Amazon.com Services LLC
Research Science, Applied Science, alexa and amazon devices
AppliedScientist-OperationsResearch/Optimization,SalesPlanningandInventoryOptimizationScience
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“Applied Scientist - Operations Research/Optimization, Sales Planning and Inventory Optimization Science at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Operations Research, Optimization, Supply Chain, Inventory Management. Design mathematical models. Design simulation models”
What You'll Achieve.
Efficiently match Devices with customers; Make tremendous financial impacts
Industry & Context.
Optimization; Problem solving
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Master's degree and 4+ years science experience, 3+ years building models for business, Programming in Java, C++, Python, Experience in algorithms and data structures, Experience in parsing, Experience in numerical optimization, Experience in data mining, Experience in parallel and distributed computing, Experience in high-performance computing
Nice to Have
Optimization mathematics experience, PhD in quantitative discipline, Associate's degree and optimization models experience, Technical support experience, Training and deploying ML systems experience, Developing, deploying, managing AI products at scale, Building optimization models on OR tools
What You'll Do.
Design mathematical models
Design simulation models
Design optimization models
Apply models to business needs
Drive business solutions
Drive technical solutions
Apply optimization techniques
Design optimal solution methodologies
Design near optimal solution methodologies
Experiment with models
Participate in deployment
Create technical documentation
Enhance technical documentation
Maintain technical documentation
Present to Scientists
Present to Product teams
Present to Engineering teams
Manage product features
Manage technical risks
Influence long-term roadmap
Onboard new technologies
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Demand Science Optimization; Demand forecasting teams; Material procurement teams; Production planning teams; Finance teams; Logistics teams; Product teams; Engineering teams
Communication Scope
Presentations
Process & Methodology
Project plans
Full Job Description
Are you interested in working with top talents in Optimization, Operations Research and Supply Chain to help Amazon to efficiently match our Devices with worldwide customers? We have challenging problems and need your innovative solutions to make tremendous financial impacts! The Amazon Demand Science Optimization organization is looking for an Applied Scientist with background in Operations Research, Optimization, Supply Chain, Simulation, and Gen AI to support science efforts to integrate across inventory management functionalities. Our team is responsible for science models (both deterministic and stochastic) that power world-wide inventory allocation, promotion optimization for Amazon Devices business that includes Echo, Kindle, Fire Tablets, Amazon TVs, Amazon Fire TV sticks, Ring, and other smart home devices. We formulate and solve challenging large-scale financially-based optimization problems which ingest demand forecasts and produce optimal price promotion strategies, procurement, production, distribution, and inventory management plans. In addition, we also work closely with the demand forecasting, material procurement, production planning, finance, and logistics teams to co-optimize the inventory management and supply chain for Amazon Devices given operational constraints. Key job responsibilities The successful candidate will be a self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity, with strong attention to detail, and an ability to work in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment and a desire to help shape the overall business. Responsibilities include: - Design and develop advanced mathematical, simulation, and optimization models and apply them to define strategic and tactical needs and drive appropriate business and technical solutions in the areas of inventory management and distribution, network flow, supply chain optimization, and demand planning - Apply mathematical optimization techniques (linear, quadratic, SOCP, robust, stochastic, dynamic, mixed-inte
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