Planning & Forecasting Manager, Amazon Private Brands, Buying, Planning, & Instock Management

The Amazon Private Brands team is looking for an entrepreneurial, analytical and highly motivated Planning & Forecasting Manager (PFM) to join our team to launch new high quality selection under Amazon Private Brands. PFM manages customer inputs and works to remove inefficiencies in the supply chain. PFMs play a critical role in delivering the ideal customer experience, ensuring we have the right product quantities, in the right places, at the right time (i.e., “in stock” and available to ship immediately). To achieve this mission as cost effectively as possible, PFMs work to continuously optimize our end-to-end supply chain, engaging with internal stakeholders and sellers to improve operational performance metrics, and driving system and process automation with key stakeholder teams. PFMs own the operational components of the P&L, and are responsible for setting and executing operational strategies to optimize sales, margins, turns, and inventory health. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 4+ years of with Excel experience - 4+ years of supply chain, inventory management or project management experience - Bachelor's degree, or 4+ years of professional or military experience PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Knowledge of the principles of statistical inventory control - Experience with process improvement techniques such as Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma

Amazon is a global technology company operating in e-commerce, cloud computing (AWS), digital streaming, advertising and artificial intelligence. Its India operations span development centres in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Gurugram and Mumbai, covering retail technology, AWS infrastructure, Alexa, advertising, payments and supply-chain systems.