Senior Transportation Programs Lead, Cost & Delivery

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Program Manager within Global Transportation Services (GTS) to lead analysis and operational execution aimed at reducing DEA defects in the supply chain. You will dive into transportation cost drivers, partner with cross-functional teams, and drive programs from idea to implementation while prioritizing multiple projects.

Responsibilities include setting volume plans by carrier, analyzing key metrics, and collaborating with carriers, finance, and technology teams to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience.
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements.
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
• Bachelor's degree.
• 2+ 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.

Responsibilities

• Understand the North America (NA) Transportation network and act as a Subject Matter Expert for driving changes across all of North American Customer Fulfillment (NACF).
• Work with Long Term and Mid Term Planning teams to set volume plans by carrier for future time frames to ensure accuracy and validity of plans while managing for key metrics such as Cost, Delivery Estimate Accuracy (DEA) and Speed.
• Identify, analyze, and maintain key metrics, with trend and variance analyses to discern root cause of defects.
• Collaborate with other Program/Product managers and analysts to continuously improve operations ability to support volume allocations change and carrier commitment requirements. changes.
• Partner with Carriers for Amazon Logistics (AMZL), Amazon Air, Third Party, Carrier Managers, Finance, Technology teams and ensure network design manages Speed, DEA and Cost effectively and can properly maintain volume allocation targets.

Skills

Program management

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or MBA

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Senior Program Manager within Global Transportation Services (GTS) to lead analysis and operational execution aimed at reducing DEA defects in the supply chain. You will dive into transportation cost drivers, partner with cross-functional teams, and drive programs from idea to implementation while prioritizing multiple projects.

Responsibilities include setting volume plans by carrier, analyzing key metrics, and collaborating with carriers, finance, and technology teams to