Amazon—Program Manager, Routing and Planning

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Description: Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened its online retail in July 1995 and today, stands as one of the world’s largest internet retailer. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. We operate retail websites in 20+ countries, offering millions of products in more than 40 categories worldwide, and we still like to work hard, have fun and make history. Amazon’s Routing and Planning team is looking for an enthusiastic, customer obsessed Program Manager to manage projects, implement and improve metrics, work in collaboration with Amazon’s technology, product, business and operations teams to create solutions for our internal and external customers. To be successful in this role, you need a passion for making data driven decisions which will have direct impact on the customer experience. Some keys to your success are the ability to be an effective communicator to various audiences. The ability to remain flexible and adept to learning new tools and systems is instrumental your role on the team. Our environment is deadline driven, fast paced and requires you to be detail-oriented and comfortable interacting or working with multiple teams (business and technical). The ideal candidate has a background of running large, cross-functional projects. The candidate is as comfortable working on high-level strategy and design, as they are rolling up their sleeves and working on implementation. They have demonstrated the ability to build customized logistics solutions, drive process improvement, standardize procedures and eliminate the root cause of defects within current systems. This job will require strong communication skills while having the ability to work independently in a high pressure, and often ambiguous, work environment. Passion and drive for customer service is a must. The candidate must be able to accurately prioritize projects, make sound judgments, work to improve the customer experience, and get the right things done. Key job responsibilities · Program manage the solution for last mile related problems from identification, scoping and sizing to creating long term solutions in partnership with tech, product, business and operations · Define success criteria for programs and audits processes and create/ drive right metrics to track and influence program health · Collaborate with multiple teams as a subject matter expert in last mile delivery domain and develop solutions that utilize the highest standards of analytical rigor, data integrity and solves problem for the long term · Identify, develop, manage, and execute analyses to uncover areas of opportunity and present written business recommendations · Analyze and solve business problems at their root Requirements: - 2+ years of program or project management experience - Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g., pivot tables & charts, multiple criteria lookups, nested logical/IF formulas, data cleansing, array formulas, etc.) - Bachelor's degree or equivalent - Experience working in an analytical environment with cross-functional teams - Experience in MS Access and SQL - Experience in requirement gathering and ability to write clear and detailed requirement document 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.