Senior Logistics Partnership Advisor (Sofort einstellen)
The Sr. Third Party Logistics Manager is an equal parts advisor and operating
partner to Delivery Service Partners (DSP’s). Amazon’s team of Third Party
Logistics Managers assist and guide our DSP business owners as they build and
grow successful last mile package delivery businesses within Amazon Logistics
AMZL). The Sr. Third Party Logistics Manager will help kick start a net new
business as well as being the bastion for expected excellence our partners
strive towards. They will guide and advise on how to improve the businesses.
The Sr. Third Party Logistics Manager will work alongside regional on The Road
OTR) Managers in areas of dual purpose related to transition of
responsibility of execution of planning and DSP capability.
The Sr. Third Party Logistics Managers find and execute value-creation
opportunities and manages the DSP relationship across the entire lifecycle of
the business, with focus areas around DSP sentiment, safety, compliance,
performance and reliable capacity. As trusted advisors, Sr. Third Party
Logistics Manager’s work alongside DSPs to help solve their biggest challenges
at a programmatic level; influence their business planning and strategy; and
look around corners to identify obstacles and recommend solutions, ensuring
DSP owners make effective business decisions and are set up for success,
whilst working to deliver quality.
The Sr. Third Party Logistics Manager’s will work closely with a portfolio of
owners at different stages as they set strategy, help drive accountability and
engagement, and motivate and track key performance metrics. They will
collaborate frequently with a wide array of integrated internal stakeholders
such as Partner Relations (PAR), Value Added Service (VAS), Legal, fleet and
network health to name a few. The Sr. Third Party Logistics Manager’s support
owners by removing obstacles and improving financial, operational, and safety
practices at the network level. They facilitate and execute Monitoring and
Enforcement Policies (MEP) and build two-way feedback channels with OTR teams,
DSPs and WWEU Product and strategy.
The Sr. Third Party Logistics Manager will be required to work flexibly and
will be required to travel between multiple sites to engage with business
owners weekly to carry out their role effectively. The role is field based and
requires a significant level of travel.
Key job responsibilities
Safety : Partnering with OTR Safety and OTR Regional Managers to ensure
business safety compliance.
Performance : Guiding owners as they scale their business and manage
operational issues, ensuring they have resources in place to effectively ramp-
up operations and prepare for peak period.
Performance : Supporting owners as they onboard to the program and prepare
to launch (this will be on the basis of a net new launch only)
Performance : Coaching business owners to run compliant, safe and high
performing companies (SLS metric deep dive)
Experience : Identifying workflow inefficiencies and working to formulate
and implement operational improvements at the network level and to improve the
individual DSP owner experience.
Experience : Developing the relationship between Amazon and our DSP partners
DSP sentiment improvements)
Experience : Communication alignment to DSP business owners following close
collaboration with OTR partners.
- Be the voice of the DSP within and represent them within the AMZL business.
- Coach and ensure effective upskilling and utilization of tools.
- Deep dive to identify customer metric improvement opportunities.
- Champion the consistent application of Last Mile processes within Delivery
Stations challenge UTR processes that impact OTR.
Improve driver standards to protect brand image
A day in the life
You’ll be based at one of our sites. Being on site allows you to stay close to
every part of the delivery process and means you have visibility of everything
to guide our logistics partners. You’ll look after all elements of our partner
relationships, from getting the contracts in place to keeping track of
performance.
This role is all about clear communication. You’ll be in daily contact with
the partners you manage to make sure they have everything they need to carry
out deliveries on time.
About the team
Amazon Logistics, or AMZL, handles last mile’ delivery duties in partnership
with third-party distribution businesses. We utilise creative thinking and
continuous improvement initiatives to get millions of physical products into
the hands of our customers. Our goal is to make our customers’ delivery
experience as smooth as possible and roll out global delivery solutions for
our newest concepts, like Amazon Fresh, Prime Now and Amazon Restaurants.
There are two sides to what we do. Our under the roof’ associates process
millions of products for dispatch to our delivery teams. Our team is people-
focused and supportive, particularly as lots of our people work through the
night. We focus mostly on operations, with 247 shifts in most of our
locations.
Meanwhile, our on the road’ people work with Amazon Flex - a network of
delivery contractors. Every year, we continually raise the bar for customer
experience with new, innovative delivery services. We look for new ways to
overcome industry wide logistics challenges and new ideas to reduce our carbon
footprint, supported by a portfolio of cutting-edge vehicles (including
Electric Vehicles) and technology to help us do just that.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors degree.
- Experience in Operations, Last Mile or account or relationship management,
small business logistics, or retailvendorsupplier management.
- Experience working with third party resources on a regionalnational scale.
- Experience working with a contingent workforce in a business with peak
seasons.
Strong analytical capability track record of digging into data and finding
solutions for a variety of operational problems.
Flexibility to work occasional non standard working hours as business
demands during peak periods.
Advanced proficiency in English and German.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience leading process improvements through Lean process, Kaizen, and
Six Sigma.
- Experience project planning in ambiguous environment
- Strong communication (public speaking and writing).
- Enjoys analytical work and using data to provide thought-provoking and
workable solutions.
Proven experience of helping teams achieving goals.
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