AmazonCategory Manager, Forecast and Planning, Global Manufacturing and Distribution Services
Amazon is hiring a Category Manager, Forecast and Planning, Global Manufacturing and Distribution Services in Nashville, United States. It pays $104k-$148k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
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- Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
- The posting mentions Financial Modeling, Excel and forecasting among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a senior role.
- Amazon has 21,000+ other open roles on Level.
AI in this role
Owns financial modeling, resource prioritization, and long-range operational planning for global manufacturing and distribution services.
Key job 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.
About the team
Here is a polished, publicly shareable team overview narrative for GPO — written for a candidate reading a job posting:
About the Team — Global Procurement Operations (GPO)
Global Procurement Operations (GPO) is Amazon's worldwide procurement and facilities services organization, responsible for sourcing, managing, and delivering the operational services that keep Amazon's vast network running. Led by Kennedy Oates, VP of Global Procurement Org, GPO operates at massive scale — spanning more than 15 countries across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Latin America.
GPO's mission touches every corner of Amazon's physical operations. The organization manages strategic procurement across categories including facility services, third-party logistics (3PL), supplier management, sustainability, and site launch — ensuring Amazon's fulfillment centers, sort centers, and delivery stations are properly equipped and supported. GPO is also responsible for driving procurement innovation through technology, with a dedicated technology pillar focused on building the tools and systems that make world-class procurement possible at Amazon's scale.
The organization is structured around regional and functional centers of excellence, each led by a senior director-level leader.
GPO's corporate team includes approximately 1,400 procurement and supply chain professionals at levels working alongside a global network of on-site service partners embedded across Amazon's operational facilities. The team is highly global and distributed, with significant presence in the United States, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Japan, Spain, Brazil, the UAE, and beyond.
Joining GPO means working at the intersection of strategic sourcing, operational excellence, and global scale — partnering with operations, finance, legal, and sustainability teams to deliver impact across one of the world's largest and most complex supply chains.
Basic 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
Preferred qualifications
- 6+ years of driving process improvements experience
- Master's degree, or MBA in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
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How we rate this
Category Manager, Forecast and Planning, Global Manufacturing and Distribution Services at Amazon rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
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