Military Area Manager

2 months ago


Swindon, Swindon, United Kingdom Amazon Full time


This role focuses on those who have military experience and/or are military spouses/children interested in working in the private sector.

Amazon's military recruiting team is available to discuss the many opportunities within Amazon. At Amazon, thousands of former military are driving innovation and raising the bar on customer experience.


When you join Amazon as an Area/Shift Manager, you'll gain experience leading a large and diverse team to make sure your area of the business keeps pace with demand.

In this hands-on role, you'll learn about the complexity of operations at a global business and what it takes to make everything run seamlessly.

While you implement your team's approach to drive productivity, you'll also work closely with your colleagues to address challenges, which means no two days will be the same.

Key job responsibilities
. Promote a culture of safety and wellbeing
. Analyse and implement corrective actions to make sure quality and productivity are at consistently high levels, and business objectives are met across all shifts
. Support and lead a team and handle administrative work alongside building and supporting a strong team culture
. Analyse performance and suggest process improvements to optimise work and improve customer service
. Collaborate with other managers to standardise shift processes

A day in the life
You'll work shifts and be based at one of our operational sites. Your main focus will be to maintain safety standards within your team and across your site. You'll also monitor and maintain process efficiency.

Your days will always include prioritizing routine team management and daily operational tasks, alongside other tasks like individual escalations, process improvement work and wide-scale operational contingency planning.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

. Bachelor's degree (or equivalent)
. Advanced proficiency in written and verbal English
. Relevant experience in performing data analysis
. working on shifts (weekends and nights)

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.

. Experience of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including your peers and leadership
. Experience in a logistical working environment
. Experience working with the MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. 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. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice ) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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