Graduate Area Manager, (KSA National)

Amazon; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an Area/Shift Manager in Saudi Arabia to lead a large, diverse team and ensure the area keeps pace with demand. You will work hands-on to understand global operations and drive productivity while addressing challenges with colleagues.

You will operate in a dynamic environment with shifts, prioritising safety and operational efficiency across the site. Strong data analysis and MS Office skills are required, along with English and local language proficiency.

Qualifications

• Basic qualifications include a university degree (Bachelor's or Master's).
• Advanced proficiency in written and verbal English and local language.
• Experience in performing data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Promote a culture of safety and wellbeing.
• Analyse and implement corrective actions to maintain quality and productivity across shifts.
• Lead a team and handle administrative work while fostering a strong team culture.
• Analyse performance and propose process improvements to optimise work and customer service.
• Collaborate with managers to standardise shift processes.

Skills

Data analysis

MS Office

English

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Description

When you join Amazon as an Area/Shift Manager, you’ll gain experience leading a large and diverse team to make sure your area of the business keeps pace with demand. In this hands-on role, you’ll learn about the complexity of operations at a global business and what it takes to make everything run seamlessly. While you implement your team’s approach to drive productivity, you’ll also work closely with your colleagues to address challenges, which means no two days will be the same.

Description

When you join Amazon as an Area/Shift Manager, you’ll gain experience leading a large and diverse team to make sure your area of the business keeps pace with demand. In this hands-on role, you’ll learn about the complexity of operations at a global business and what it takes to make everything run seamlessly. While you implement your team’s approach to drive productivity, you’ll also work closely with your colleagues to address challenges, which means no two days will be the same.

As part of our commitment to complying with national labor laws and applicable legislations in [the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia/the United Arab Emirates], this position is open to candidates who fulfill the specific nationality criteria stipulated by local regulations.

Key job responsibilities

• Promote a culture of safety and wellbeing
• Analyse and implement corrective actions to make sure quality and productivity are at consistently high levels, and business objectives are met across all shifts
• Support and lead a team and handle administrative work alongside building and supporting a strong team culture
• Analyse performance and suggest process improvements to optimise work and improve customer service
• Collaborate with other managers to standardise shift processes

A day in the life

You’ll work shifts and be based at one of our operational sites. Your main focus will be to maintain safety standards within your team and across your site. You’ll also monitor and maintain process efficiency. Your days will always include prioritising routine team management and daily operational tasks, alongside other tasks like individual escalations, process improvement work and wide-scale operational contingency planning.

Being a key part of the operations team involves working with colleagues in other teams and external partners to make sure we stay on track to meet our customer demands and targets. This will involve analysing data and performance metrics with leaders in your business area, as well as discussing the operational pros and cons of technical improvements with engineers.

Basic Qualifications

• University degree (Bachelor's or Master's degree), with a graduation date within the last 24 months.
• Advanced proficiency in written and verbal English and local language
• Relevant experience in performing data analysis

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.
• Experience of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including your peers and leadership
• Experience in a logistical working environment
• Experience working with the MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) in a professional environment

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