Abteilungsleiter / Area Manager Logistik (m/w/d) - Gera

As an Area Manager at Amazon, you lead a site to meet customer demand with safety, quality, and productivity at the forefront. You’ll drive a culture of safety, oversee process improvements, and manage projects to raise efficiency and service quality. Collaborating with senior colleagues, you standardize shift practices and mentor new managers. This role offers development within a global company and a chance to impact fast-paced fulfillment operations.

• Permanent contract with Amazon
• Restricted Stock Units
• Relocation package
• Life and disability insurance
• Company pension plans
• Employee discounts

• Create, oversee, and drive a culture of safety and wellbeing
• Analyze and implement changes to keep quality and productivity at a high level
• Oversee projects to streamline processes, optimise productivity and increase quality of service
• Analyze shift performance against business objectives and implement actions to improve operational excellence
• Collaborate with management-level colleagues to standardise shift practices

• A degree
• Relevant experience in people management
• Experience communicating with a wide range of stakeholders including peers and leadership
• Experience using data or anecdotal evidence to influence business decisions
• Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English and local language

• Stakeholder management
• Leadership
• Analytical thinking
• Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen techniques
• Experience in logistics environments
• MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)