Operations Manager, Amazon Logistics

Amazon; Sydney; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Logistics (AMZL) is seeking an Operations Manager to lead daily logistics operations, drive process improvements, and ensure safety and compliance across multiple Delivery Stations in Sydney. You will supervise Shift Managers and their reports, report to the Site Lead, and guide teams toward meeting Amazon’s customer promise.

In this role, you will deliver Lean initiatives, manage manpower plans, and optimize shift performance to achieve operational excellence, while supporting a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• Schedule flexibility to work at least one day of the weekend.
• 1+ years of employee and performance management experience.
• 1+ years of performance metrics, process improvement or lean techniques experience.
• Experience hiring and developing highly effective and diverse teams.
• Experience developing and managing a high-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a team of Shift Managers and their direct reports.
• Proxy duties for the Site Lead.
• Review the operational forecast and determine productivity requirements the delivery station.
• Support all safety programs to ensure a safe work environment for all associates and Delivery service providers.
• Proactively identify and lead process improvement initiatives and Lean tools.
• Analyze shift performance against relevant business objectives, and put in place actions to improve our operational excellence.
• Manage resource (manpower) plan and oversee shifts patterns managed by direct reports including hours booking and staff holiday management.

Skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Lean techniques

Team management

People development

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field

Job description

At Amazon, we are always looking for highly passionate, driven, and customer-obsessed leaders who thrive in fast-paced environments and love tackling complex challenges. Our Operations Managers are the backbone of Amazon Logistics (AMZL), ensuring that every package moves efficiently through our network and reaches our customers on time, every time.

This isn’t just an operations role—it’s an opportunity to lead, innovate, and make a real impact on the way we deliver smiles to millions of customers. If you are someone who loves problem-solving, driving continuous improvement, and leading high-performing teams, this is the role for you!

The Operations Manager (OM) is a critical leadership role responsible for overseeing daily logistics operations, driving process improvements, ensuring safety and compliance, and leading teams to meet Amazon’s customer promise.

As an OM, you’ll be directly responsible for supervising a team of Shift Managers and their direct reports meanwhile, you will report to the Site Lead of your Delivery Station.

We’re looking for candidates for our Bella Vista, Chullora and Eastern Creek Delivery Stations.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field
• Work with schedule flexibility to work at least one day of the weekend
• 1+ years of employee and performance management experience
• 1+ years of performance metrics, process improvement or lean techniques experience
• Experience hiring and developing highly effective and diverse teams.
• Experience developing and managing a high-performing team

Key job responsibilities

• Manage and develop a team of Shift Managers and their direct reports.
• Proxy duties for the Site Lead.
• Review the operational forecast and determine productivity requirements the delivery station.
• Support all safety programs to ensure a safe work environment for all associates and Delivery service providers.
• Proactively identify and lead process improvement initiatives and Lean tools.
• Analyze shift performance against relevant business objectives, and put in place actions to improve our operational excellence.
• Manage resource (manpower) plan and oversee shifts patterns managed by direct reports including hours booking and staff holiday management.

A day in the life

You will be an inspiring leader within our Delivery Stations, where you will work to continuously improve the efficiency of delivery processes, ensuring that customer orders are delivered as quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively as possible. Along with your peers, you’ll ensure that all workflows run smoothly and that customer expectations are met.

About the team

Amazon Logistics (AMZL) handles ‘last mile’ delivery duties in partnership with third-party distribution businesses. We utilize 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 while focusing on continuous improvement.

There are two sides to what we do. Our ‘under the roof’ (UTR) associates process millions of products for dispatch to our delivery teams. Meanwhile, our ‘on the road’ (OTR) people ensure the safe and timely delivery of packages to our customers.

Basic qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field
• Work with schedule flexibility to work at least one day of the weekend
• 1+ years of employee and performance management experience
• 1+ years of performance metrics, process improvement or lean techniques experience
• Experience hiring and developing highly effective and diverse teams.
• Experience developing and managing a high-performing team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with process improvements (Lean Six Sigma and/or Kaizen)
• Experience in problem solving and delivering results
• Experience in dealing with contingent workforce

Acknowledgement of country:

In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE statement:

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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