Military – Area Manager Part Time

Amazon TA
This role focuses on those who have military experienceinterested in working in the private sector. Amazon’s militaryrecruiting team is available to discuss the many opportunitieswithin Amazon.

At Amazon, thousands of formermilitary are driving innovation and raising the bar on customerexperience. On a daily basis, those with military backgrounds areable to apply their knowledge, skills, and leadership abilities ina wide variety of careers – influencing change across the globe.

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

Key jobresponsibilities
– Create, oversee, and drive a cultureof safety and wellbeing
– Analyse and implement changesto keep quality and productivity at a consistently high level
– Oversee projects to streamline processes, optimiseproductivity and increase quality of service for customers withinyour area of responsibility
– Analyse shift performanceagainst relevant business objectives, and put in place actions toimprove our operational excellence
– Workcollaboratively with management-level colleagues to standardiseshift practices

A day in thelife
You’ll work on a shift pattern at one of our sites,making sure it is as productive as it can be. Your main focus willbe to own and drive a culture of safety and uphold quality andshift performance standards. You’ll also oversee processimprovements within your area and drive implementation. A typicalday is varied, including everything from routine team managementand daily operational responsibilities to process improvement andwide-scale operational contingency tasks. You’ll also be a rolemodel and mentor to new managers.

About theteam
Customer Fulfilment, or CF, is where it all startedfor Amazon. CF has scaled up from a humble team of booksellers to asophisticated global team which handles more than 1.5 millionorders every day. The team is the foundation of our business andits efforts have helped us diversify across new regions andservices. With the help of emerging technology, we’re alwayslooking for ways to offer a bigger, better product range -delivered quickly and affordably.

The CF teamare the first people in the chain that helps customers get productsat 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’ becauseit’s where most Amazon packages start their journey. We help tomanage dynamic inventory and facilitate speedy deliveries round theclock.

Lots of different people work in ourFulfilment Centres, so there are plenty of opportunities for everyskillset. Some of us work with physical products, while othersanalyse data to help everyone across the business make smartdecisions

We are open to hiring candidates towork out of one of the followinglocations:

Dartford, KEN,GBR
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS – A degree
– Relevant experience in people management
-Relevant experience of communicating with a wide range ofstakeholders, including your peers and leadership
-Relevant experience in using data or anecdotal evidence toinfluence business decisions
– Written and spokenEnglish language skills

PREFERREDQUALIFICATIONS Preferred qualifications are not requiredto apply for a position at Amazon. If you have all the basicqualifications above, we’d love to hear from you.

– Experience working with Lean, Six Sigma andKaizen techniques
– AR ExperienceRecommended
– Experience working in another logisticsenvironment
– Relevant experience working with the MSOffice suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) in a professional environment

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. Webelieve passionately that employing a diverse workforce is centralto our success. We make recruiting decisions based on yourexperience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent,simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security ofyour data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consultour Privacy Notice () toknow more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal dataof our candidates.

Our inclusive cultureempowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.If you have a disability and need an adjustment during theapplication and hiring process, including support for the interviewor onboarding process, please contact the Applicant-CandidateAccommodation Team (ACAT), Monday through Friday from 7:00 am GMT -4:00 pm GMT. If calling directly from the United Kingdom, pleasedial (tel:). If calling from Ireland,please dial (tel:).