Military Operations Manager

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

Job summary

A leading multinational company in the UK seeks an experienced Operations Manager for its Fulfillment Center. The role entails managing safety standards, leading large teams, and driving process improvements. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree and prior experience in leadership. This position offers competitive compensation and various benefits, encouraging a commitment to excellence.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Stock units

Employee discount

Performance-related pay

Qualifications

• Experience in leading large, diverse teams
• Ability to organize details and conduct root cause analysis
• Willingness to work in 4 day shifts

Responsibilities

• Manage health and safety standards
• Achieve productivity targets and reduce costs
• Lead process improvement projects

Skills

Leadership skills

Strong analytical skills

Process improvement

Ability to organize details

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Six Sigma

Lean methodologies

Job description

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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. At Amazon, thousands of former military are driving innovation and raising the bar on customer experience.

We treat every single day like it’s day one. And we never sit still while we do it.
Are you up for crafting solutions and solving tomorrow’s problems today?

Then we have the opportunity for you!
We’re seeking an experienced, Operations Manager to join our Customer Fulfillment team. You’ll operate out of one of our dynamic Fulfillment Centers: these sit at the heart of Amazon’s premier and rapidly growing business. They’re where we run our fast-moving inventory; they’re also where we developed our smart, industry-leading workflows.
As an Operations Manager, you’ll deliver inspiring, supportive leadership for the teams you lead. But at the same time, you don’t shy away from rolling up your sleeves and getting involved whenever necessary.
You’ll be directly responsible for developing a team of Area Managers and their direct reports: meanwhile, you will report to the Senior Operations Manager of your Fulfillment Center. The quality of your leadership is key to success in this role: you’ll tactfully motivate and inspire your teams to do their best work, while planning schedules and activities that balance their needs with that of the business.
Another key aspect of the role is to lead on numerous process improvement projects, with the aim of streamlining all activities, both for yourself and the team members you lead. The ideas, innovation and leaps out of the status quo that you come up with could very well be rolled out across the Amazon network: this immense opportunity is yours for the taking.

Job Description
Your role will be pivotal in the overall management, control, organisation and direction of either Outbound or Inbound operational areas of your FC. Your responsibilities will include, amongst others:
- Maintaining Health and Safety standards within your remit area, while promoting and inspiring a culture of safety on-site,
- Become proficient on specific, larger-scale processes and activities within FCs, such as 5S audits,
- In your inventory control and systems environment, you’ll handle meaningful data collection, updating operations metrics on an hourly basis,
- Therefore, you’ll aim to achieve productivity targets, reduce cost per unit, eliminate errors and ensure an excellent customer experience,
- Partnering closely with other support teams (HR, Finance, Facilities, Safety and Security, IT) on staffing plans, schedules and performance levels,
- Implement progressive process change and contribute in cross-functional Six Sigma initiatives within your site and the broader Amazon EU Operations network,

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Basic qualifications:
Bachelors Degree
- Previous experience in leading large, diverse teams,
- You possess the ability to organize details, establish and carry out root cause analysis, and then extract and analyze the data you generate,
- You are ready to work in 4 day shifts, either from Sunday until Wednesday or Wednesday until Saturday

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Master’s degree,
- You possess a grasp of Kaizen and Lean methodologies and related techniques.
- You’re competent in two or more production or supply chain areas, with an impressive track record in a similar, dynamic logistics, distribution or manufacturing environment,
- You embrace change, and are willing to relocate if necessary.

What we offer
We’ll expect you to focus and commit, but we’ll also make sure you’re well rewarded. As well as a competitive salary, stock units and site performance-related pay potential, we offer a whole host of other benefits, including an employee discount.

We’re looking forward to receiving your application, preferably in English.