Business Analyst, Device Postponement Operations (Cavalry)
DESCRIPTION
Amazon Devices Postponement Operations (DPO) team is seeking a Leader to drive our expanding postponement (late-stage product differentiation and configuration) operations. This person will help our team rapidly grow our business. If you’re ready to help us scale multiple programs across regions and you love to dive deeply into business case studies, this is the role for you
Key job responsibilities
As the Business Analyst (BA), you will determine new program business feasibility and new regions for DPO, including all aspects of fixed and variable costs, and estimated net contribution for each program. You will support and help drive operations and production strategy discussions and documentation. Your role is both strategic and hands-on. It requires an individual with excellent analytical capabilities, outstanding business acumen and the ability to work with cross functional business teams. As such, you will examine and provide insights and drivers to ultimately support DPO roadmap decisions. The successful candidate will be a self-starter comfortable with ambiguity, with strong attention to detail, and an ability to work in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment. You will meet with cross-functional, operations experts to analyze and document estimated costs and benefits that feed into the strategy and vision necessary to bring-up and sustain postponement-related capabilities. You are comfortable digging into business financials and drilling into internal operational process details. You have a demonstrated track record and experience dealing with large and complex program launches, and you are passionate about the customer experience. You value driving collaboration, making data-driven decisions, and comfortably communicating with others, in both technical and non-technical fields.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of business or financial analysis experience
- 5+ years of Excel or Tableau (data manipulation, macros, charts and pivot tables) experience
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Experience defining requirements and using data and metrics to draw business insights
- Experience making business recommendations and influencing stakeholders
- Strong written and oral communication skills, and a practical, common-sense approach to getting things done
- History of teamwork and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done
- High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in Excel (including VBA, pivot tables, array functions, power pivots, etc.) and data visualization tools such as Tableau
- Experience overseeing roadmap strategy and definition
- Experience with customer orders, manufacturing and distribution systems
- Clear understanding of the Device (or similar) Design, Develop, and Launch Process
- Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, manage trade-offs, and evaluate opportunistic new ideas with internal and external partners
- Strong technical, analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills with the ability to use data to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive decisions
- Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills; excellent interpersonal skills
- Understanding of product development lifecycles
- Knowledge of Bills of Materials
- Able to deal with Ambiguity
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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.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $66,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $143,100/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.