DESCRIPTION

Amazon is looking for a motivated individual with strong analytical skills to join Amazon's Global Operations Integration team. In this position he or she will be responsible for building the metrics, tools, and reports to support Amazon's growth. In addition, he or she will help support a variety of new business initiatives by collaborating with project managers and software, retail, and finance teams. We are seeking a candidate with proven technical skills in SQL and scripting (VBA, Perl, Ruby, etc.).
Responsibilities include:
Building and managing benchmarking metrics for Amazon's fulfillment practices both internally and externally against best-in-class operations
Gathering and analyzing data across business functions to establish global standards for supply chain and product fulfillment
Developing basic scripts to process data to support business analysis, benchmarking, and optimization efforts
Generating complex queries to dive deep on process issues
Innovate to improve customer experience and continuously remove cost from our fulfillment network
A successful candidate will also demonstrate:
High attention to detail including proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where continuous innovation is desired
Demonstrated analytical and quantitative skills and ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop business cases
Ability to clearly communicate data insights to others
Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary; general manager / owner mentality
* Demonstrated ability to dive deep in understanding the product, our business, and the competitive landscape

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• MS in Statistics, Computer Science, Math, Finance, Business, Operations Research or other quantitative field
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in data science, business analytics, business intelligence (BI), or comparable experience in big data environments
• 3+ years of experience in data mining and dataset preparation using SQL
• 3+ years of experience in data visualization tools like Tableau.
• Strong critical thinking skills and attention to detail
• Experience in designing and building data infrastructure / automated reporting tools
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Must be able to explain technical concepts and analysis clearly to a diverse audience, including senior executives, and be able to translate business objectives into actionable analyses

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Masters in Statistics, Computer Science, Math, Finance, Operations Research or other quantitative field
• 7+ years of relevant work experience in data science, business analytics, business intelligence (BI), or comparable experience in big data environments
• Proven experience in BI/DW as a change leader providing strategic research, recommendations, and implementation in both business and technical roles
• Familiarity with Amazon's cloud infrastructure including EC2, S3 and Redshift
• Experience with Python or other relevant scripting language
• Experience with relational database design and architecture
• Experience visualizing data in Tableau or other relevant data visualization software

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age