Regional Logistics Supervisor, Transportation Development Program (Sofort einstellen) - Amazon TA

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 a Transportation Area Manager, you will be responsible and

accountable leader for a team of associates in a cluster within Germany.

You will own the operations and engagement of your shift with the aim to

optimize associates experience and performance in hand with load planning and

efficiency, with a focus on safety.

This team is entrepreneurial, wear many hats, and work in a highly

collaborative environment. If you have a safety focused, customer obsessed,

transportation and logistics industry background and experience working in a

fast paced, ever changing and ambiguous environment we would love to hear from

you.

Key job responsibilities

Safeguard your team’s safety, promoting Amazon’s Health and Safety

standards, commit to all safety programs and compliance to ensure a safe work

environment for all associates.

Ensure your team is engaged and motivated, with a culture of ownership and

high performance.

• Work with cross-functional teams
• Uphold Amazon’s high standards of process quality
• Strive to improve and streamline processes, diving deep to find root causes

quickly.

Find practical and simple solutions to complex problems without sacrificing

quality or core functionality.

Provide day-to-day support during the rolloutimplementation of newer

systemsprocesses and gather feedback.

• Communicate daily metrics and report exception.
• Act as the responsible and accountable person in respect of the commercial

road haulage permit.

Prepare and participate in Operations daily calls to communicate your teams

performance to Transportation Operations Management (TOM) leadership.

• Ensure fleet and driver compliance through active monitoring and reporting.
• Travel within your cluster.

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.

Working Schedules

Amazon facilities operate at mostly 277 and therefore as a Transport Area

Manager your working schedules may vary and span across day shifts, Mid shifts

as well as night shift. Also due to the business needs must be flexible to

work weekends.

Location & Business travel

As a Transport Manager you will require to travel across 4 Amazon facilities

in Dortmund area (DTM cluster) and more specifically in (DTM1, DTM2, PAD1,

DTM9 and PAD1). Therefore, you are expected share time between the office and

the facilities (typically 1-2 days in the office and then work from each

facility for the remaining of the week). Depending on operational needs you

might need to visit multiple sites within the day hence you must be flexible

to start and finish your working day from different locations.

About the team

Amazon couldn’t deliver at pace without the Amazon Transportation Service

ATS) team. As part of ATS, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse team that plays

a central role in our success. Using air, sea and road transport, as well as

sortation centers equipped with the latest technology, you’ll help Amazon’s

transport run at maximum efficiency. Our team captures data and uses it to

drive decisions. They are key to making Amazon more innovative and efficient.

We put safety first as our people are our priority. And we use the expertise

of our people to get packages to their destination quickly, conveniently and

sustainably.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Relevant experience in leading a busy and large-scale transport operation

within a growing and rapidly scaling business.

Willingness to obtain a Transport Manager Certificate of Professional

Competence (CPC). Amazon will fund the certification.

• Relevant experience in people management.
• A degree
• Relevant experience with performance metrics and process improvement
• Relevant experience developing creative and scalable solutions

independently, and drive them from ideation to successful completion.

Advanced proficiency in written and verbal English and German

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Master’s Degree or similar education in Operations Research, Transportation,

Logistics, Supply Chain, Economics, Business Administration, or a similar

related discipline.

Valid Transport Manager CPC qualification according to VERORDNUNG (EG) No.

10712009.

• Experience with a contingent workforce during peak seasons.
• Experience of being named on a Commercial road haulage permit within the

Transport industry.

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employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting

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