Amazon

Sr. Technical Program Manager, AWS Manufacturing / Logistics

Amazon$148K — $201K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
  • 7+ years working directly with engineering teams
  • 5+ years of technical program management with software engineering
  • Proven ability to manage cross-functional programs and coordinate release schedules
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or equivalent

Responsibilities

  • Model and plan warehouse and transportation capacity for 1/3/5-year horizons
  • Develop systems to identify and resolve capacity bottlenecks in logistics
  • Implement cost-reduction systems for strategic savings in operations
  • Lead projects to optimize transportation and warehouse lead times and costs
  • Build comprehensive inventory management systems for effective oversight
  • Define metrics to identify gaps and drive corrective actions on capacity and costs
  • Engage in continuous improvement initiatives for sustainability and efficiency

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision
  • 401(k) matching program to support long-term savings
  • Generous paid time off and parental leave policies
  • Support for adoption and surrogacy expenses
  • Access to mental health support services and employee assistance programs
Full Job Description
The TPM role leads the planning and implementation of AWS cloud logistics warehouse and transportation capacity systems, as well as scaling and continuous improvement efforts. Planning and implementation efforts are focused on short/long term inventory, warehouse, and transportation capacity.

The role will also drive cross-functional projects related to end-to-end lead-time reduction, fulfillment network optimization, and bottleneck mitigation, contributing to the overall cost reduction, emission reduction, and service level improvement.

The right individual will partner cross-functionally with cloud engineering, operations, logistics, finance, data analytics, and key vendors for above-mentioned efforts and projects. Possessing strong leadership, influencing skills, and technical depth are critical elements of success for this role.

Key job responsibilities

1. Capacity modeling and planning for warehouse and transportation resources over 1/3/5-year horizons, factoring in demand variability, utilization, cycle times, and service level targets.

2. Design and develop systems to identify, track, and resolve capacity bottlenecks across warehouse and transportation networks.

3. Design and implement cost-reduction systems targeting strategic short/long-term savings in warehouse/transportation operations.

4. Lead end-to-end projects to track, analyze, optimize, and reduce transportation and warehouse lead times/cost for fulfillment.

5. Build end-to-end inventory management systems covering placement, positioning, prioritization, turns/cycles, excess/obsolete mitigation, inventory health monitoring, and weeks-of-supply/coverage analysis.

6. Define and monitor business metrics, identify execution gaps, and drive corrective actions for capacity, cost, and cycle-time targets.

7. Engage in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance sustainability, efficiency, and service levels across the fulfillment network.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience

- 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience

- 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience

- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules

- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience

- Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules

- Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership

- Experience in program management, logistics, operations, supply chain, transportation, or a related field

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Bellevue - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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