Sr Forecasting Analyst, Amazon Advertising
Role Overview
Amazon Advertising is seeking an experienced professional for its Forecast and Strategy team.
The role develops and implements demand forecasting tools and mechanisms at global scale.
The role includes headcount planning in partnership with Finance and Operations.
The description states that the role can be based in Seattle or New York.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Amazon Advertising is seeking an experienced professional for its Forecast and Strategy team.
The role develops and implements demand forecasting tools and mechanisms at global scale.
The role includes headcount planning in partnership with Finance and Operations.
The description states that the role can be based in Seattle or New York.
Key job responsibilities
- Produce and communicate long-range and short-range forecasts for business-oriented KPIs.
- Create strategic headcount plans using generated forecasts.
- Design, build, and implement forecasting and headcount planning tools.
- Build and maintain KPIs for forecasting and staffing accuracy and business impact.
- Create reporting and analytics opportunities by analyzing planning processes.
- Provide thought leadership on integrating new Advertising products and services.
- Write and present documents for audiences up to the vice president level.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in mathematics, engineering, statistics, computer science, business administration, or a related field.
- At least 3 years of demand planning and forecasting experience.
- Experience with statistical modeling or machine learning.
- Experience with SQL, Python, R, equivalent scripting languages, or statistical and mathematical software.
Preferred qualifications
- MBA or master's degree in a related technical, analytics, mathematics, statistics, or IT field.
- Experience with forecasting and statistical analysis.
- Experience with AWS Redshift, S3, EC2, or equivalent AWS tools.
- Experience in automation and programming.
- Knowledge of Six Sigma tools and Lean techniques.
Work context
The role requires analytical skills, business acumen, cross-functional collaboration, and communication with non-technical audiences.
Forecast accuracy is connected to advertising operations cost and quality on a global scale.
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