Amazon Program Manager Capacity Planning Offer
Recently received PM Capacity Planning offer from Amazon. This position has to work from FC half the time and half the time from the HQ. The role is planning and optimising the capacity of FC, both on a daily and a long term (3-5 years) view. Curious about WLB/“always on” expectations? How many hrs/week or weekends/month would I work? How is the culture in Ops? A lot of bad press pre-2016, have things improved? TC offered: $140k Current TC: $90k Any insight is appreciated, thanks! "Thanks for the replies- just updating this position is based in Dubai as Amazon is planning some awesome expansions within UAE, KSA and Egypt. Please advise on this position basis this input." #e-commerce #ops #amazon #supplychain
Wouldn’t recommend. I used to work at Worldwide Capacity Planning in 2015 although at the India office. Bad culture. High turnover. Since the org is same I expect the same culture irrespective of geography
Seems like a job to be automated
You’d think but unfortunately it’s a focus Amazon has tried and failed. Automations for this is probably 10 years out. But for this role will still be needed once automation is here. They’re also responsible for diverting or adding additional volume if one FC is doing well vs another. Onboarding new FC volume and adding FC codes and such to the network. The lower level roles will and can be eventually automated (10 years out) but this role and higher will stay for awhile.
What's your YOE?
Total 6, only 3 yrs relevant.
I heard that the techincal part of the job is really minuscule. It has a lot to do with pushing numbers and talking to stakeholders with conflicting goals.
Yes I've also heard the same.
YES IT IS! I’ve formally been in this role and tbh it’s a grind but a fun one if you love this kind of stuff. My boss would get giddy over the long term planning reporting and projects.
Take the job, we will automate you out of it in few months anyway.
Lmfao
Oh really ? What stopped anyone from automating this in the past 15 - 17 years .. automation is not the answer to everything. Capacity planning is a blend of math, science, art
Not worth. There is no WLB for this role.
Worst job, i work with them as partner team
FC Ops?
I was yes
Partnered from retail side with a capacity planning PM. Everyone is going through shit but that dude's life was rough coz everything was determined by a ML black box forecast that never materialized but he was left explaining the variance. He was frustrated and moved to AWS. 6 months later moved back to ops lol so yeah it's bad but there are always worse places at Amazon.
Depends on where you are with your life. If you are hungry for that 50% TC bump, go for it. Just remember they will make you work extra 50% for that TC bump. As for the job, it is shit. All FCs are in shit hole cities and your travel will suck. You will stay at cheap hotels, arrive late at night and start early in the morning. They will do you a favor and pay for the internet on your flight so you can work more. At FCs you won’t get time to even have a proper lunch. There will not be any lunch places around FCs. FC work is a grind. You will be on 24x7 during the year, and more during peak.
What can be more than 24x7, I wonder!
You can ask your wife to help with the work.
I know about this team. A lot of people come in from the FCs and it’s a grind. Lots of turnover. But I hope you do ok. You can DM me.
What abt PIP culture
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