Principal Product Manager - Technical, Simulation at Amazon
Principal Product Manager - Technical, Simulation Details
Feb. 26, 2019, 7:02 a.m.
Project/Program/Product Management--Technical
Seattle, Washington
Amazon. Our system
Imagine being part of a team that owns one of the largest supply chain simulation systems in the world to predict inventory flows for the millions of items available on Amazon.com worldwide. Inventory planning involves many algorithms to buy inventory in the right quantities, at the right frequencies, from the right vendors, and assigning to the best warehouse to fulfill customer demand to optimize long term free cash flow for Amazon. Our system lives at the heart of these algorithms, keeping up with the rapid pace of optimization improvements and simulating how they interact with each other. We simulate what these systems will do for months into the future, predicting inventory flows and key operational and financial metrics across the network. This experimentation platform is critical in understanding labor needs, managing our network capacity, and allowing continued optimizations to the many algorithms we simulate. Imagine enabling Amazon's supply chain systems to make data driven decisions
• Advanced degree (Masters, PhD) in Computer Science, Statistics, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering or related field and/or MBA • 10+ years of business management, product management, or product development experience; • Analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions; • Experience working in a fast-paced, high impact environment; • Executive Presence: comfort leading meetings and communicating with senior leadership • Excellent verbal and written communications skills, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external