Field Training Manager, Amazon Fresh Stores

Amazon; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 66,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Field Training Manager to enhance training and development in a grocery retail environment. This role is crucial for empowering managers and associates, fostering a culture of growth and operational excellence. You will lead training initiatives, collaborate with diverse teams, and drive process improvements while ensuring a vibrant team culture. With extensive travel and a dynamic work environment, this position offers a unique opportunity to impact the success of the Amazon Fresh network significantly. If you are passionate about learning and development and thrive in a fast-paced setting, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of program management and process improvement experience required.
• Strong communication skills and ability to facilitate learning for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead training and development across Amazon Fresh stores.
• Engage stakeholders and drive alignment towards training goals.

Skills

Program Management

Process Improvement

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Communication Skills

Learning and Development

Retail Experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration

Master’s degree in training and development

Job description

Field Training Manager, Amazon Fresh Stores

Job ID: 2948247 | Amazon.com Services LLC - A57

We are looking for an experienced Field Training Manager who can bring Amazon’s customer obsession to life in a grocery retail environment. You will be accountable for empowering salaried managers and hourly associates by delivering comprehensive training and development that drives operational excellence, fosters a culture of growth, and ensures the continued success of the Amazon Fresh network. You will play a vital role in maintaining a vibrant team culture based on customer obsession, trust, respect, continuous learning, safety, and fun.

Field Training Managers are process-driven, comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity, detail-oriented and able to think outside the box. Field Training Managers demonstrate a strong work ethic, excellent ownership, the ability to meet deadlines, a willingness to learn new things, and a commitment to the customer and employee experience.

You will travel extensively in the geos you support and must be readily available to quickly respond to unplanned issues that affect training operations. This role works in-stores 5-days a week. On average overnight travel is expected to be 25%. During peaks, travel could increase to 75% -100%.

Key job responsibilities

1. Serve as a multi-threaded leader for training and development across the Amazon Fresh network of stores. Maintain strong relationships with all key stakeholders.
2. Be an active and productive partner/liaison to store teams.
3. Consult on learning strategies and effectiveness and gather feedback from the field to improve Learning & Development programs.
4. Assess employees’ needs for training and further development.
5. Influence leaders and stakeholders; demonstrate effective consulting and coaching skills, with an ability to influence in all directions and at all levels.
6. Engage multiple stakeholders and drive alignment and action towards goals.
7. Deliver results with little supervision in a dynamic and often ambiguous environment.
8. Create and maintain a culture of engagement by routinely listening to feedback from leaders, associates, and customers.
9. Maintain expertise in role by staying current on tools, process, and procedures.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of program or project management experience
• 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
• Must have at least 3 years professional work experience in learning and development
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, human resources, or a related field
• Demonstrated ability to communicate information clearly and facilitate learning for diverse audiences
• Ability to identify the training needs of an organization and recognize where changes and improvements can be made.
• Experience collaborating with staff, trainees, subject matter experts, and the organization’s leaders in person and through teams
• At least 3 years physical retail experience
• 75% - 100% travel depending on business needs

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
• 3+ years of driving process improvements experience
• Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
• Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
• Master’s degree in training and development, human resources management, organizational development, or business administration preferred
• Experience developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• Ability to conceptualize multiple unorthodox or out of the box ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $66,800/year in our lowest geographic market up to $142,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit this link.

This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.