Demand Planner, Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS), Inventory Management

About the role

Amazon's Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS) is seeking a motivated Demand Planner to join our fast-paced demand planning team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, moves quickly, and is eager to learn and grow with our business.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain accurate demand forecasts for Amazon product categories.
• Analyze sales trends, seasonality, and promotional impacts to optimize inventory levels.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including supply chain, operations, and merchandising
• Monitor forecast accuracy and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support new product launches with data-driven forecasting.
• Identify and communicate supply-demand imbalances proactively.
• Create reports and dashboards to track key performance metrics.
• Participate in weekly and monthly business reviews.
• Demonstrate ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt quickly to changing priorities.
• Exhibit strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field
• 2+ years of supply chain, forecasting, manufacturing, sourcing/procurement, or vendor management experience
• Knowledge of writing and optimizing SQL queries in a business environment with large-scale, complex datasets
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel at an advanced level, including: pivot tables, macros, index/match, vlookup, VBA, data links, etc.
• Experience providing and effectively communicating strategic and tactical recommendations based on data

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of methods for statistical inference (e.g. regression, experimental design, significance testing)
• Experience with one or more analytics visualization tools (e.g., Excel, Tableau, QuickSight, PowerBI)
• Experience with purchasing or inventory management in e-commerce or retail
• 3+ years of demand planning and forecasting experience
• Experience within e-commerce or Retail fields
• Experience utilizing AI to improve Demand planning and forecasting models

Pay

• USA, IL, Chicago - $53,700.00 - $94,000.00 USD annually
• USA, TX, Austin - $53,700.00 - $94,000.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Seattle - $80,200.00 - $94,000.00 USD annually

Benefits

• 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
• Parental leave

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