Senior Program Manager, Topology Planning

Amazon is handling hundreds millions of products in Japan. In terms of the business model, all of the items from the various suppliers are collected at Fulfillment Center(FC) at once. Then, they will be reached out to our individual customers via Delivery Stations(DS) , which are located in various locations in Japan. The latter part of logistics business to deliver the products from DS to customer is managed by Amazon Logistics(AMZL). AMZL is currently focusing on increasing number of DSs and expanding our networks in Japan so that we can reach out to more customers with better speed and cost.

AMZL is seeking a highly skilled and passionate person to help develop a world-class delivery network that delivers products on time at the lowest cost to the customers. Our mission is to build the most efficient delivery network on the planet. The position will be responsible for leading the long team design, planning and monitoring of Amazon’s last mile delivery network in Japan.

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At Amazon, you'll work alongside the latest AI and GenAI tools that are increasingly woven into how teams operate: from AI-powered capabilities that accelerate decision-making, to Generative AI that helps you focus on work that truly matters. You'll have opportunities and resources to develop AI fluency at your own pace, with continuous learning built into the culture.

Key job responsibilities
- Design the short-mid-long term network and develop the plan to support the geographical and services expansion of Amazon delivery network in Japan, in line with strategic goals.
- Anticipate future capacity needs and define how to re-organize the network to meet customers’ demand.
- Identify opportunities to optimize the Amazon transportation network, balancing delivery accuracy, speed and cost.
- Provide reports and analyses through tools, portals and databases (Redshift, SQL, Excel, and/or other data management systems) to allow full visibility of both the plan and our execution against it.
- Leverage in-house tools and internal data to perform simulation analysis and assess the network behavior under different scenarios.
- Deep dive on issues to drive short-term network fixes and long-term improvements
- Automate dashboard to create a single source of data sets for network improvements and optimizations
- Work with multiple stakeholders
- Be an expert of using in-house tools

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of program or project management experience
- Experience experience using data and metrics to measure impact and determine improvements
- Experience owning program strategy, managing end-to-end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
- Speak, write, and read fluently in English

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 4+ years of driving process improvements experience
- Master's degree, or MBA in business, operations, human resources, adult education, organizational development, instructional design or related field
- Speak, write, and read fluently in Japanese

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