Planning Manager - CO, EU AMZL Central Operations

Planning Manager - CO, EU AMZL Central Operations

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Job summary
This position offers an exciting opportunity to make history and become a member of a team whose purpose is to solve complex challenges and create unprecedented customer experiences. We're looking for creative leaders with a passion for innovation, knack for problem solving, and dedication to creating world-class customer experiences.

As a Central Operations Area Manager, you will lead a team of Logistics Associates to drive performance on day to day operations and projects for EU CO. Your role will be to focus on key KPIs in terms of forecast accuracy and process adherence/improvement playing a key role in deliverables to both our Delivery Station and Delivery Service Partner Management team. You will be responsible for executing daily team 1:1s and be accountable of daily metrics. You will be accountable for driving program scoping, roll out and compliance/monitoring and stakeholder experience. In addition, you will be instrumental in developing best practices and standard work for the network. You will ensure that targets and service deadlines are met.

You will play a proactive role in written and verbal communication with various departments, as you maintain Amazon's exceptionally high levels of service, both for our customers and suppliers, facilitating the flow of information between different stakeholders and resolving any potential issues that impact business continuity. We need you to step back at strategic intervals to take in the bigger picture and to be comfortable conducting research into process improvement initiatives and taking real-time decisions. You will also maintain and report up to date and accurate statistics, management reports and analysis.

Key job responsibilities

1. Responsible for last-mile customer experience and cost being responsible for daily and weekly On Road planning.
2. Manage and develop a team of logistic schedulers to achieve team's goals and their personal development.
3. Use data-driven decision making to achieve daily operational excellence.
4. Make decisions and execute in a fast-paced environment.
5. Leverage quantitative analysis to identify best practices that improve customer, cost, and delivery partner outcomes.
6. Develop processes and systems to achieve metrics, often requiring scrappy solutions to temporarily overcome technical limitations. The ability to scale will be critical to all processes.
7. Serve as a problem solver and primary escalation point for the team of associates.
8. Maintain a full understanding of workflow and daily metrics goals.
9. Review and update SOPs as required.
10. Ensure successful performance in your business area through tracking and reporting metrics.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate's or Bachelor's Degree, and/or prior Amazon experience.
• Experience with planning, standard work practices, and performance metrics.
• Strong logical thinking, analytical skills, and problem solving skills.
• Flexible to work a variety of hours as business demands such as weekends and public holidays.
• Intermediate working knowledge of Excel.
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) across various levels of an organization.
• Fluent in oral and written communication.
• Ability to make decisions and execute in a fast-paced environment.
• Good teamwork mentality: able to build trustworthy and supportive working relationships.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience taking part in a Kaizen event in a similar environment.
• Demonstrates problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience leading teams.
• Capable of providing direction to team members using independent judgment.
• Organization and time management skills.
• Enjoy analytical work and using data to provide thought-provoking and workable solutions.
• Typically volunteer to lead projects and help your team achieve goals. Track record of taking ownership and driving results.
• Good teamwork mentality: able to build trustworthy and supportive working relationships.

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