Area Manager

You will be managing aspects of output in your area: people management, metrics, productivity targets, and process improvements. The extent of your duties will include:

Maintain health and safety standards within your area and promote a positive health and safety culture on site.

Lead, manage and mentor a large and diverse team of associates in a specified department within a very fast-paced and high-volume environment. Take responsibility for all HR related activities within the team, including Employee Relations and Time Recording activities.

The result is a learning environment that's quite unlike any other. During the course of your graduate programme, you'll have the chance to work alongside experienced leaders, giving you a unique insight into our business and the skills you need to excel within it.

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 one of our sites, making sure it is as productive as it can be. 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.

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
- - Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English and local language
- - University degree (Bachelor's or Master's degree), completed before start date Advanced proficiency in written and verbal English and local language Relevant experience in performing data analysis

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
- - 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) in a professional environment Amazon is an equal opportunities employer.

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