Military Area Manager, BRS1 Operations

4 weeks ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Amazon UK Services Ltd. 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.
Operations is the beating heart of Amazon. This key part of our business makes sure we fulfil 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
- Analyse and implement 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
- Analyse 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

A day in the life
You’ll work on a shift pattern at our Bristol Site. Your main focus will be to own and drive a culture of safety and uphold quality and shift performance standards. You’ll also oversee process improvements within your area and drive implementation. A typical day is varied, including everything from routine team management and daily operational responsibilities to process improvement and wide-scale operational contingency tasks. You’ll also be a role model and mentor to new managers.

About the team
The Customer Fulfillment team helps customers get products at the speed we’re known for. We’re based in Fulfilment Centres, which are at the heart of Amazon’s fast-paced Operations network. Our centres are sometimes referred to as the ‘First Mile’ because it’s where most Amazon packages start their journey. We help to manage dynamic inventory and facilitate speedy deliveries round the clock. We celebrate diversity and always aim to hire a diverse workforce in our Fulfilment Centres, so there are plenty of opportunities to learn from others.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Avonmouth, GBR

BASIC 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

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 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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