Carrier Operations Manager, Amazon Transportation Services

Redefined Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Carrier Operations Manager to enhance transportation performance across the EU. The role involves developing performance metrics, investigating root causes of failures, and training teams. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's degree, advanced skills in Excel and SQL, and experience in project management and supply chain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and SQL.
• Experience in project management and process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Engage with performance and analytics teams to develop metrics.
• Investigate performance failures and create corrective actions.
• Train carriers and the wider transportation team on new tools.

Skills

Advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps)

SQL

Program Management

Project Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Process Improvement

Supply Chain Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Carrier Operations Management (COM) works across the EU in a cross-functional environment with Carriers, Transportation Execution, Planning and Scheduling organizations to improve Transportation performance and KPIs. They maintains and reports up to date and accurate statistics, management reports and analysis at scale managing performance of +5k carriers. They are an expert in the transportation function, are able to independently define processes considering long term sustainability and repeatability. They handle escalations and takes ownership of projects/tasks beyond core responsibilities.

Key job responsibilities
Engages with performance and analytics teams to develop and understand performance metrics to assist with driving business results.
Investigates root cause of performance failures along with transportation partners to trouble shoot and create processes/actions to sustainably eliminate them.
Determines corrective action for risks and obstacles with assistance from senior program managers.
Utilize analytical simulations and assessments to quickly understand the business impact of the trends and make quick and informed decisions based on available data.
Plays an active role in training our carriers on new tools and processes, as well as training the wider transportation team on relevant topics.
Serves as escalation point in the network for our Carrier Managers.
Owns, tracks, or escalates issues to ensure that they are addressed and documented.
Owns reporting to Senior Management up to Director Level.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience in program or project management
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
- Experience in defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics
- Experience in supply chain
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership
- Experience leading process improvements
- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- Experience building processes, project management, and schedules

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