Area Manager

On-site in Coalville·Added 10 days ago (last checked 4 Oct)

Amazon

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Overview

Skills

Fulfillment Ops

Requirements

What we're looking for

- Experience in people management

- Experience communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including your peers and leadership

- Experience using data to influence business decisions

- Speak, write, and read fluently in English at C1 level or above

- Advanced degree, or Bachelor's degree

Nice to have

- Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen techniques

- Experience in a logistics/operations environment

- Experience working with the MS Office suite (Microsoft Office suite) including Word, Excel, and Outlook in a professional environment

The role

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.

You’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.

What you'll do

- 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, optimize 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 standardize shift practices

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Hiring process

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About Amazon

Industry: E-commerce and Cloud
Founded: 1994
Employees: 1,000,000+
Headquarters: Seattle, USA
Website: amazon.jobs

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