At Amazon, we're working to be the world’s most customer-centric company. Driving innovation on behalf of customers is core to our mission. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the most strategic, impactful, and fastest growing areas within Amazon.
This role requires one to be a self-starter with good business modeling skills, keen attention to detail and good track record of collaborating with diverse stakeholders. This role has regular interaction with senior leadership and stakeholders across Amazon and requires good verbal and written communication skills. The candidate will need to be capable of operating with a high degree of autonomy and hence needs to demonstrate a high degree of comfort with ambiguity besides holding a high bar on performance. The candidate will need to have a proven track record for hiring, developing and retaining the best talent.
Key job responsibilities
- Design and implement mechanisms to improve Operational Excellence Culture
- Training and mentoring Operations team on Lean and Six Sigma projects
- Manage the documentation and status of all GB / YB / Lean projects
- Provide periodic project updates, including major successes / challenges, to senior management
- Managing and constantly improving the idea management (ideation to implementation) process
- Deliver Financial Savings through projects
- Conduct Data Analysis, VSMs and FMEAs to identify improvement opportunities as and when needed
- Able to handle Accounts Payable process study and identify the gaps.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in BI, finance, engineering, statistics, computer science, mathematics, finance or equivalent quantitative field, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of quantitative role (engineering, process re-engineering, quality assurance) experienceBachelor's degree in engineering, statistics or business, or a Six Sigma Black Belt and experience as a lean senseiExperience in manufacturing, process, or industrial engineeringExperience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients3+ years of change management experienceCan work proactively and independently, meet deadlines, and deliver on projects and tasksExperience in building financial and operational reports / data sets that inform business decision-making, or experience in identifying incomplete or inaccurate data, identifying the root cause and creating / implementing an escalation planExperience with data analysis tools such as Advanced Excel, SQL, Tableau, Python14+ years of program / project management and cross-functional experience working with tech and non-tech teams, including defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Articulate and able to communicate with employees at all levels across the organization, from front-line associates to executives through white papers as well as verbal communicationCourageous and willing to stand up for their ideas within appropriate guidelines.Proficient in obtaining, organizing, and analyzing data to make fact-based decisions and drive root cause analysisOur inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.