Area Manager

Amazon UK Services Ltd.; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company in the United Kingdom is seeking an Area Manager to oversee operations and ensure safety and quality standards. You will lead a team to enhance productivity and implement process improvements while managing daily operational responsibilities. The ideal candidate will have a degree, experience in people management, and strong communication skills. This position offers opportunities to work in a dynamic environment focused on efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• A degree in a relevant field.
• Experience in people management and communication with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Ability to use data to influence business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Create and drive a culture of safety and wellbeing.
• Oversee projects to optimize productivity and quality of service.
• Work collaboratively to standardize shift practices.

Skills

People management

Communication with stakeholders

Data analysis

Safety culture

Process improvement

English proficiency

Education

Degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

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.

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, optimize 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 standardize 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.

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

• 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 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