Area Manager, Last Mile

Full Job Description

Operations is at the heart of Amazon business. We are known for our speed, accuracy and exceptional service. Our buildings deliver tens of thousands of products to hundreds of countries worldwide, every day. In these key roles, you’ll come in to help us exceed productivity goals and deliver against our customer promises. Our scale is expansive and our presence is growing. Our goal is simple: to offer the world’s greatest selection of products and services with the world’s best customer experience.

We are seeking an Area Manager to lead last mile operations in one of our Delivery Stations. Your responsibilities:

• Managing an environment concerning the delivery of Amazon orders direct to our customers, subject to ever rising volume and complexity, operating on a 24/7 basis
• Managing day-to-day relationships with multiple Delivery Service Providers (DSPs)
• Driving operational goals and metrics for your Delivery Station. Communicating the vision to your team
• Presenting operational metrics regularly to the senior leadership team
• Problem-solves for closing gaps between performance and goals
• Hires and develops top talent. Creates and implements a talent plan for the site including talent acquisition, performance and career management, learning and development, succession planning, and employee engagement
• Works with key business partners such as Transport & Sortation, DSP Management, Finance, Loss Prevention, IT, HR, ACES and Engineering The OTR team focuses in meeting our customers expectations by providing first class delivery services while liaising with multiple stakeholders to do so. The team is currently seeking a talented Operations Manager to support our operations growth and ensure scalability across the region.

Key job responsibilities Setting and communicating the strategy and performance goals while ensuring productivity on route is maximized through, training, analysis, and feedback of performance data on a periodic basis.

Partnering with the AMZL Delivery Station under the roof (UTR) management team to establish and maintain quality control standards.

Proactively identifying and leading process improvement initiatives and Lean tools.

Cross functional coordination and task tracking.

Communications across various areas to ensure alignment of goals and tasks to guarantee the overall success of the program.

Strategic planning and forecasting to appraise performance and problem resolution.

Ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.

Management and execution of cross-functional projects or components of large programs including data gathering, manipulation and analysis, forward looking supply chain approaches and communication of insights & recommendations.

Creating and implementing improvements to our transportation network that deliver flexible and efficient products on behalf of our customers.

Ensuring procedures are followed for safety, building security and product loss prevention

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 2+ years of Amazon (blue badge/FTE) experience
• 2+ years of employee and performance management experience
• Work a flexible schedule/shift/work area, including weekends, nights, and/or holidays
• Speak, write, and read fluently in English, and have the ability to take direction in English

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of performance metrics, process improvement or lean techniques experience

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Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 2+ years of Amazon (blue badge/FTE) experience 2+ years of employee and performance management experience Work a flexible schedule/shift/work area, including weekends, nights, and/or holidays Speak, write, and read fluently in English, and have the ability to take direction in English