Financial Analyst, Supply Chain Capacity Planning, Japan, JP Ops SCM Finance
Job Description
Do you like e-commerce supply chain operations and are interested in analyzing the complicated yet highly efficient, fast growing, and cutting-edge Amazon supply chain?
Do you want to leverage your analytical skills to support dynamic business growth across the product categories and regions?
Do you get excited by data-driven decision making and solutions for the network optimization opportunities significantly impacting to cost structure?
Are you motivated when you face a complex problem and dig into the details to figure out the root cause?
Amazon Japan Ops Finance team is looking for a strategic and dynamic self-starter to join us as Financial Analyst, Supply Chain Finance in our headquarters in Tokyo. This leader will provide or influence business decisions for the future investments by simulating the business cases and will be responsible for planning and actual tracking in first mile capacity planning.
Our mission is to provide faster delivery speeds to customers while offering a wider range of product selections through the operation cost optimization. To achieve this goal, it is crucial to build a supply chain network with minimized touch points and transportation distances by placing necessary inventory closer to customers. The Supply Chain Financial Analyst will be given responsibility for network capacity planning of Fulfillment Centers (FCs) - the core of Amazon’s supply chain network, and will provide the end-to-end analytical support to optimize our dynamic and rapidly growing network. Partnered closely with Amazon Japan Operations Supply Chain team, this position will perform a key role in the supply chain process across Japan to develop key business ideas and financial challenges. Evaluating and quantifying the complex problems and solutions, you will lead mid/long term network capacity planning, analyze financial data and operational performance, continuously seek and propose improvement opportunities, and support and lead initiatives to drive improvements on customer experience with lower cost by optimizing supply chain network.
This is a perfect position for a strategic thinker who works fast and smart with a strong ownership. You will enjoy working on projects and initiatives covering broad scopes and complexities with significant exposures to senior leaders. You will enjoy working with different people and are a strong communicator, with high commitments on operational excellences and ambitions for growth.
Key job responsibilities
• Prepare capacity planning and forecasting in Amazon Fulfillment Center (FC) supply chain network
• Partner with operation supply chain team, and provide case analysis to drive strategic capacity initiatives and cost optimizations in end-to-end supply chain network, better services to customers, and the company’s long-term success
• Perform data-driven analysis, develop financial frameworks, and create meaningful reports to drive network optimization and cost reductions
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities & providing level-headed guidance
• Communicate financial performance to business and finance partners
Basic Qualifications
- BA/BS degree
- 1+ years of experience in finance, accounting, consulting, or a related highly-analytic field
- Japanese fluency and English business level ability (written and oral communication skills)
- Strong PC modeling skills including intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (macros, pivots, lookups, bridge analysis etc.)
Preferred Qualifications
- 2+ years of applying key financial performance indicators (KPIs) to analyses experience
- Experience with SQL or ETL