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Category Manager, Forecast and Planning

Amazon· Global Manufacturing and Distribution Services
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Hybrid (USA, TX, Austin), Hybrid (USA, TN, Nashville), Hybrid (USA, WA, Bellevue), Hybrid (USA, VA, Arlington), Hybrid (USA, TX, Houston)$103.9k - $148.4kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

The CM, Forecast and Planning serves as the manufacturing and financial backbone of the Global Manufacturing and Distribution Services organization, translating production investments into measurable business outcomes through financial modeling, resource investment prioritization, and long-range operational planning with executive visibility into performance and ROI.

Responsibilities

  • Financial Modeling & Forecasting: Build, maintain, and continuously refine financial models that project savings delivery, cost avoidance, and investment returns across all pillars within Global Manufacturing and Distribution Services.
  • Resource Investment Prioritization: Develop and manage frameworks for evaluating and prioritizing resource allocation (finances, time, materials) across competing initiatives, ensuring capital and headcount are directed toward the highest-value opportunities.
  • Long-Range Operational Planning: Lead annual and multi-year planning cycles, partnering with pillar leaders to build bottoms-up forecasts, set targets, and align operational roadmaps with organizational strategy.
  • Performance Measurement & Reporting: Establish standardized methodologies for tracking enablement, ROI, and cost reduction performance. Create and maintain executive dashboards and reporting cadences that provide leadership with consistent, actionable visibility.
  • Transformation Program Tracking: Monitor and report on the status of transformation initiatives across the organization, flagging schedule risks, budget variances, and dependency conflicts to leadership with recommended corrective actions.
  • Business Case Development: Partner with pillar leaders and sourcing managers to build business cases for new investments, headcount requests, and strategic initiatives, ensuring financial rigor and alignment with organizational priorities.
  • Variance Analysis & Risk Management: Conduct regular variance analysis against plan, identifying root causes for over/under-performance and developing mitigation strategies to protect savings commitments.
  • Executive Communication: Prepare and deliver monthly/quarterly business reviews, savings readouts, and investment performance summaries for senior leadership (Director/VP level), translating complex financial data into clear narratives.
  • Process Standardization: Drive consistency in how financial performance is measured and communicated across all seven pillars, replacing ad-hoc reporting with scalable, repeatable processes.

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of program or project management experience
  • 5+ years of supply chain, forecasting, manufacturing, sourcing/procurement, or vendor management experience
  • Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
  • Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization
  • 4+ years of data visualization and reports tools experience

Skills

Required:Financial modelingForecastingResource prioritization frameworksExecutive stakeholder communication

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription) and life insurance options
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Employee assistance and mental health support
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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