Area Manager, Inventory Control and Quality Assurance (Saudi National)

Amazon Inc.; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Inc. in Saudi Arabia is seeking an ICQA Area Manager to lead Inventory Control and Quality Assurance at our Riyadh fulfilment center. You will oversee hourly associates, ensure safety, and manage counts and accuracy to support customer obsession.

Qualifications include a bachelor's degree, 3+ years operations, 1+ year of team leadership, data-driven improvements, and fluency in English and Arabic. The role emphasizes process improvement, coaching, and strong performance reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 3+ years of operational experience.
• 1+ years of team management experience.
• Experience using data and metrics to drive improvements.
• Experience leading operational supporting teams in a fast pace environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a team of hourly associates in Inventory Control/Quality Assurance operations within the fulfilment center.
• Support safety programs and compliance to ensure a safe work environment for all associates.
• Coordinate inventory control maintenance and random counts in accordance with network count strategies, ensuring compliance and consistency with SOX.
• Measure quality, inventory integrity, and accuracy while providing proactive feedback to the operations management team.
• Conduct shift planning and forecasting, alongside assigning and directing work.
• Plan for and identify root causes of inventory deviation, via cause and effect analysis
• Support network-wide fulfilment & operations-focused quality initiatives.
• Review and analyze customer complaints and process defect data, followed by development of corresponding action plans to reduce future incidents.
• Drive process improvements and develop team members’ ability to keep pace with our rapid growth, while motivating others and reducing employee turnover.
• Appraise the performance of team members; developing, rewarding and coaching employees.

Skills

Excel advanced

Six Sigma

Lean techniques

Fluent English

Fluent Arabic

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Area Manager, Inventory Control and Quality Assurance (Saudi National)

Job ID: 10600989 | Afaq - Warehouse Branch

Do you aim to have a dynamic impact on the world?

Are you up for creating solutions and solving tomorrow’s problems today?

Then we have the opportunity for you!

We are looking to hire an ICQA Area Manager to be part of our fulfilment center Inventory Control and Quality Assurance (ICQA) team. Our fulfilment centers sit at the heart of Amazon’s rapidly growing operations network: they are where we manage our fast-moving inventory. In each fulfilment center, our teams stow deliveries, pick products, package them up and ship them out; each of these groups have played their part in taking us where we are today.

These fulfilment centers are fast-paced and high reward environments, where adherence to policies and procedures is key. We need the right type of leader to ensure that we deliver as reliably as ever to our customers, while making sure our teams deliver on customer obsession.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a team of hourly associates in Inventory Control/Quality Assurance operations within the fulfilment center.
• Support safety programs and compliance to ensure a safe work environment for all associates.
• Coordinate inventory control maintenance and random counts in accordance with network count strategies, ensuring compliance and consistency with SOX.
• Measure quality, inventory integrity, and accuracy while providing proactive feedback to the operations management team.
• Conduct shift planning and forecasting, alongside assigning and directing work.
• Plan for and identify root causes of inventory deviation, via cause and effect analysis
• Support network-wide fulfilment & operations-focused quality initiatives.
• Review and analyze customer complaints and process defect data, followed by development of corresponding action plans to reduce future incidents.
• Drive process improvements and develop team members’ ability to keep pace with our rapid growth, while motivating others and reducing employee turnover.
• Appraise the performance of team members; developing, rewarding and coaching employees.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field
• 3+ years of operational experience
• 1+ years of team management experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience in leading operational supporting teams in a fast pace environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Excel at an advanced level
• Experience with Six Sigma tools and Lean techniques
• 2+ years of experience in inventory control, quality assurance or auditing in a high-volume fulfilment, distribution or retail environment
• Fluent in English and Arabic

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