Category Manager, Forecast and Planning, Global Manufacturing and Distribution Services
Amazon.comDESCRIPTION The CM, Forecast and Planning serves as the manufacturing and financial backbone of the Global Manufacturing and Distribution Services organization. This role ensures every production investment is translated into measurable business outcomes. The CM, Forecast and Planning owns financial modeling, resource investment prioritization, and long-range operational planning, while establishing the standardized methodologies the organization uses to measure enablement and return on investment. This individual provides executive visibility into performance against innovation commitments and savings targets, ensuring leadership has real-time clarity on where the organization is delivering, where it is at risk, and where to allocate next. 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…