Transportation Network Design Program Manager 18 months FTC, EU Transportation Network Design

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Program Manager for an 18-month fixed-term contract to lead strategic initiatives within the European Transportation Network Design team. This role focuses on enhancing delivery quality, speed, and cost-effectiveness while reducing carbon intensity. Ideal candidates will be data-driven problem solvers who thrive in dynamic environments and can effectively communicate complex ideas. Join a team dedicated to transforming logistics and making a significant impact on operational efficiency and sustainability. Your contributions will help shape the future of transportation at a leading global company.

Qualifications

• Experience in program or project management is required.
• Strong analytical skills with a focus on data-driven insights.

Responsibilities

• Define frameworks for trade-offs between quality, speed, cost, and carbon intensity.
• Coordinate multiple cross-functional projects across Tech, Operations, and Finance.

Skills

Program Management

Data Analysis

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Excel

MS Access

SQL

Job description

Job ID: 2964478 | Amazon UK Services Ltd.

This is an 18 month FTC.

Amazon’s European Transportation Network Design team is responsible for getting Amazon packages to customers more reliably, faster, cheaper, and with a lower carbon intensity, while managing to grow the shipped volume by double digits every year.

We are looking for Program Manager (18months Fixed Term Contract) for Network Design, you'll lead programs driving strategic initiatives and solving recurring problems around delivery quality, speed, cost and carbon intensity of the Amazon Transportation network in EU . Your goal is not just to solve problems once, but also to build new tools and improve processes to make sure the problems stay solved. This is essential to the scalability of the Amazon Transportation Network.

Do you recognize yourself in this?
- You are data-driven and enjoy analyzing large quantities of data and turning them into crisp insights
- You are an excellent problem solver, with a demonstrated ability to bring structure to complex projects and break them down into smaller pieces
- You are able to deliver projects against tight deadlines and are comfortable with competing priorities.
- You get energy from finding root causes for recurring problems and inventing new tools and processes to avoid them.
- You are eager to learn about the complexities of Amazon's transportation network and the systems that support it. At the same time, you have the communication skills to explain this to someone without subject matter expertise.
- You are able to coordinate multiple cross-functional projects in parallel across Tech, Operations, Supply Chain and Finance.
- You have a drive to constantly learn and improve yourself
- You can translate strategic directions into a project roadmap and build the resourcing plan to deliver on this roadmap

Then this is a role for you! We're looking forward to your application.

The position can be based in either Luxembourg or London.


Key job responsibilities
Define the frameworks to make trade-offs between quality, speed, cost and carbon intensity
Find situations in the network where these tradeoffs are not applied correctly, leading to an inefficient network
Build a proof of concept to solve the problem initially
Work with Business Intelligence / Software Development to automate the methodology
Set up the mechanism to regularly review the gaps in optimality and suggest network changes to make sure the problem stays fixed

About the team
Our team changes the way Amazon packages get from our warehouses to our customers to improve quality, speed, cost and carbon efficiency, all at the same time, while managing double-digit yearly volume growth.

We launch new buildings, help Amazon get ready for the Christmas period and tackle big recurring problems, all to remove waste from the network.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in program or project management
- Experience with Excel
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Knowledge of Lean principles and DMAIC methodology
- Experience in MS Access and SQL
- Experience in requirement gathering and ability to write clear and detailed requirement document

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