UX Designer, Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT) Job at Amazon in Bell

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Description Are you inspired by simplifying complex problems and workflows for your customers? Amazon Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT) works on some of the world’s most complex supply chain challenges, at Amazon scale. Within SCOT’s Optimal Sourcing Systems team, our tools enable retail vendors to manage their Amazon purchasing and inbound shipping interactions through multiple applications servicing our vendor community. We are raising the bar on vendor experience and need a talented, passionate UX Designer to create innovative new solutions, along with optimizations for existing vendor processes and workflows, helping to shape what’s next for our global supply chain ecosystem. A UX Designer in this organization determines where to simplify or extend solutions for the best outcome. They will drive the use of best practices and learn to influence and force multiply across all of Amazon supply chain and retail organizations. This role needs to be capable of operating autonomously in partnering with product stakeholders from supply chain-focused teams across global marketplaces to research, define requirements and design solutions for difficult problems across the end-to-end vendor supply chain experience. To be successful in this role you must be a critical, inventive thinker with proven expertise solving difficult design problems, have strong attention to detail, excitement for understanding and using data, and an ability to communicate your recommended solutions effectively. Key job responsibilities Analyze customer problems through data and research to inform and design solutions with measurable impact. Work closely with product and business teams to develop use cases and high-level requirements, and successfully partner with cross-functional UX peers to build seamless experiences that work backwards from users. Independently deliver UX solutions. Work through ambiguity, adapting your approach to meet the needs of multiple stakeholders, with consideration for technical feasibility. Quickly and iteratively create journey maps, flows, prototypes, and mockups as needed to effectively conceptualize and communicate the right detail for the audience. Present and defend design recommendations to partners, stakeholders, and senior leadership for review, feedback, and approval; write effectively to communicate design rationales and benefits to Amazon customers. Develop and maintain detailed user-interface and interaction specifications. Partner with technology teams to ensure we leverage the scale offered by our platform without compromising on core experience principles. Measure the success and effectiveness of the experiences you’re designing. Demonstrate leadership in design thinking, including critiquing, providing design feedback, and conducting retros & research that can influence engineering team decisions to enable optimal solutions for our users. About the team You will join a strong, cross-functional team of product managers, business intelligence engineers, scientists, UX designers and software development engineers to build vendor experiences that maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of supply chain operations to meet Amazon’s business goals and to make our customers happy. Basic Qualifications 3+ years of design experience 3+ years of delivering design solutions as a UX designer or interaction designer experience Have an available online portfolio Experience in design, prototyping and research tools including Figma and UserTesting Preferred Qualifications Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs Experience with UX design of enterprise software user workflows Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, 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. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $106,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $184,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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