Area Manager

Amazon TA; Erith; Presencial; GBP 55 000 - 75 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Amazon is seeking an Area Manager to lead a dynamic operations team at a UK site. You will drive safety, quality and productivity, manage daily shifts, and deliver against site objectives while partnering with senior colleagues to standardise practices.

You will analyse performance data, implement improvements, and coordinate projects that enhance efficiency and customer service. Strong people leadership, English fluency, and stakeholder collaboration are essential.

Qualificações

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

Responsabilidades

• 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

Conhecimentos

People management

Stakeholder comms

Data-driven decisions

English proficiency

Formação académica

Bachelor's degree

Ferramentas

MS Office

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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, 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 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.

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

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