Infrastructure Edge Planning, Data Engineer, Edge Strategy and Planning

Amazon Music is an innovative audio entertainment service that connects fans, artists, and creators. The role of Infrastructure Edge Planning, Data Engineer involves optimizing merchandise operations for live events, focusing on inventory management, logistics, and sales oversight.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a ‘business owner’ for assigned artist/vendor partners, possessing a complete understanding (inclusive of the strategic context) of internal and external variables that impact your business (this entails owning forecasting, monitoring, understanding and reporting on the business, along with responsibility for driving operations and solutions to achieve live music merchandise business objectives
• Assist with the development of product lines with production, vendor managers, merch companies, and artist teams
• Oversee merchandise logistics, from production to point of sale
• Forecasting and inventory management of events and business lines
• Facilitate negotiations with external vendors to meet profitability goals
• Vet on-site capabilities and onboard new systems and processes for operators
• Hire, manage, and monitor independent contractors
• Monitor shipping and logistics, and optimize in-stock and capacity to meet customer demand and financial goals across multiple systems
• Onboard venues for post-event billing and operational systems
• Innovate in-venue experience for artists and fans

Requirements:

• 3+ years of with Excel experience
• 4+ years of supply chain, inventory management or project management experience
• Bachelor's degree, or 3+ years of professional or military experience
• Must be willing to travel up to 50%
• 5+ years of experience managing merchandise operations for live events, tours, or entertainment venues with demonstrated revenue growth
• Experience negotiating vendor contracts and managing external partner relationships to achieve profitability targets
• Proven track record of hiring, managing, and developing independent contractors or distributed teams
• Experience with logistics coordination from production through point-of-sale, including shipping and fulfillment operations
• Knowledge of the principles of statistical inventory control
• Experience with process improvement techniques such as Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma
• 7+ years of experience in event merchandise operations with responsibility for P&L ownership and multi-million dollar revenue streams
• Experience building and scaling operational process