Operations is the beating heart of Amazon. This key part of our business makes sure we dispatch and deliver orders efficiently so that our customers get their items on time. It's driven by Delivery Station Managers who bring the team together to push excellence in safety, quality and productivity across our sites. At your site, you'll lead other managers and create the operational plan that helps your teams meet their targets. This role is all about driving operational excellence to create the Amazon of tomorrow.
Key job responsibilities
Manage and develop a team of Area Managers
Own your site, deal with issues and positively impact site performance
Analyse site performance against relevant business objectives, and put in place actions to improve our operational excellence
Work closely with other support teams, including PxT (HR), Finance, Delivery Service Partners (DSP), IT, Amazon Customer Excellence System (ACES) and Engineering units
Design and deliver initiatives across the sites to improve operational performance
A day in the life
You have ultimate ownership for an entire Delivery Station, leading teams, tracking site performance and always looking for ways to improve the customer experience. That means you'll be close to the day-to-day operations at your site but also contribute to new ways to innovate at your site.
A typical day will involve collaboration with different stakeholders, deep diving performance and risk metrics for sites as well as preparing for different levels of demand. You will mentor and coach your team to achieve top level results.
About the team
ACES
AMXL
AMZL
ATS
CF
Compliance
Customer Service
DSL
Finance
GSF
IT
PXT (HR)
RME
TA
WHS
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Preferred qualifications are not required to apply for a position at Amazon. If you have all the basic qualifications above, we'd love to hear from you.
Experience in Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen techniques
Experience in a similar logistical working environment
Relevant experience working with the MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) in a professional environment
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Ideally you will have experience of lean manufacturing techniques/six sigma
· Ideally you will have experience of managing 3rd party contract resource arrangements on a large/national scale