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 established industry player is seeking a dynamic Program Manager for their European Transportation Network Design team. This role involves leading strategic initiatives to enhance delivery quality, speed, and cost-effectiveness while ensuring sustainability. You will analyze data, solve complex problems, and develop innovative tools to improve processes. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy working on cross-functional projects, and are passionate about optimizing operations, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a team that is committed to transforming logistics and making a significant impact on the transportation network across Europe.

Qualifications

• Experience in program or project management is essential.
• Strong knowledge of Lean principles and DMAIC methodology.

Responsibilities

• Define frameworks for trade-offs between quality, speed, cost, and carbon intensity.
• Build proof of concepts to solve network efficiency problems.

Skills

Data Analysis

Problem Solving

Project Management

Communication Skills

Root Cause Analysis

Cross-Functional Coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Tools

Excel

MS Access

SQL

Job description

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 a Program Manager (18 months 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 the 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?

1. You are data-driven and enjoy analyzing large quantities of data and turning them into crisp insights.
2. You are an excellent problem solver, with a demonstrated ability to bring structure to complex projects and break them down into smaller pieces.
3. You are able to deliver projects against tight deadlines and are comfortable with competing priorities.
4. You get energy from finding root causes for recurring problems and inventing new tools and processes to avoid them.
5. 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.
6. You are able to coordinate multiple cross-functional projects in parallel across Tech, Operations, Supply Chain, and Finance.
7. You have a drive to constantly learn and improve yourself.
8. 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

1. Define the frameworks to make trade-offs between quality, speed, cost, and carbon intensity.
2. Find situations in the network where these trade-offs are not applied correctly, leading to an inefficient network.
3. Build a proof of concept to solve the problem initially.
4. Work with Business Intelligence / Software Development to automate the methodology.
5. 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.

Minimum Requirements

1. Experience in program or project management.
2. Experience with Excel.
3. Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
4. Knowledge of Lean principles and DMAIC methodology.
5. Experience in MS Access and SQL.
6. Experience in requirement gathering and ability to write clear and detailed requirement documents.

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