Description
Amazon’s global middle mile operation is always evolving. As a Process Improvement Specialist Concessions, you’ll streamline and elevate our processes. You’ll work with management teams to help us meet a number of operational goals so that we meet our customer's high bar on customer experience on quality and speed of delivery. Concessions (customer refunds) is one of the most customer facing and complex areas of the business which we have. This dynamic role offers plenty of opportunities to continue learning every day.
Key job responsibilities
Derive insights from data and combine with on floor observations and stakeholder feedback to identify inefficiencies in current operations and generate ideas for process improvements at the sites
Be hands-on in driving the delivery of critical process improvement initiatives to improve customer experience while making our processes more efficient, offering data-led solutions for changes that will see long-term improvements
Manage all aspects of project planning, requirements definition, risk management, communication, and implementation plan.
Interact, align and collaborate with a broad set of stakeholders across Amazon’s operational and technical teams
Manage communication to senior stakeholders.
Support Operations to sustainably achieve short-term goals as required, while in parallel driving longer-term programs
Write and review strategic documents.
A day in the life
As a Process Improvement Manager, you’ll be at the forefront of making Amazon’s logistics better – which in the ATS Concessions team means improving our processes so we deliver great experiences for our customers. You will be responsible for the Concessions related customer experience performance of our middle mile network.
Part of your role will involve identifying where processes could be enhanced, using data to identify improvement opportunities and auditing processes. Another part of your role will be recommending changes and using your project management and stakeholder management skills to put new processes in place.
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.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Luxembourg, LUX
Basic Qualifications
A degree in business, supply chain, transportation, economics or a technical field
Relevant experience in using data or anecdotal evidence to influence business decisions
Relevant experience of communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including your peers and leadership
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 in Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen techniques
Experience with supporting tools (e.g., Minitab, JMP, MS Excel and MS Access)
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