Senior Continuous Improvement Manager, EU Transportation Services (Sofort einstellen) - Amazon TA

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-up

feeling? Do you want to create processes, operating models, and drive Amazon

network improvements? Do you have a strong passion for continuous improvement

and 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 Senior Process

Expert to help develop a world class middle mile process that delivers goods

on time at the best cost.

This position will support Amazon Transportation Services and drive

operational excellence and project management across the EU Fulfillment

Center, Sort Center, Air Node, and Delivery Station network. A successful

candidate will have experience managing large and complex projects with bias

for action needed in a startup environment.

A successful candidate will demonstrate :

Passion for continuous improvement and developing mechanisms to reduce

defects

Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary; owner

mentality

Strong change management and implementation experience, including a

demonstrated 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 data

and 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 priorities

simultaneously

Key job responsibilities

Drive network level excellence by designing and implementing systems,

metrics and programs that maximize compliance, productivity and continuous

improvement.

Build strong partnership with operations field leaders to identify impact of

new business initiatives and successfully integrate and deploy them onsite.

Engage other Amazon business units globally to share best practices and

improve end to end outcomes for Amazon customers.

Work with technology teams and product managers to develop new tools and

systems to support the growth of the business.

Support to improve the vision, content, and delivery of standard work and

ACES Training program.

• Create benchmark standards and audit process
• Analyze and solving operational barriers with a focus on understanding root

causes.

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 centres 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.

This role can be based across the EU, but within one of Amazons first-party

EU Sort Centers in UK, Spain, Italy, Germany or France.

Key job responsibilities

Drive network level excellence by designing and implementing systems,

metrics and programs that maximize compliance, productivity and continuous

improvement.

Build strong partnership with operations field leaders to identify impact of

new business initiatives and successfully integrate and deploy them onsite.

Engage other Amazon business units globally to share best practices and

improve end to end outcomes for Amazon customers.

Work with technology teams and product managers to develop new tools and

systems to support the growth of the business.

Support to improve the vision, content, and delivery of standard work and

ACES Training program.

• Create benchmark standards and audit process
• Analyze and solving operational barriers with a focus on understanding root

causes.

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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s Degree in supply chain management, engineering, or other

technical 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 programs

influencing different stakeholders groups

• Advanced MS Office skills, particularly Microsoft Excel
• Approximately 30-40% travel required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred 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 identify

opportunities

Ability to operate at both a strategic and operational level. Credible and

impactful both with Senior Operational and Business Leaders as well as on the

shop floor

Writing SQL queries, knowledge of Python, Visual Basic, Tableau or other

technical tools

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