Amazon’s Softlines Private Brands (SPB) team is currently seeking a dynamic Program Manager that will be responsible for creating the processes we use product roadmap/line plan for key growth categories and for scalably reducing commercialization time.
The ideal candidate should be passionate about product and have strong analytical, product development and project management skills. They should feel comfortable dealing with ambiguity, driving stakeholder engagement, and working in an entrepreneurial environment. This Program Manager should be able to collaborate with and influence multiple (global) teams across the APB organization. If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for using data to surprise and delight customers, this opportunity is for you.
This role interacts with the design, business management, in-stock management, sourcing and tech teams across Amazon Private Brands.
Key job responsibilities
* Collaborate with and manage a diverse stakeholder base across Design, Product Development, Business Management, In Stock Management, Marketing and other Amazon teams.
*Ability to own and manage multiple projects, prioritizing by working backwards from the ideal customer experience.
* Clear verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to rally multiple teams around a complex goal through root causing misalignment, regular project update mechanisms, daily collaboration, and continuously seeking to understand your customers’ needs.
* Influencing without authority across multiple teams, including pushing back with data when you don’t believe the right decision is being made.
* Building mechanisms to drive transparency; as we build new processes, you bias towards globally-accessible documentation of projects, critical decisions, and prioritization in order to build a strong foundation for the current and future project teams.
* Project management, including the ability create a plan that to clearly articulates the teams involved in each phase, core deliverables, business impact, and milestones for completion. You also anticipate risks and escalate quickly with intent to resolve.
This is a full-time position may require domestic and international travel up to 25% of the time over the course of a year, along with the physical ability to lift up to 25 pounds, and perform regular movements including sitting, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, squatting, bending, and reaching
About the team
.- 3+ years of program or project management experience
- 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
- Bachelor's Degree- 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
- 3+ years of driving process improvements experience
- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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.
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