Abteilungsleiter / Area Manager Logistik (m/w/d) - Gera

StudySmarter GmbH; Gera; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Permanent contract with Amazon

Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

Relocation package (80 km+)

Life and disability insurance

Employee discounts (amazon.de)

Deutschlandticket or free parking

Family bonus

Childcare/eldercare referrals

Employee Assistance Program

Career development opportunities

Zusammenfassung

Amazon is seeking an Area Manager in Gera to lead a team, drive safety and quality, and manage shift performance across sites. You will oversee process improvements, collaborate with senior colleagues, and deliver high operational standards in a dynamic fulfilment environment.

Responsibilities include building a culture of safety, driving productivity, and implementing initiatives to improve service levels for customers across the area.

Qualifikationen

• Degree required or equivalent.
• Experience leading people and teams.
• Experience communicating with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Experience using data or evidence to influence decisions.
• Strong verbal and written English and local language.

Aufgaben

• Create, oversee, and drive a culture of safety and wellbeing.
• Analyse and implement changes to maintain high quality and productivity.
• Oversee projects to streamline processes and increase customer service quality.
• Analyse shift performance against business objectives and implement improvement actions.
• Collaborate with management to standardise shift practices.

Kenntnisse

People management

Stakeholder communication

Data-driven decisions

English & local language

Ausbildung

A degree

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Jobbeschreibung

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.

Location: Gera Shift: Yes (flexibility needed)

What we offer:

• A permanent contract directly with Amazon
• An attractive compensation package including Restricted Stock Units (through Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Relocation package if your home is at least 80 km from the site
• Free life and disability insurance and support with company pension plans
• Employee discounts on amazon.de as well as Amazon Extras (e.g., discounts on travel, restaurants, entertainment, electronics, home, etc.)
• Commuter benefits: Free parking or coverage of the Deutschlandticket (Germany-wide public transport pass)
• Family bonus (one-time payment for parents on parental leave)
• Referral services for childcare, eldercare, and care for people with special needs
• A free Employee Assistance Program (also for family members) for counseling on professional or personal matters
• Excellent development opportunities in a global company

Key job responsibilities

• 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, optimise 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 standardise shift practices

A day in the life

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.

About the team

Customer Fulfilment, or CF, is where it all started for Amazon. CF has scaled up from a humble team of booksellers to a sophisticated global team which handles more than 1.5 million orders every day. The team is the foundation of our business and its efforts have helped us diversify across new regions and services. With the help of emerging technology, we're always looking for ways to offer a bigger, better product range - delivered quickly and affordably.

The CF team are the first people in the chain that helps customers get products at the speed we're known for. We're based in Fulfilment Centres, which are at the heart of Amazon's fast-paced Operations network. Our centres are sometimes referred to as the 'First Mile' because it's where most Amazon packages start their journey. We help to manage dynamic inventory and faciliti…

Lots of different people work in our Fulfilment Centres, so there are plenty of opportunities for every skillset. Some of us work with physical products, while others analyse data to help everyone across the business make smart decisions.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• A degree
• Relevant experience in people management
• Relevant experience of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including your peers and leadership
• Relevant experience in using data or anecdotal evidence to influence business decisions
• Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English and local language

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working with Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen techniques
• Experience working in another logistics environment
• Relevant experience working with the MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) in a professional environment

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