• Senior Product Manager - Tech, Scot IPC

    Amazon (Bellevue, WA)


    Description

    The Core Buying team within the Supply Chain Optimization Technologies organization seeks a Product Manager to help evolve cutting-edge algorithms that determine how much inventory to buy (for 1P) and where each unit entering the Amazon Fulfillment Network worldwide should be placed to maximize shipping speed and minimize cost (for both 1P and 3P).

     

    Key job responsibilities

     

    -Build product roadmap(s) to manage inventory at scale for WW

     

    -The leader would work closely with software developers, scientists, analytics and business teams to get the products developed.

     

    -Envision, define, build and launch data product and features that enable our data systems and stakeholders to uncover new insights and fine-tune operations to meet business goals

     

    -Coordinate feature development across multiple engineering teams to ensure our feature requirements are delivered

     

    -Drive stakeholder efficiencies through feature enhancements and automation that streamline the data analysis and decision-making process

     

    -Learn the needs, pain points and behavior of Retail business & Supply Chain users and develop strong intuition about solutions that will work for them

     

    -Frame and lead discussions with key business and technical stakeholders to assess opportunities, make data-driven recommendations, and build consensus ahead of important investment decisions

    About the team

    The Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT) organization owns Amazon’s global inventory management systems: we decide what, when, where, and how much we should buy to meet Amazon’s business goals and to make our customers happy. We do this for millions of items, for hundreds of product lines worth billions of dollars of inventory world-wide. Our systems are built entirely in-house, and are on the cutting edge in automated large-scale business, inventory and supply chain planning and optimization systems. We foster new game-changing ideas, creating ever more intelligent and self-learning systems to maximize the efficiency of Amazon's inventory investment and placement decisions.

     

    The Core Buying operates within Amazon's Supply Chain Optimization Technology/Inventory Planning and Control organization. Its primary responsibility is strategically determining the inventory level for Retail and influencing placement of every inventory unit for both the Retail and FBA businesses across all Amazon websites globally.

    Basic Qualifications

    - Bachelor's degree

     

    - Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition

     

    - Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product

     

    - Experience contributing to engineering discussions around technology decisions and strategy related to a product

     

    - Experience managing technical products or online services

     

    - Experience in representing and advocating for a variety of critical customers and stakeholders during executive-level prioritization and planning

    Preferred Qualifications

    - Experience bridging technical and business teams to collect and refine requirements, prioritize incoming work requests, and ensure all committed work is delivered on time

     

    - Experience performing statistical analysis of data using SQL, Excel and other tools

     

    Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

     

    Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

     

    Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235,200/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.