Project Manager

Amazon; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global e-commerce company is seeking an experienced Project Manager to drive the expansion of their fulfillment network in Europe. This role involves overseeing complex projects, managing budgets and schedules, and coordinating with stakeholders from diverse backgrounds. Ideal candidates must hold a bachelor's degree and have strong project management skills, along with the ability to lead and mentor teams effectively. The position offers opportunities for extensive travel across Europe, ensuring exposure to various markets and cultures.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex projects and schedules across teams.
• Proficient in project reporting and prioritizing tasks.
• Strong technical background with ability to oversee project execution.

Responsibilities

• Manage overall project budget and schedules for fulfillment center launches.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal teams for project execution.
• Monitor progress and report on key milestones.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Resource planning

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Project Manager, Start Up, Global Engineering Services- Startup

Job ID: 3158004 | Amazon UK Services Ltd.

Amazon is seeking a highly experienced Project Manager to support the continued expansion of our European fulfillment network. Successful candidates will be comfortable leading large complex projects, guiding a team of contracted support personnel and coordinating the internal and external resources required to launch new highly complex fulfillment centers with the goal of achieving timelines, staying within budget, and driving standardization and consistency within our network.

The person must be capable of leading and mentoring project resources, while also managing project engineers and other specialists and coordinating schedules with multiple vendors simultaneously. They should be comfortable interfacing and driving various functional teams and individuals at all levels of the organization in order to be successful.

Would you like an opportunity to travel and work in multiple countries and cultures? The role is based in the UK, Germany or Poland with 50% of the time spent traveling either domestically or to other EU countries.

Key job responsibilities

• Active participant in vendor and Amazon safety policies
• Detailed coordination of multiple material flow and installation schedules of vendors that are all interdependent
• Responsible for managing overall project budget and approving all purchase orders and invoices
• Contributes to developing comprehensive budgets during project conception
• Plans, directs, supervises and controls the execution of all business, technical, fiscal, and administrative functions of the assigned program, project, or sub-task
• Comfortable in different roles, sometimes supporting, sometimes leading
• Taking accountability while providing status, asking for help, and immediately escalating issues and problems as necessary
• Acts as the Company representative with vendors and suppliers during project execution
• Mobilizes company resources through effective liaison with support departments to create project teams capable of completing effective quality work
• Monitors and reports on the progress of all project activity within the project, including significant milestones and any conditions that would affect project cost or schedule
• Responsible for overall project schedule that enables the teams to be successful based on the project milestones and Go‑Live
• Experience in a distribution environment and knowledgeable in material handling equipment such as pallet racking, conveyor, and fork trucks
• Possesses a broad technical background and has the ability to “roll up their sleeves” and jump in if needed, along with managing
• Contributes to project planning from concept to completion

A day in the life: You will plan and execute the business case that delivers operational fulfillment centers. Your day could include engaging with all levels of the organization to agree on strategy, attending the site and owning its development from a greenfield to a fully functioning FC, planning and managing resources to execute activities that you have detailed in an end‑to‑end schedule. You will make decisions on behalf of the business and see the outcome of these come to fruition through coordination of stakeholders, both internal and third‑party, and finally celebrating the successful launch of the facility. Day One for all of us!

About the team: The EU Startup team is comprised of a talented group of project and program managers who drive coordination of all activities required to safely build highly complex FCs to network standards across the EU market. Our team puts a high value on work‑life balance and we are dedicated to developing and supporting our new team members. This enables PMs to execute to challenging timelines and frugal budgets to deliver new build, expansion, and retrofit projects derived from capacity and inventory needs to optimize the Amazon Fulfillment network.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in Math, Engineering, Science or Business

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in project management including resource planning, managing schedules, reporting project status and prioritizing tasks
• Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization

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