Area Manager

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

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Area Manager to lead operations and ensure safety and quality across its sites. In this pivotal role, you will drive a culture of safety, optimize productivity, and implement process improvements. Your leadership will be crucial in managing a diverse team and collaborating with stakeholders to achieve operational excellence. If you're passionate about logistics and people management, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• A degree is required along with relevant people management experience.
• Advanced proficiency in English and local language is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to ensure safety and quality in operations.
• Oversee projects to improve productivity and service quality.

Skills

People Management

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Communication

Safety Culture Promotion

Operational Excellence

Education

Degree

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

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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 fulfil and dispatch orders efficiently so that our customers get their items on time. As an Area Manager, you'll ensure your site runs smoothly to meet customer demand. You will lead a team that helps keep our operations safe, efficient, and of high quality while taking on 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 maintain quality and productivity at a consistently high level.
3. Oversee projects to streamline processes, optimise productivity, and increase quality of service for customers within your area of responsibility.
4. Analyse shift performance against relevant business objectives, and implement actions to improve operational excellence.
5. 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, ensuring it is as productive as possible. Your main focus will be to own and drive a culture of safety while upholding quality and shift performance standards. You'll oversee process improvements within your area and drive implementation. A typical day is varied, including 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. Experience communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including peers and leadership.
4. Experience using data or anecdotal evidence to influence business decisions.
5. Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English and local language.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

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

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