Area Manager

Amazon.com, Inc; Fir Tree; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Fulfilment Centre in the United Kingdom is seeking an Area Manager to lead a safety-focused, high-performing team and ensure productivity across shifts.

You will drive process improvements, mentor new managers, and work with senior leaders to standardise shift practices while delivering excellent customer service. A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and experience with large teams are preferred.

Qualifications

• Proven data analysis experience.
• Experience managing large teams (50+).
• Ability to work flexible schedules/shifts.

Responsibilities

• Create, oversee, and drive a culture of safety and wellbeing.
• Analyse and implement changes to keep quality and productivity high.
• Oversee projects to streamline processes and increase service quality.
• Analyse shift performance and implement actions to improve operational excellence.
• Collaborate with management to standardise shift practices.

Skills

Data analysis

Team management

Shift pattern coordination

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

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, 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 facilitate speedy deliveries round the clock. 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

• Knowledge of advanced English at CEFR level B2/C1
• Experience in data analysis
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or experience in a relevant field
• Experience in the management of large teams (50+ members)
• Work flexible schedules/shifts/areas