Strategy & Planning Mgr , EU Amazon Logistics - London, United Kingdom - Amazon UK Services Ltd.

Description

In this role, you will own strategic, tactical, cross-functional and technology projects and programs within AMZL to meet our long-term goals.

You will be responsible for scoping and creating project plans, developing processes, coordinating and driving execution, and communicating to senior management on status, risks and process/product changes.

In this role you will work with senior leaders across multiple organizations and geographies, and balance customer research, data analysis, project and stakeholder management, and internal/external communication.

• Manage full lifecycle complex cross-functional programs with considerable impact across multiple organizations
• Work closely with partner teams and stakeholders in and outside of your organization to deliver; partner with teams to source, allocate, and coordinate resources
• Analyze data and drive improvements that are quantified with metrics.
• Own reporting on the state of initiatives, measuring improvements and impact of changes.
• Work autonomously in an ambiguous environment, seeking to understand business problems, automation limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions and reasons behind leadership decisions
• Solve ambiguous problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks (before they become roadblocks)
• Work with program managers, business leaders and executive team to communicate and impact critical business initiatives.
• Develop, implement, and govern Key Performance Metrics (KPI) reporting for a portfolio of programs, providing visibility to the milestones, and performance across all projects
• Set-up mechanisms to audit and perform necessary course corrections where needed to meet business objectives.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of product/ program management experience
• 3+ years experience in Supply Chain, Transportation or Operations field

• MBA preferred
• Experience handling changing priorities and use good judgment in stressful situation
• Experience thinking big and influencing others on programs needs in order to achieve sustainability goals
• Experience with Tableau or other data visualization tools
• Experience with SQL
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive actions; including working knowledge of Excel
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work crossfunctionally, building trust with key stakeholders to collaborate on impactful solutions
• High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple / competing priorities simultaneously
• Excellent business judgment and a practical, common sense approach to getting things done