This role focuses on those who have military experience
and/or are military spouses/children interested in working in the
private sector.Amazon’s military recruiting
team is available to discuss the many opportunities within Amazon.
At Amazon, thousands of former military are driving innovation and
raising the bar on customer experience.
Operations is the beating heart of Amazon.
This key part of our business makes sure we fulfil and dispatch
orders efficiently so that our customers get their items on time.
As an Area Manager, you’ll make sure your site is running as
smoothly as it should so that we can meet customer demand. You will
be leading a team that helps keep our operations safe, efficient,
and of a high quality and taking on a number of projects across our
network to drive productivity. Key job
responsibilities- Create, oversee, and drive a culture
of safety and wellbeing - Analyse and implement changes
to keep quality and productivity at a consistently high level
- Oversee projects to streamline processes, optimise
productivity and increase quality of service for customers within
your area of responsibility - Analyse shift performance
against relevant business objectives, and put in place actions to
improve our operational excellence - Work
collaboratively with management-level colleagues to standardise
shift practicesA day in the
lifeYou’ll work on a shift pattern at one of our sites,
making sure it is as productive as it can be. Your main focus will
be to own and drive a culture of safety and uphold quality and
shift performance standards. You’ll also oversee process
improvements within your area and drive implementation. A typical
day is varied, including everything from routine team management
and daily operational responsibilities to process improvement and
wide-scale operational contingency tasks. You’ll also be a role
model and mentor to new managers.About the
teamCustomer Fulfilment, or CF, is where it all started
for Amazon. CF has scaled up from a humble team of booksellers to a
sophisticated global team which handles more than 1.5 million
orders every day. The team is the foundation of our business and
its efforts have helped us diversify across new regions and
services. With the help of emerging technology, we’re always
looking for ways to offer a bigger, better product range –
delivered quickly and affordably.The CF team
are the first people in the chain that helps customers get products
at the speed we’re known for. We’re based in Fulfilment Centres,
which are at the heart of Amazon’s fast-paced Operations network.
Our centres are sometimes referred to as the ‘First Mile’ because
it’s where most Amazon packages start their journey. We help to
manage dynamic inventory and facilitate speedy deliveries round the
clock.Lots of different people work in our
Fulfilment Centres, so there are plenty of opportunities for every
skillset. Some of us work with physical products, while others
analyse data to help everyone across the business make smart
decisions.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS-
Bachelor's degree or equivalent- Experience in people
management- Experience building strategic relationships
with stakeholders, including communicating and collaborating across
teams and functions- Experience using data to influence
business decisions- - Advanced proficiency in verbal and
written English and local languagePREFERRED
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 working with Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen
techniques- Experience working in another logistics
environment- Relevant experience working with the MS
Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) in a professional
environmentAmazon is an equal opportunities
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