Business Coach, Amazon, VAS-Category

Full Job Description

Equal parts advisor and operating partner, Amazon’s team of Business Coaches assist and guide our Delivery Service Partner (DSP) business owners as they build and grow successful last mile package delivery businesses during a transformational time.

The Business Coach finds and executes value-creation opportunities and manages the DSP relationship across the entire lifecycle of the business. As trusted advisors, Business Coaches work alongside DSPs to help solve their biggest challenges at a programmatic level; influence their business planning and strategy; and look around corners to identify obstacles and recommend solutions, ensuring DSP owners make effective business decisions and are setup for success.

Our Business Coaches are leaders and collaborators. They are analytical and creative; deadline-driven, organized and able to multi-task; and have strong interpersonal skills including a demonstrated ability to earn trust, inspire others, and be empathetic. You’ll be at the center of cross-functional teams, all working together to deliver the highest quality experience to Amazon customers.

If you're a dynamic, organized self-starter who’s ready to partner with our DSP owners as they launch and scale their business in one of the fastest growing industries in the world, we’d like to talk with you. Curious? Good, that’s one of our Leadership Principles! Discover more about the opportunity below.

Key job responsibilities On a daily basis, Business Coaches are responsible for:

Supporting owners as they onboard to the program and prepare to launch. Guiding owners as they scale their business and manage operational issues, ensuring they have resources in place to effectively ramp-up operations and prepare for peak periods. Coordinating Business and Financial Health Reviews to discuss business performance and new opportunities, as well as to provide benchmarking data and insights. Identifying workflow inefficiencies and working to formulate and implement operational improvements at the network level and to improve the individual DSP owner experience.

A day in the life As a Business Coach, you will partner with 20-40 DSP owners assigned to delivery stations across IN. You’ll work closely with a portfolio of owners at different stages as they set strategy, help drive accountability and engagement, and motivate and track key performance metrics. You’ll collaborate with an integrated internal team of Station Operations Managers, Program Managers, and Compliance and Finance personnel to ensure owners launch and scale their business in compliance with program requirements. Together, you’ll provide best-in-class support for owners by removing obstacles and improving financial, operational, and safety practices at the network level. You’ll accomplish this by analyzing problems, discovering insights, delivering recommendations, and driving change both internally and externally.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of employee and performance management experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 2+ years of Amazon (blue badge/FTE) experience

Preferred Qualifications

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

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2+ years of employee and performance management experience Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 2+ years of Amazon (blue badge/FTE) experience