Military Area Manager

Amazon; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon UK Services Ltd. is seeking an Area Manager to lead a main FC team responsible for receiving, stowing, picking, packing, or shipping. You will guide a group of 80–120 associates, ensuring safety, performance, and on-time delivery of customer orders.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, process optimization, and maintaining high standards of quality and inventory accuracy within Amazon’s dynamic operations network in the UK.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, logistics, supply chain management, or a related field.
• Experience in managing and developing teams.
• Experience in project and program management.
• Experience using English communication skills to interact with stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• You’ll be responsible as a leader for one of the main teams in your FC: receive, stow, pick, pack or ship.
• Lead and motivate a team of approximately 80 to 120 associates.
• Safeguard your team’s safety and promote Health and Safety standards.
• Lead cross-functional teams to solve operational problems.
• Uphold Amazon’s high standards of process quality.
• Maintain inventory accuracy and drive process improvements.
• Become a subject matter expert on larger FC processes and activities.
• Share and promote best practices with colleagues and network.

Skills

Team development

Project management

Program management

English communication

Six Sigma / process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/logistics/supply chain

Job description

Job ID: 10554469 | Amazon UK Services Ltd.

Area Manager

This role focuses on those who have military experience interested in working in the private sector. Amazon’s military recruiting team is available to discuss the many opportunities within Amazon Operations.

At Amazon, thousands of former military are driving innovation and raising the bar on customer experience. On a daily basis, those with military backgrounds are able to apply their knowledge, skills, and leadership abilities in a wide variety of careers – influencing change across the globe.

Are you ready to champion extraordinary customer service, Amazon style?

Are you up for crafting solutions and solving tomorrow’s problems today?

Then we have an opportunity just for you!

We’re seeking an Area Manager to join our dynamic Fulfillment Center. Our Fulfillment Centers are at the heart of Amazon’s rapidly growing Operations network: they’re where we manage our dynamic inventory. They’re also where we developed our industry-leading workflows. Our teams stow deliveries, pick products, package them up and ship them out: each of these groups have played their part in taking us where we are today.

In these facilities we’re building the future of customer service, as we work towards becoming Earth’s most customer-centric company. This is your chance to make history with us.

About the role and responsibilities:

You’ll be responsible as a leader for one of the main teams in your FC: receive, stow, pick, pack or ship. Along with your peers, you’ll ensure that all workflows run smoothly and that customer expectations are met, if not exceeded.

In the logistics team you enter and lead, we’ll be entrusting a team of approximately 80 to 120 associates to you. You’ll drive the training and integration of your team, while motivating and inspiring forward progress. All the while, you’ll exercise good judgement, making sure progress and critical metric targets are worked towards and met.

While you achieve this, you’ll ensure motivation, engagement and performance:

• You’ll need to safeguard your team’s safety, promoting Amazon’s Health and Safety standards,
• You’ll lead cross-functional teams, tasked with solving operational problems,
• You’ll uphold Amazon’s high standards of process quality,
• You’ll maintain inventory accuracy,
• You’ll strive to improve and streamline processes,
• You’ll become a subject matter expert on larger FC processes and activities,
• You’ll actively share and promote best practices with your colleagues and network,

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, logistics, supply chain management, or a related field
• Experience in managing and developing teams
• Experience in project and program management
• Experience using English communication skills, both written and verbal, to foster seamless interaction with stakeholders at all levels

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Six Sigma, or analytical and process improvement techniques

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