Abteilungsleiter Wareneingang Lager/Logistik(m/w/d)

StudySmarter; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 69,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is hiring an Area Manager to lead a site’s operations, driving a safety‑first culture and ensuring high quality and productivity to meet customer demand. You will manage a team, coordinate shift performance, and implement process improvements across the area.

The role requires a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree and strong people leadership, plus data‑driven decision making and bilingual writing skills in English and German.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or Master's degree required.
• Experience in people management.
• Experience communicating clearly with leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Experience in making data driven business decisions.
• Experience in English and German writing and editing with strong grammar.

Responsibilities

• Create, oversee, and drive a culture of safety and wellbeing.
• Analyse and implement changes to keep quality and productivity high.
• Oversee projects to streamline processes, optimise productivity and increase quality of service.
• Analyse shift performance against objectives and improve operational excellence.
• Collaborate with management to standardise shift practices.

Skills

People management

Clear communication with leadership

Data-driven decisions

English and German writing

Education

Bachelor's degree or Master's degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Operations is the beating heart of Amazon. This key part of our business makes sure we fulfil and dispatch orders efficiently so that our customers get their items on time. As an Area Manager, you’ll make sure your site is running as smoothly as it should so that we can meet customer demand.

You will be leading a team that helps keep our operations safe, efficient, and of a high quality and taking on a number of projects across our network to drive productivity.

Key job responsibilities

• Create, oversee, and drive a culture of safety and wellbeing
• Analyse and implement changes to keep quality and productivity at a consistently high level
• Oversee projects to streamline processes, optimise productivity and increase quality of service for customers within your area of responsibility
• Analyse shift performance against relevant business objectives, and put in place actions to improve our operational excellence
• Work collaboratively with management-level colleagues to standardise shift practices

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A day in the life

You’ll work on a shift pattern at one of our sites, making sure it is as productive as it can be. Your main focus will be to own and drive a culture of safety and uphold quality and shift performance standards. You’ll also oversee process improvements within your area and drive implementation. A typical day is varied, including everything from routine team management and daily operational responsibilities to process improvement and wide-scale operational contingency tasks. You’ll also be a role model and mentor to new managers.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor's degree, or Master's degree
• - Experience in people management
• - Experience communicating clearly and concisely with leadership, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams
• - Experience in making data driven business decisions
• - Experience in English and German writing and editing with a strong command of grammar, punctuation, and style

Preferred Qualifications

• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen techniques
• - Experience in warehouse operations and logistics or equivalent
• - Experience working with the MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) in a professional environment

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Salary: EUR 60000 - 75000 per year