
Capacity Planning Specialist, Amazon Japan Last Mile Capacity Planning
About the role
Amazon Logistics, Last Mile team seeks a Capacity Planning Specialist to support capacity planning for our Delivery Station operation. Great candidates think like business owners and drive results; look at a challenge, define what is broken and build the solution on behalf of our customers. Successful Capacity Planning Specialist have the ability to think both strategically and tactically to optimize for long-term performance, handle multiple priorities, and take independent decisions in an often times ambiguous environment.
- Key job responsibilities
- Own the weekly cadence for the generation of capacity plans for specific number of stations Japan
- Apply data analysis to identify areas of improvement; continuously driving programs to increase accuracy and quality
- Work cross-functionally to ensure decisions are made and actioned for effective operations
- Challenge the unknown and drive improvement into key areas of our business
- Drive solution designs for end to end capacity building with long term vision
- Work across multiple teams building capacity plans for new station launches, monitoring volume flow, driving network design, and adjusting benchmark productivity assumptions
Basic Qualifications
- 1+ years of supply chain 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.)
- Speak, write, and read fluently in English, and have the ability to take direction in English
- Speak, write, and read fluently in Japanese at a business level or above (N1+)
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field
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Required skills
Capacity planning
Supply chain
Excel
Data analysis
Cross-functional coordination
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