Description
DESCRIPTION:
Do you want to be part of an organization that is developing and launching new business models? If so, Amazon’s Fill Rate team within Network Engineering & Scheduling Technology (NEST) is looking for an experienced Transportation Analyst with a strong record of achieving results, to own and build scalable solutions for a quickly growing business segment. We are looking for a leader who is passionate about building new businesses, solving complex problems for our customers, and establishing end-to-end transportation scheduling processes. Amazon transportation encompasses all of the operations that deliver worldwide shipments to and from our fulfillment centers and third-party locations. The team needs an exemplary analyst with broad technical skills to develop data visualizations and build automation solutions that drive business decision making and process improvement.
Key job responsibilities
- Retrieving and analyzing large sets of data using Excel, SQL, and other data management systems.
- Develop and/or understand performance metrics to assist with driving business results.
- Monitor existing metrics, building new metrics, and partnering with internal teams to identify process and system improvement opportunities.
- Escalate problems or variance in the information and data to the relevant owners and teams and follow through on the resolutions to ensure they are delivered.
- Work within various time constraints to meet critical business needs, while measuring and identifying activities performed.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with SQL
- Experience managing large data sets and utilizing to drive performance and process improvements
- Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g., pivot tables & charts, multiple criteria lookups, nested logical/IF formulas, data cleansing, array formulas, etc.)
- 1+ years of program management, logistics, operations, supply chain, transportation, or equivalent experience
- High school or equivalent diploma
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience in Operations, Supply Chain, or Logistics field
- Experience in data mining, ETL, etc. and using databases in a business environment with large-scale, complex datasets
- Fluency in a modeling language such as Python or R
- Experience with statistical analysis, co-relation analysis
- Excellent communication, both verbal and written as one may be required to create a narrative outlining weekly findings and the variances to goals, and present these finding in a review forum.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.