Senior Program Manager, MMNP Planning
DESCRIPTION
The evolution of Amazon has been driven by innovation. It’s part of our DNA. We are doing things every day that have never been done before - providing a huge selection of products and continuing to fulfill orders quickly. We accomplish this by solving complex problems with ingenuity and simplicity. We're making history and the good news is that we've only just begun....
The Sortation Centers are a critical link between our best in class fulfillment network and the customer. Our ability to sort and deliver packages from multiple fulfillment centers across Europe accurately and efficiently enables fast and reliable delivery service. As the Amazon Sortation Center network continues to diversify and grow, the need to innovate on our existing infrastructure and improve customer experience while continuing to grow our footprint becomes increasingly necessary and urgent.
This is an exciting time to join to our new EU Sortation Operations team as a Program Manager to execute the launch of Sortation Centers across the EU network.
Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities include:
- Execute multiple time-sensitive, large-scale capital projects to meet business objectives in defined project timeframes
- Monitor resources required to launch of new Sortation Center locations
- Manage milestones with aggressive schedule commitments
- Drive standardization and consistency within our network while staying within budget constraints
- Interface, communicate and partner with cross functional teams at various levels of management
- Define staffing and technical resource planning of new sort center launches
- Work closely with IT, Engineering, Security, Loss Prevention, Safety, Facilities, Supply Chain, Finance, Human Resources, Vendors, General Contractors, Operations, and the Project Team to build and secure support and resources for projects
- Generate ideas and rolls them into the creation of best practices and standardized tools for the Sortation Centre launch process
- Understand business, technical, fiscal, and administrative functions of the assigned program, project or sub-task
- Monitor and reports on the progress of multiple project activities including significant milestones and any conditions which would affect project cost or schedule
About the team
Amazon couldn’t deliver at pace without the Amazon Transportation Service (ATS) team. As part of ATS, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse team that plays a central role in our success. Using air, sea and road transport, as well as sortation centres equipped with the latest technology, you’ll help Amazon’s transport run at maximum efficiency. Our team captures data and uses it to drive decisions. They are key to making Amazon more innovative and efficient.
We put safety first as our people are our priority. And we use the expertise of our people to get packages to their destination – quickly, conveniently and sustainably.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in business, operations, logistics, supply chain or related field
- Past experience in managing and implementing high complexity projects
- Experience managing, negotiating, and communicating with internal/external business partners to meet organizational capacity needs
- Proficiency in Excel and Program Management tools.
- Past experience communicating business and data insights to key stakeholders and support teams
- Past experience working within tight time frames to meet deadlines
- Past experience managing competing priorities and projects and ensure that all stakeholders are providing key information on time for effective decision making and reporting
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in management within the Transport, Distribution or Logistics industry would be highly desirable
- Master's degree or equivalent qualification in business, operations, logistics, supply chain or related field
- PMP or other project management certification
- Proficiency with MS Project
- Experience with SQL queries
- Fluency in other European languages
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