Description

The Supply Chain team is looking for a Principal Product Manager, as part of the Supply Chain analytics team. You will contribute to defining and building inventory placement success metrics, and finding ways to reduce distance to customers by placing the right items in the right Amazon building in order to increase delivery speed and reduce costs. You will chase defects in our systems, leaving no stone unturned to delight our customers with wider selection. This role will give you a unique view on Amazon systems, process and operations, interacting with planning teams, fulfillment centers and worldwide technical teams. If you are someone who has shown success in analyzing, diving deep in complex data, streamlining and identifying process improvement opportunities and pioneering new ways to do things, we’d like to talk to you.

As a Principal Product Manager, you’ll:

• Define strategy by proactively identifying customer needs and looking around corners for business impact opportunities

• Drive strategic alignment with senior leaders using data and insights through decision narratives, and proposals.

• Set multi-year vision and strategy, inspiring annual plans for a team to execute

• Be the customer voice; always work backwards from customers to guide roadmap prioritization decisions.

• Guide project, science and engineering managers with trade-offs between customer benefit and complexity.

• Own regular business reviews with senior leaders/executives WW.

• Evangelize through training, white papers, and presentations to executives

Key job responsibilities

You will lead critical large-scale initiatives for inventory placement WW leveraging analytics, systems and complex data management/visualization and presenting those to different levels within the company:

• Design and own the right set of metrics measuring inventory placement performance

• Work closely with partner teams to align deliverables such as supply chain roadmaps

• Recommend improvements to the placement strategy using modelling and large datasets. You'll guide planning teams and other relevant stakeholders with regards to the mix of products to place in Amazon buildings, maximizing selection and reducing distance to customers and spinning the Amazon flywheel!

• Pioneer new ideas to increase speed and reduce delivery cost to customers

• Pilot and implement your recommendation in production through smart configurations in Amazon systems

• Partner with worldwide technical teams to develop new features

• Clearly communicate goals, roles, responsibilities, desired outcomes, and progress to cross-functional project teams

A day in the life

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options

3. Paid Time Off (PTO)

4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Bellevue, WA, USA | New York, NY, USA

Basic Qualifications

- - 10+ years of professional or military experience

- - Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition

- - Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product

- - Experience with cross-functional teams in an ambiguous environment

- - Strong data analysis skills, ability to produce, interpret and draw conclusions from data, including proficiency in SQL and Microsoft Excel

- - Strong written and verbal communication skills, with history of senior leader interaction

Preferred Qualifications

- - Experience working directly with senior business stakeholders to translate between data and business needs

- - Experience managing, analyzing and communicating results to senior leadership

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $240,900/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.