Senior Operations Research Scientists (Stochastic Optimization); Principal Scientists (and Sabbaticals)

Inventory Planning and Control (IPC) group at Amazon is looking for experienced operations research scientists with expertise in stochastic optimization. These positions are in Seattle, WA. Please forward this to your current/past graduate students who might be interested.

We are also looking for Principal Operations Research Scientists (8-10 years of experience) and experienced faculty members (with experience in inventory optimization, supply chain management, simulation-optimization methods etc.) who might be interested in spending their sabbatical with us or who might be interested in full-time positions.

Thanks

Deepak Bhatia
Senior Manager, IPC

 

Job Description:

Inventory Planning and Control (IPC) is looking for experienced operations research scientists with expertise in stochastic optimization and its application in inventory optimization, supply chain management, vendor selection etc.

Candidate will be responsible for developing solutions to better manage/optimize worldwide inventory, while providing the best experience to our customers at the lowest possible price. This position will focus on identifying opportunities to improve existing business processes, analyzing these opportunities and developing new strategies (and better models) to further improve the existing inventory planning/optimization and vendor selection processes/algorithms. The successful candidate will be a person who enjoys and excels at diving into data to analyze root causes and implement long term solutions – changes in business policy or processes, updates to the models in our systems, creation of effective metrics and functionality.  The goal is to improve the Amazon customer experience through improved selection, product availability, and fulfillment reliability while enhancing profitability. This high visibility role requires partnering with retail, finance and operations teams to impact our bottom-line.

Inventory Planning and Control (IPC) owns Amazon’s global inventory planning systems: we decide what, when, where, and how much we should buy to meet Amazon’s business goals and to make our customers happy.   We do this for millions of items, for hundreds of product lines worth billions of dollars of inventory world-wide. Our systems are built entirely in-house, and are on the cutting edge in automated large scale supply chain planning and optimization systems. IPC fosters new game-changing ideas, continuously improves, resulting in sophisticated, intelligent and self-learning models. IPC is unique in that we’re simultaneously developing the science of supply chain planning and solving some of the toughest computational challenges at Amazon.  Unlike many companies who buy existing off-the-shelf planning systems, IPC is responsible for studying, designing, and building systems to suit Amazon’s needs.  Our team members have an opportunity to be on the forefront of supply chain thought leadership by working on some of the most difficult problems in the industry with some of the best research scientists and software developers in the business, shaping our roadmap to drive real impact on Amazon’s long-term profitability. If you’re interested in getting closer to the “action,” IPC is the place for you.

Basic Qualifications:

PhD degree in operations research, management science, statistics, engineering, mathematics, or computer science and 4-5 years of related work experience

    * Expertise in stochastic optimization
    * Ability to develop system prototypes
    * Experience with SQL and statistical tools (SAS, R, SPSS)
    * Experience utilizing problem solving and analytical skills

Preferred Qualifications:

    * Proficiency in one or more of programming languages JAVA, C++,
    * Expertise in one or more of the following: optimization, probability theory, queuing theory, game theory, simulation, decision analysis, stochastic models, system dynamics, forecasting and mathematical modeling.
    * A good understanding of analysis of algorithms and computational complexity is desirable.
    * Technical aptitude and familiarity with the design and use of complex logistics software systems
    * Familiarity with inventory planning, supply chain management, capacity management (forecasting, planning, optimization, and logistics) gained through work experience or through graduate level education
    * Project management experience desired for working on cross-functional projects
    * Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer