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Amazon Sr Manager - Planning, Speed and Long Term Planning in Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Description
Have you ever ordered a product on Amazon websites and wondered how it got delivered to you so fast, and what kinds of systems & processes are running behind the scenes to power the whole operation? If so, this role is for you.
Key job responsibilities
The role: Senior Manager, Long-term planning
You will be responsible for driving the Inventory Placement roadmap to drive end-to-end savings and speed benefits across EU. This is a role for an exceptionally talented person, with high energy and courage, passionate about delivering concrete improvement for our customers, and that want to achieve that using data.
The role includes 60% of stakeholder/project management and 40% analytical activities:
Innovation & Stakeholder/Project management
Use and share your insights with partner teams, to influence/build a roadmap of project to accelerate speed of deliveries in your country
For the most complex and ambitious opportunities, quickly launch new pilots, and build scale-up business case with benefits, bottlenecks, risks and resources required
For the algorithmic opportunities, work with teams of software developers and research scientists to design the next round of software innovation
Lead regular business review with partner teams to monitor the progress of projects in the roadmap. Help into removing bottlenecks
Consolidate progress into crisp and concise data-driven status updates. You will own reporting to Amazon senior leadership (VP-level).
Data Analytics/Science
Deep dive complex data to uncover actionable insights for known and unknown problems
Good expertise with financials modelling (P&L, cashflow, mix/rate)
About the team
Significant experience in an analytical fields
Significant experience in a project/program management role
Ability and strong willingness to use data to answer first time asked questions, and solve large-scale ambiguous problems.
Ability to lead and structure projects, in particular liaising and collaborating with internal partners to influence direction and roadmaps, despite competing priorities
Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, in particular the ability to synthesize clearly complex issues
An entrepreneurial mindset, with the tenacity to develop ideas independently and thrive in fast-paced environment
Candidates must be able to think and operate at all levels (both strategically and tactically)
Basic SQL knowledge
English conversational language is required
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Luxembourg, LUX
Basic Qualifications
Bachelors degree or equivalent
Experience in an analytical field
Ability and strong willingness to use data to answer first time asked questions, and solve large-scale ambiguous problems.
Ability to lead and structure projects, in particular liaising and collaborating with internal partners to influence direction and roadmaps, despite competing priorities
Strong oral and written communication skills are crucial, in particular the ability to synthetize clearly complex issues
An entrepreneurial mindset, with the tenacity to develop ideas independently and thrive in fast-paced environment
Strong knowledge of SQL is mandatory
Preferred Qualifications
Expert in SQL/Redshift is preferred
Ability to progress autonomously in ambiguous environment
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