Transport Planning Manager

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Transportation Planning Manager
At Amazon we believe that every day is still day one. A day to take the first step and a day to look forward to new challenges. And today is that day for you. It's your day to be part of something great. A day to make your ideas come to life and your day to join a company that redefines itself every day. That's the energy and passion behind Amazon.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
· Track existing metrics to detect & remove defects
· Analyze existing trucking versus required capacity, especially to support peak
· Project support ensuring Amazon requirements are communicated & executed
· Support the Operations Planning (OP) Process: goal settings
· Identify opportunities for continuous improvement
· Accountable for maintaining and executing the creation of the line haul schedule, associated systems & input files
· Manage the team to perform ongoing analysis & work with appropriate teams to develop and improve scheduling methodologies and systems
· Accountable for managing and improving scheduling metrics to identify trends and shortcomings and drive scheduling accuracy
· Facilitate communication and coordination between different teams (Supply &Operations Planning, Fulfillment Centers, Final Mile, Carrier Management) and coordinate the creation of a schedule that meets all stakeholder’s expectations and concerns
· Deep dive call outs from stakeholders, identifying problem statements, root causes & corrective actions through to solution
· Produce metrics for each of the tasks executed by the team
· Able to escalate if needed the problems or variance in the information to the relevant owners and teams and follow through on the resolutions to ensure they are delivered
· Attend & organise calls to manage network change / improvements
· Continuous review & improvement of processes

To be successful in this role, you need a passion for making data driven decisions which will have direct impact on customer experience. Some keys to your success are the ability to be an effective communicator to various audiences. The ability to remain flexible and adapt to learning new tools and systems is instrumental in your role on the team. Our environment is deadline driven, fast paced, and requires you to be detail-oriented and comfortable interacting and working with multiple teams (business and technical).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· 2+ years of experience working within transportation industry
· Proficiency in SQL
· Master’s degree or equivalent in Logistics/Supply Chain/Mathematics/Science/Engineering/Business Development
· Experience developing and growing a business/start-up/association

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor’s Degree in Logistics, Transportation, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Statistics, Finance or related industry experience
· Excellent communication, both verbal and written as one will be required to communicate with external and internal stakeholders
· Advanced computer proficiency in Excel
· Fluent in English
· Should be comfortable with a multi-tasking in a high-energy environment