Transportation Planning Manager, ZA

Amazon Middle East, Africa & Türkiye (MEATR) Supply Chain team seeks a Transportation Program Manager in South Africa. This role is part of the centralized Supply Chain Planning function and focuses on program management for planning and executing transportation operations with high business impact.

Key job responsibilities
As a Transportation Planning Manager, you will:
- Own end-to-end short-term planning, forecasting, flow control, and capacity management of Amazon Transportation supply chain operations
- Execute Business As Usual (BAU) and Peak operations
- Define, design, launch, and manage strategic programs to improve planning and forecasting
- Gather requirements and conceptualize network solutions and supply chain models
- Make optimal trade-offs between schedule, resources, scope, and cost
- Apply technical and business knowledge to address risks, challenges, and obstacles
- Work with stakeholders across functions to remove blockers and launch new programs
- Manage technical integration with Amazon systems across retail, merchant, fulfillment operations, transportation operations, and finance technologies
- Set up end-to-end operational, accounting, financial, and performance measurement processes
- Launch and expand programs while maintaining customer satisfaction, performance, and quality metrics

The ideal candidate will own all aspects of how network projects impact customer, shipper, and operator experience. This position offers broad exposure to various business, financial, and technical teams within Amazon and requires someone who excels at dealing with ambiguity.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 4+ years of project/program management experience

- Experience with data and analysis tools including Microsoft Excel and SQL
- Experience communicating results to senior leadership, or experience in solving complex business challenges by delivering accurate and timely financial models, analysis, and recommendations that have a proven impact on business (e.g., financial savings, operational improvements, or customer benefits)
- Experience in oral and written communication
- Experience in making data driven business decisions
- Experience working independently with minimal supervision

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, operations, supply chain, transportation logistics
- Experience in process design and documentation
- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- Proficiency in Python for data analysis and automation

- Experience with machine learning, AI applications, and advanced business analytics

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer, and we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. Amazon is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from South African citizens who are members of designated groups who may contribute to Employment Equity within the workplace and the further diversification of ideas.

In this regard, the relevant laws and principles associated with Employment Equity will be considered when appointing potential candidates. We are required by law to verify your ability to work lawfully in South Africa. Amazon requires that you submit a copy of either your identity document or your passport and any applicable work permit if you are a foreign national, along with an updated curriculum vitae.

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