Site Leader

Amazon; Redditch; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in logistics is seeking a Site Leader/Senior Operations Manager to enhance operational performance and lead a diverse team. The role focuses on monitoring operational metrics, strategic planning, and ensuring the highest standards of health and safety. Candidates should have relevant management experience and a degree in a related field. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact within a thriving team that prioritizes safety and quality.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in manufacturing, production, or logistics management.
• Advanced proficiency in English.
• Experience in managing third-party relationships is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor operational metrics and business performance.
• Develop and coach team leaders for successful operations.
• Strategic planning for peak-season operations.

Skills

Operational metrics management

Leadership

Strategic planning

Health and Safety standards

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in engineering, supply chain, logistics, or manufacturing

Job description

Our operations help everything to come together at Amazon. As the Site Leader/Senior Operations Manager in a fast-paced and challenging environment, you’ll be the person who knows your area of the business inside out. You’ll own the operational metrics and set the strategy for your area of the business to deliver for our customers and ultimately grow our operations. You’ll also develop a large team and coach and mentor team leaders.

Key job responsibilities
Monitor operational metrics and business performance
Contribute to planning the operational budget, considering everything from financial and labour planning
Protect high standards of operational Health and Safety
Strategic planning for the next three, six and twelve months, with a particular focus on peak-season planning
Be accountable for operational leadership by measuring performance, offering feedback, and providing development support

A day in the life
You’ll be based at one of our operational sites/You’ll split your time across a number of our operational sites. Spending lots of time on site will help you develop your team and collaborate on operational planning. This role has two sides. You’ll manage and motivate a team of leaders. At the same time, you’ll focus on long-term objectives. This includes creating contingency plans to keep operations running and mitigate against disruptions and driving initiatives that boost quality, safety and productivity. You’ll be a source of accountability and a business-wide champion of best practice.

About the team
Amazon couldn’t deliver at pace without the Amazon Transportation Service (ATS) team. As part of ATS, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse team that plays a central role in our success. Using air, sea and road transport, as well as sortation centres equipped with the latest technology, you’ll help Amazon’s transport run at maximum efficiency. Our team captures data and uses it to drive decisions. They are key to making Amazon more innovative and efficient.
We put safety first as our people are our priority. And we use the expertise of our people to get packages to their destination – quickly, conveniently and sustainably.

A degree
Relevant experience in manufacturing, production, distribution logistics environments, retail, or grocery in a management role
Relevant experience of working within a complex stakeholder structure
Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English and upper intermediate proficiency in the local language

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.
A bachelor’s, advanced or master’s degree in engineering, supply chain, logistics, or manufacturing
Experience in managing third-party relationships
Experience of applying Lean, Six Sigma, and Kaizen methodologies


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