Continuous Improvement Manager, EU ATS (Sofort einstellen)
This role can be based in one of Amazons first-party EU Sort Centers in UK, Spain, Italy, Germany or France.*Are you interested in shaping the future of Amazon Transportation Services(ATS) ?
Do you want to work in a large scale organization, but with a start-upfeeling? Do you want to create processes, operating models, and drive Amazonnetwork improvements?
Do you have a strong passion for continuous improvementand implementing methodologies such as Six Sigma and Lean?EU Amazon Transportation Services’ ACES (Amazon Customer Excellence System)team is seeking a highly skilled and motivated person as a Process Expert tohelp develop a world class middle mile process that delivers goods on time atthe best cost.
This position will support Amazon Transportation Services and driveoperational excellence and project management across the EU FulfillmentCenter, Sort Center, Air Node, and Delivery Station network.
A successfulcandidate will have experience managing large and complex projects with biasfor action needed in a startup environment.
A successful candidate will demonstrate· Passion for continuous improvement and developing mechanisms to reducedefects· Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary;
ownermentality· Strong change management and implementation experience, including ademonstrated ability to engage effectively with high levels of management· Ability to think strategically and execute methodically· Ability to drive projects from initially ambiguous states· Demonstrated analytical and quantitative skills and ability to use hard dataand metrics to back up assumptions and develop business cases· Demonstrated ability to write detailed project and business plans.
- High attention to detail and proven ability to manage competing prioritiessimultaneously.Key job responsibilities· Drive network level excellence by designing and implementing systems,metrics and programs that maximize compliance, productivity and continuousimprovement.
- Build strong partnership with operations field leaders to identify impact ofnew business initiatives and successfully integrate and deploy them onsite.
- Engage other Amazon business units globally to share best practices andimprove end to end outcomes for Amazon customers.
- Work with technology teams and product managers to develop new tools andsystems to support the growth of the business.· Support to improve the vision, content, and delivery of standard work andACES Training program.
- Create benchmark standards and audit process· Analyze and solving operational barriers with a focus on understanding rootcauses.
About the teamAmazon 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 playsa central role in our success.
Using air, sea and road transport, as well assortation centers equipped with the latest technology, you’ll help Amazon’stransport run at maximum efficiency.
Our team captures data and uses it todrive 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 expertiseof our people to get packages to their destination.### BASIC QUALIFICATIONS· Bachelor’s Degree in supply chain management, engineering, or othertechnical field (or higher) or extensive Amazon experience· Proven progressive responsibility in warehouse operations, logistics,transportation planning, carrier management, supply chain or related field· Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification (or higher)· Exposure to program and project management· Demonstrable experience managing cross-functional and regional programsinfluencing different stakeholders groups· Advanced MS Office skills, particularly Microsoft Excel· Approximately 30-40% travel required### PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSPreferred qualifications are not required to apply for a position at Amazon.
If you have all the basic qualifications above, we’d love to hear from you.· Highly analytical and comfortable with large analyses· Able to quickly distill down complex operating models and identifyopportunities· Ability to operate at both a strategic and operational level.
Credible andimpactful both with Senior Operational and Business Leaders as well as on theshop floor· Writing SQL queries, knowledge of Python, Visual Basic, Tableau or othertechnical toolsAmazon is an equal opportunities employer.
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