Inventory Planner, Ship With Amazon (SWA)

Amazon; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon UK is hiring an Inventory Planner to optimize the transportation and delivery network for Prime Day and peak periods. You will lead forecasting, demand-planning, and data-driven improvements, collaborating with cross-functional teams across the EU.

The role emphasizes hands-on analytics, strategic planning, and scalable process design. The ideal candidate combines logistics passion with strong data skills, experience in SQL and BI tools, and stakeholder collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, operations, engineering, analytics or related field.
• Experience in project management, or experience with advanced use of Excel and using statistical analysis applications.
• Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence, or experience working with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead capacity integration programs with stakeholders and set up all aspects of the S&OP function from demand and capacity forecasting, execution, software designing and driving process improvements.
• As Inventory Planner, help Amazon Shipping manage, improve, and optimize the way parcels are shipped from our shippers and delivered to our customers.
• Build strategic plans to fulfill customer demand at the cheapest and in a cost efficient way.
• Work with operational stakeholders to drive execution to the plans.
• Lead daily, weekly, monthly operational cycles with stakeholders and Business, onboarding the right strategic shippers.
• Highlight misses and close actions within supply chain.
• Drive first mile supply chain forecasting accuracy with local teams.
• Provide actionable insights into current forecasting issues and improvements avenues.
• Lead end-to-end planning for events like Prime Day or other peak periods.
• Support expansion of the network and new locations by analyzing expansion speed.

Skills

Project management

Advanced Excel

SQL for data mining

Business intelligence

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

QuickSight

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Description

Our entire business works hard to delight our customers – from the second an order is placed online to the seamless coordination of that order behind the scenes, we strive to stay agile, fluid and intentional. That can be described in one of our core Leadership Principles, which is Bias for Action. This means that our teams band together, roll up their sleeves, and aren’t content with just standing still. We’re aiming to become the most customer‑centric company on Earth.

Description

Our entire business works hard to delight our customers – from the second an order is placed online to the seamless coordination of that order behind the scenes, we strive to stay agile, fluid and intentional. That can be described in one of our core Leadership Principles, which is Bias for Action. This means that our teams band together, roll up their sleeves, and aren’t content with just standing still. We’re aiming to become the most customer‑centric company on Earth.

Amazon Shipping

Amazon Shipping is looking to hire an analytical, technically skilled, innovative, hands‑on, and customer‑obsessed Inventory Planner that can drive innovation and execution in transportation networks. As a member of the EU Amazon Shipping team you will be responsible for optimizing the transportation and delivery network to meet with the strategic network plan.

Key job responsibilities

This role will involve leading key Capacity integration programs coordinating with stakeholders and setting up all aspects of the S&OP function from demand and capacity forecasting, execution, software designing and driving process improvements.

As an Inventory Planner, you will help Amazon Shipping manage, improve, and optimize the way parcels are shipped from our shippers and delivered to our customers.

The successful candidate will be a self‑starter comfortable with ambiguity, with strong attention to detail, and enjoying working with large scale of data. They have a passion for logistics and customer experience.

Key Responsibilities But Not Limited To Would Be

• Build strategic plans to fulfill customer demand at the cheapest and in a cost efficient way.


• Work with operational stakeholders to drive execution to the plans.


• Lead daily, weekly, monthly operational cycles with operational stakeholders and Business, along with on boarding the right strategic shippers.


• Highlight misses, direct appropriate closure actions within supply chain.


• Drive first mile supply chain forecasting accuracy working with local in country business and operational teams.


• Provide actionable insights into current forecasting issues and improvements avenues.


• Lead the end to end planning for key events like Prime day or other initiatives and peak.


• Support the expansion of the network, new locations from analyzing where we expand to how fast.


• Work with business teams to define requirements and high‑level process/system solutions.


• Drive standardization of tools and processes to build scalable execution plans with operations team.


• As part of EU planning standardization team, lead the tools adoption and share best practices across UK and Italy.


• Manage the timelines with partner teams to support project launches, and driving improvements.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, operations, engineering, analytics or related field


• Experience in project management, or experience with advanced use of Excel and using statistical analysis applications


• Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence, or experience working with stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or above in engineering, statistics, computer science, operations research, business analytics, information systems or equivalent, or Master's degree in computer science, engineering, analytics, mathematics, statistics, IT or equivalent


• Experience in business analysis and functional roles requiring quantitative, analytical and organizational skills


• Knowledge of data visualization tools such as Quick Sight, Tableau, Power BI or other BI packages

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Company

- Amazon UK Services Ltd.

Job ID: A10493878