Area Manager

ENGINEERINGUK; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Area Manager to lead operations at their site. In this pivotal role, you will ensure safety and quality while driving productivity and operational excellence. Your responsibilities will include managing a team, overseeing projects, and collaborating with management to standardize practices. This position offers an exciting opportunity to influence business decisions through data analysis and improve processes in a fast-paced environment. If you're passionate about logistics and people management, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• A degree and relevant experience in people management are essential.
• Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to ensure safe and efficient operations.
• Analyze performance and implement process improvements.

Skills

People Management

Data Analysis

Communication

Process Improvement

Education

Degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

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Sector: Distribution and Warehouse, Technology

Role: Manager

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

DESCRIPTION

Operations is the beating heart of Amazon. This key part of our business makes sure we fulfill 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 high quality, taking on a number of projects across our network to drive productivity.

Key job responsibilities

1. Create, oversee, and drive a culture of safety and wellbeing
2. Analyse and implement changes to keep quality and productivity at a consistently high level
3. Oversee projects to streamline processes, optimize productivity, and increase quality of service for customers within your area of responsibility
4. Analyse shift performance against relevant business objectives, and put in place actions to improve our operational excellence
5. 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

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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. 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.
2. Experience working with Lean, Six Sigma, and Kaizen techniques
3. Experience working in another logistics environment
4. Relevant experience working with the MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) in a professional environment

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