Delivery Station Manager

Amazon UK Services Ltd.; Bolton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in logistics is seeking a Delivery Station Manager to oversee operations at their Bolton site. The successful candidate will lead a team, optimize performance metrics, and ensure the highest operational standards. This role emphasizes collaboration, mentorship, and innovation to enhance the customer experience and achieve targets.

Qualifications

• Degree required.
• Experience in people and stakeholder management.
• Proficiency in English and data-driven decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a team of Area Managers.
• Lead operational teams on-site and improve performance.
• Analyze shift performance and implement improvement actions.

Skills

People management

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Operational excellence

Education

Degree

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Job description

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Operations is the beating heart of Amazon. This key part of our business makes sure we dispatch and deliver orders efficiently so that our customers get their items on time. It’s driven by Delivery Station Managers who bring the team together to push excellence in safety, quality and productivity across our sites. At your site, you’ll lead other managers and create the operational plan that helps your teams meet their targets. This role is all about driving operational excellence to create the Amazon of tomorrow.

Key job responsibilities
- Manage and develop a team of Area Managers
- Lead operational teams on a shift, deal with issues, and positively impact site performance
- Analyse shift performance against relevant business objectives, and put in place actions to improve our operational excellence
- Work closely with other support teams, including HR, Finance, Health and Safety, and Security
- Design and deliver initiatives across the sites to improve operational performance

A day in the life
You have ultimate ownership for an entire Delivery Station, leading teams, tracking site performance and always looking for ways to improve the customer experience. That means you’ll be close to the day-to-day operations at your site but also contribute to new ways to innovate at your site.

A typical day will involve collaboration with different stakeholders, deep diving performance and risk metrics for sites as well as preparing for different levels of demand. You will mentor and coach your team to achieve top level results.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- A degree
- Relevant experience in people and stakeholder management
- Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English and intermediate proficiency in the local language
- Relevant experience in using data or anecdotal evidence to influence business decisions
- Relevant experience in key areas of production and supply chains

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 in Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen techniques
- Experience in a similar logistical working environment
- Relevant experience working with the MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) in a professional environment