Sr Customer Support Manager, Amazon Freight EU

Job title:

Sr Customer Support Manager, Amazon Freight EU

Company

Amazon

Job description

DESCRIPTIONAt Amazon we believe that every day is still day one. A day to take the first step and a day to look forward to new challenges. And today is that day for you. It’s your day to be part of something great. A day to make your ideas come to life and your day to join a company that redefines itself every day. That’s the energy and passion behind Amazon.Department AF Ops Overview
Amazon Freight Operations (AF Ops) is the Pan- European central control center for Amazon Freight’s Shipper Support and Transportation Execution. The team is responsible for planning and scheduling the transport orders placed by our customers (Shippers), and providing them with support at each step of their journey. We play a critical role in ensuring the smooth functioning of Amazon Freight’s European transportation network and have direct impact on Shipper Experience.Overview of Customer Support Manager, AF
The Customer Support Manager manages a large team responsible for 24×7 frontline operations for both Inbound and Off-Amazon transportation. They work in a cross-functional environment with Shippers, Carriers, the Amazon Freight business team, Supply Chain, and the Retail organizations to determine future demand for transportation resources, and translates the aforementioned into accurate capacity plans. They drive the vision of Operations, facilitating the flow of information between different stakeholders and leads resolution of any potential issues that impact Shipper experience and business continuity, in a fast-paced environment.Key job responsibilities
– Independently identify up-stream and down-stream operational problems and implement appropriate solutions before they become customer impacting.
– Brings a department and company-wide perspective to decision making. Strong business acumen (understands how to calculate high-level return on investment and partner with finance to complete a cost-benefit analysis)
– Assessing and reviewing end to end functional and operational areas; and designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining large scale operations.
– Gathering functional requirements and converting those into a realistic, detailed functional spec and project plan.
– Understand the business’ and end user’s needs, and proficiently translate those needs into the right solution
– Prioritize competing projects across departments, and focus individual and team projects for an entire group or department, or a major piece of a larger cross-company product or project.
– Serve as escalation point for shipper support leads.
– Making the correct trade-offs between schedule, resources, and scope in order to deliver on customer promise.
– Identifying and evaluating potential risks/obstacles with minimal direction from senior managers, with the appropriate corrective actions being driven.
– Make accurate business decisions based on in depth understanding of operational demands, labour and volume forecasts.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS– A degree
– Experience in team management
– Experience in program or project management
– Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
– Experience delivering cross functional projects
– Experience in supply chain
– Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvementsPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS– Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization
– Experience in data mining, data management, reporting, and SQL queriesAmazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations.

Expected salary

Location

Coalville, Leicestershire

Job date

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 03:49:02 GMT

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