Area Manager Delivery Operations (m/w/d)

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, especially as lots of our people work through the night. We focus mostly on operations, with 24/7 shifts in most of our locations.

Meanwhile, our ‘on the road' people work with Amazon Flex - a network of delivery contractors. Every year, we balancing 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.

This role is based in Kaiserslautern, P.

Operations is the beating heart of Amazon. This key part of our business makes sure we fulfill and dispatch orders efficiently so that our customers get their items on time. As an Area Manager, you'll make sure your site is running as smoothly as it should so that we can meet customer demand. You will be leading a team that helps keep our operations safe, efficient, and of a high quality and taking on a number of projects across our network to drive productivity.

Key job responsibilities

• Create, oversee, and drive a culture of safety and wellbeing
• Analysis and implementation changes to keep quality and productivity at a consistently high level
• Oversee projects to streamline processes, optimise productivity and increase quality of service for customers within your area of responsibility

• Analysis shift performance against relevant business objectives and put in place actions to improve our operational excellence

• Work collaboratively with management-level colleagues to standardise shift practices

QUALIFICATIONS

• A degree

• Relevant experience in people management

• Relevant experience of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders including your peers and leadership

• Relevant experience in data using or anecdotal evidence to influence business decisions

• Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English

• Basic proficiency in German and willingness to learn German almost 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.

• Advanced proficiency in verbal and written German

• Experience working with Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen techniques

• Experience working in another logistics environment

• Relevant experience working with the MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) in a professional environment

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