Transportation Ops PM — Flexible Schedule, Last‑Mile Impact

Amazon Inc.; Forest Hills; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Commercial Services (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd is seeking a Transportation Operations Program Manager to lead last‑mile initiatives and ensure efficient movement of parcels from fulfilment centres to customers in South Africa. The role demands hands‑on program management, stakeholder alignment, and a bias for action in a fast‑paced logistics environment.

You will coordinate with Safety, Loss Prevention, Engineering, Capacity Planning, HR, and Delivery Experience teams to deliver scalable

Qualifications

• 2+ years of employee and performance management experience.
• 3+ years of program or project management experience.
• Experience in transportation or supply chain within a high-volume logistics, manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Experience developing operational metrics.

Responsibilities

• Own the deployment of continuous‑improvement initiatives for network standards, working with delivery stations, delivery partners, fulfilment centres, and customer service teams to provide a best‑in‑class delivery experience, speed, and cost structure.
• Support demand and capacity planning - partner with Delivery Experience (DEX), Supply Chain, Fulfillment, Finance, and Planning to determine short, medium and long‑term future demand for transportation and delivery resources.
• Manage the operational relationship across delivery partners - resolving operational issues, driving standard‑work compliance and performance, and supporting commercial and contractual requirements where needed.
• Build and run reporting mechanisms - develop reports and mechanisms that manage operational performance.

Skills

Employee and performance management

Program management

Transportation/supply chain experience

Operational metrics development

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Commercial Services (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd is seeking a Transportation Operations Program Manager to lead last‑mile initiatives and ensure efficient movement of parcels from fulfilment centres to customers in South Africa. The role demands hands‑on program management, stakeholder alignment, and a bias for action in a fast‑paced logistics environment.

You will coordinate with Safety, Loss Prevention, Engineering, Capacity Planning, HR, and Delivery Experience teams to deliver scalable