Area Manager – Nights

Area Manager – Nights

Area Manager – Nights

Amazon

21 hours ago

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About

  • When you join Amazon as a Area Manager, you’ll gain experience leading a large
  • and diverse team to make sure your area of the business keeps pace with demand.
  • In this hands-on role, you’ll learn about the complexity of operations at a
  • global business and what it takes to make everything run seamlessly. While you
  • implement your team’s approach to drive productivity, you’ll also work closely
  • with your colleagues to address challenges, which means no two days will be the
  • same.
  • Key job responsibilities
  • - Promote a culture of safety and wellbeing.
  • - Analyse and implement corrective actions to make sure quality and productivity
  • are at consistently high levels, and business objectives are met across all
  • shifts
  • - Support and lead a team and handle administrative work alongside building and
  • supporting a strong team culture
  • - Analyse performance and suggest process improvements to optimise work and
  • improve customer service
  • - Collaborate with other managers to standardise shift processes
  • A day in the life
  • You’ll work shifts and be based at one of our operational sites. Your main focus
  • will be to maintain safety standards within your team and across your site.
  • You’ll also monitor and maintain process efficiency. Your days will always
  • include prioritising routine team management and daily operational tasks,
  • alongside other tasks like individual escalations, process improvement work and
  • wide-scale operational contingency planning.
  • Being a key part of the operations team involves working with colleagues in
  • other teams and external partners to make sure we stay on track to meet our
  • customer demands and targets. This will involve analysing data and performance
  • metrics with leaders in your business area, as well as discussing the
  • operational pros and cons of technical improvements with engineers.
  • About the team
  • Amazon Logistics, or AMZL, handles ‘last mile’ delivery duties in partnership
  • with third-party distribution businesses. We utilise creative thinking and
  • continuous improvement initiatives to get millions of physical products into the
  • hands of our customers. Our goal is to make our customers’ delivery experience
  • as smooth as possible and roll out global delivery solutions for our newest
  • concepts, like Amazon Fresh, Prime Now and Amazon Restaurants.
  • There are two sides to what we do. Our ‘under the roof’ associates process
  • millions of products for dispatch to our delivery teams. Our team is
  • people-focused and supportive, particularly as lots of our people work through
  • the night. We focus mostly on operations, with 24/7 shifts in most of our
  • locations.
  • Meanwhile, our ‘on the road’ people work with Amazon Flex - a network of
  • delivery contractors. Every year, we continually raise the bar for customer
  • experience with new, innovative delivery services. We look for new ways to
  • overcome industry wide logistics challenges and new ideas to reduce our carbon
  • footprint, supported by a portfolio of cutting-edge vehicles (including Electric
  • Vehicles) and technology to help us do just that. Basic Qualifications: -
  • Bachelor’s degree (or working towards a bachelor’s degree)
  • - Advanced proficiency in written and verbal English and local language

- Relevant experience in performing data analysis Preferred 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 of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including your
  • peers and leadership
  • - Experience in a logistical working environment
  • - Experience working with the MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) in a
  • professional environment
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  • employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting
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  • of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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