Area Manager, 3PL Operations

Q Express Documents Transport LLC - Dubai South Branch; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global logistics company in Dubai is seeking an Area / Shift Manager to lead a diverse team and oversee operations. You will be responsible for promoting safety, analysing performance, and collaborating with other managers to improve processes. A Bachelor's degree or 2+ years of experience at Amazon is required. The role demands flexibility in shift timing and working conditions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 2+ years of Amazon experience.
• Flexibility to work various shifts, including weekends and holidays.
• Experience in a logistical working environment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Promote a culture of safety and wellbeing.
• Analyse performance and suggest process improvements.
• Collaborate with managers to standardise processes.

Skills

Team management

Data analysis

Safety and wellbeing promotion

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Job description

Overview

When you join Amazon as an Area / Shift 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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 2+ years of Amazon (blue badge / FTE) experience
• Work a flexible schedule / shift / work area, including weekends, nights, and / or holidays
• Open to work on different shift timing. Strong knowledge and has to have work experience in FC OB and IB. Flexibility to work extra hours and during weekend upon need. Able to manage team in the future

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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