data deviations through identifying root causes, driving corrective-actions and implementing processes and mechanism to insist on highest standards

About the Role:

You will be part of a team driving major projects to standardise our processes and make improvements to our operations.

About the Team:

Amazon couldnt deliver at pace without the Amazon Transportation Service (ATS) team.

As part of ATS, you will be welcomed into a diverse team that plays a central role in our success.

Using air, sea and road transport, as well as sortation centres equipped with the latest technology, you will help Amazons transport run at maximum efficiency.

Requirements:

  • A degree in business, supply chain, transportation, economics or a technical field
  • Relevant experience working in a supply chain, transportation, project management or management consulting role
  • Relevant experience working with the MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) in a professional environment
  • Relevant experience of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including your peers and leadership

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Relevant experience in process improvement
  • Operational background
  • Understanding of SQL
  • Experience with data visualisation tools such as Tableau, Power BI or QuickSight

What Youll Get:

A day in the life of our team member involves focusing on our business objectives from improving efficiency to increasing reliability and finding creative ways to make these happen.

You will be part of a team driving major projects to standardise our processes and make improvements to our operations.



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