Job Descrption
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Description
Our Program Managers are always thinking about the bigger picture. Every position at Amazon offers the opportunity for employees to influence business decisions and shape the future. As a Program Manager, pioneering new ways of thinking, designing and delivering is your mission. Collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders across the business, you'll continuously be scoping out new solutions. You'll conduct your own research and analysis, always with an eye on the long-term vision of the business. This is your opportunity to have a big impact on some of the most exciting new ideas that are shaping the future of Amazon.
Key job responsibilities
• Create innovative solutions using data and research to address wider challenges in your organization
• Take a big-picture approach in your... analysis of business operations, driving improvements across a range of teams and organizations
• Work alongside senior leadership to establish and prioritize improvement programs, seeing them through from start to finish
• Enhance operational performance on every program in partnership with your stakeholders
A day in the life
As a Program Manager, you'll drive and manage the implementation of creative, data-driven change in Amazon, leading improvement projects and programs. You'll use strategic thinking to define and implement an efficient project plan.
Programe Managers have significant responsibilities, and you'll deal with complex challenges with creativity, innovation, and leadership. With a responsibility extending beyond process improvements, you could also contribute to improving other areas of the business, like diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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
• Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
• A degree
• Relevant experience communicating with and influencing a range of different stakeholders including senior management
• Relevant experience in managing large-scale programmes or projects
• Advanced proficiency in verbal and written English
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.
• Advanced or master's degree
• Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Prince2 certifications, or any other project management certification
• Relevant experience working in a supply chain, logistics, or operations environment
• Experience in conceptualising and implementing operational or supply-chain management improvements
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