Amazon Employment – Operations Manager

Job Description:

We’re seeking an organised, motivated and technically skilled Shipping Operations Manager to join our Outbound team. For this position, we’re seeking a savvy professional who will drive innovation and execution excellence in our shipping department.

At a high level, you’ll keep several consistent, major deliverables in mind, including safety standard adherence and comprehensive process and workflow optimisation. Amazonians are always hungry to improve wherever they can, and in your role you’ll perform to the same standard.

As just one of your day-to-day duties, you will be managing an Outbound parcel delivery operation: this will mean you overseeing performance, and carrying out any necessary examinations at weekly, monthly and annual intervals. This will help you ensure that your colleagues and peers all operate at optimum productivity levels.

Leading on from this, you will drive towards greater team efficiency. All throughout achieving this goal, you’ll balance your team’s efforts to improve, with their steadfast commitment to excellent customer service. Together as one unit, you’ll exceed goals, and ensure that Amazon continues to delight the customer, and exceed expectations wherever possible.

At the more granular level, you’ll manage and coordinate staffing plans, schedules, quality initiatives and process change initiatives, as you steadily work towards attaining the Amazon Business Plan. Moreover, each and every day, you; will develop, encourage and strengthen our strong culture of Health and Safety best practices, alongside participating in cross-functional Process and Business improvement projects in the Amazon EU Operations network.

Job Requirements:

• You possess excellent technical skills, that you can utilise as you solve a wide range of problems and obstacles
• Demonstrable previous experience as a leader managing teams of 100+ in the Transportation or Delivery industry
• Demonstrable previous experience managing data, metrics and conducting root cause analysi
• You possess sound business acumen, with a track record of successfully delivering quantifiable results; you also have a solid understanding of carrier operations
• Accomplished professional history of delivering projects within scope and budget, on-time, while meeting required quality standards
• Demonstrable ability in managing data and details, as you establish root cause, while extrapolating and manipulating data to deliver appropriate solutions,
• You’re willing and able to work to flexible schedules and shifts: you always commit the time required to get the job done
• You’re a forward-thinking innovator who thrives on change, while remaining unfazed by occasional ambiguity
• You’re an excellent communicator, in fluent written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate at all levels of seniority within a large organisation
• Some practical, working knowledge of Lean techniques, such as Kaizen or Six Sigma.

Job Details:

Company: Amazon

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Portsmouth, England, UK

Application Deadline: N/A

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