Production Planning Analyst, EU Supply Chain

Amazon Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Bengaluru is seeking an experienced Production Planning professional to drive staffing optimization and capacity planning for Fulfillment Centers across Europe. You will lead a team of planners, collaborate with Operations, Finance, and HR to translate demand into actionable labor plans.

The role requires strong data analytics, problem solving, and communication skills, with a focus on lean processes and cost efficiency across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering with people at all levels within an organization.
• Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to drive improvements.
• Experience with strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience in managing and troubleshooting network.
• Experience using Excel.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute short/medium/long-term operational plans to optimize staffing costs.
• Support with warehouse staffing/capacity metrics forecasting using data modeling to drive collaborative decision-making.
• Responsible for warehouse processing capacity planning data to identify trends and improvement opportunities; focus on understanding data deviations, root causes, and driving forward-looking opportunities.
• Analyze capacity planning data to identify trends and improvement opportunities and present insights and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with global teams across Europe.
• Support Production planning and cost optimization initiatives.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven improvements

Strong analytical skills

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree (Business/Operations/Supply Chain/Engineering)

Master's degree (relevant field)

Tools

Excel

Job description

Description

At Amazon, customer success drives our mission. The Production Planning Team optimizes capacity across Fulfillment Centers through innovative solutions planning. We seek diverse perspectives and experiences to strengthen our global operations and customer experience.

Key job responsibilities

• Develop and execute short/medium/long-term operational plans to optimize staffing costs.
• Supporting with warehouse staffing/capacity metrics forecasting using data modeling to drive a collaborative decision-make.
• Responsible for warehouse processing capacity planning data to identify trends and improvement opportunities; focus on understanding data deviations, their root causes, and driving forward-looking opportunities
• Analyze capacity planning data to identify trends and improvement opportunities and be able to present insights and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with global teams across Europe.
• Support Production planning and cost optimization initiatives.

A day in the life

This role follows a weekly cadence: working with Operations, Finance, and HR stakeholders, consuming demand signals, and working out the best staffing approach for fulfillment centers across multiple European countries. Early in the week you shape assumptions on productivity, attendance, and hiring; midweek you translate these into labor plans; by week's end those plans are presented to regional directors for approval. Alongside this rhythm, you lead a team of 12-15 planners on continuous improvement, making our processes leaner, more accurate, and less error-prone, while respecting the upstream and downstream constraints that shape what fulfillment centers can realistically deliver.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience working effectively across cross-functional teams and partnering well with people at all levels within an organization
• Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to drive improvements
• Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience in managing and troublshooting network
• Experience using Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with operations/supply chain
• Knowledge of Six Sigma, Lean manufacturing efforts, transportation and logistics, or fulfillment and distribution centers
• Knowledge of Six Sigma tools and Lean techniques
• Experience ability to understand and devise new models that work
• Master's Degree in relevant field.

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Company

ADCI - Karnataka

Job ID: A10573035