Area Manager, Customer Fulfillment

Amazon.com, Inc; Leeds; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com, Inc. is seeking an Area Manager to ensure site operations run safely, efficiently, and to high quality standards. You will lead teams, drive productivity, and oversee multiple projects across the network to improve service for customers.

You will oversee shift performance, implement process improvements, and mentor new managers while collaborating with senior stakeholders to standardize practices. A strong focus on data-driven decision making is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing and developing teams.
• Experience engaging with internal and external stakeholders to convey complex ideas clearly.
• Experience in data analysis and extracting insights to make data-backed business decisions.
• Experience in English-language communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience leading large teams, with demonstrable ability to hire, develop, and manage high-performing technical teams.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or experience in operations management.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive a culture of safety and uphold quality and shift performance standards.
• Manage a shift pattern on site and lead process improvements.
• Oversee projects to streamline processes and improve productivity and service quality for customers within your area of responsibility.
• Collaborate with management-level colleagues to standardize shift practices.
• Mentor new managers and role model leadership.

Skills

Team management

Stakeholder communication

Data analysis

English communication

Leadership of technical teams

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in operations management

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., 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.

Experience working with large-scale data mining and reporting tools (examples: SQL, MS Access, Essbase, Cognos) and other financial systems (examples: Oracle, SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards), or experience troubleshooting problems and offering solutions to streamline complex challenges

• Experience in managing and developing teams
• Experience engaging, verbally and in writing, with internal and external stakeholders to convey complex ideas in a clear, concise manner
• Experience in data analysis and extracting insights to make data-backed business decisions
• Experience in English-language communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience leading large teams, with demonstrable ability to hire, develop, and manage high-performing technical teams
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or experience in operations management

Preferred Qualifications

• Work flexible schedules/shifts/areas, including weekends, nights, and/or holidays

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