Yard Area Manager

The Yard Area Manager is responsible for managing yard operations in coordination with Dock, Receive and Ship teams to ensure FIFO processing and mitigate Customer Experience Risks at Amazon. We're working to be the most customer centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people.

The EU Transportation Operations Management team is seeking an Area Manager in PAD1 to manage the yard operations in our yards. If you thrive in a challenging and fast‑paced environment, we might be your perfect match. We don’t like to sit still, which is why we always treat every day like its day one. It’s that kind of spirit that drives our success now and in the future. And you could be part of it. An ideal candidate has a background in transportation operations and has excellent program management skills.

He/she has the ability to lead and mentor people; analyze data and make sound recommendations in an often ambiguous environment. One of the main responsibilities in this role is to standardize and improve processes; while analyzing and eliminating root cause of defects within the current systems. This job will require exceptional communication skills and the ability to influence change at a local (facility) and global level.

We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Partner with Site leadership to improve Safety, On‑time Performance of trucks in and out of yards, and Customer Experience metrics
• Channel communication between multiple stakeholders to streamline flow of trucks in the yard to ensure on‑time arrival and departure of trucks
• Accountable to report yard performance to the local site leadership, identify root causes for structural issues and drive resolution with multiple stakeholders
• Proactively identify and lead process improvement initiatives and implementation of Lean tools
• Work within various time constraints to meet critical business needs; while measuring and identifying activities performed
• Ability to work some weekend shifts as needed (this team provides tactical support to Amazon’s fulfillment network 6 days/week)

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 using data or anecdotal evidence to influence business decisions
• Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English and local language
• 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

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.

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