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Amazon Operations

Pathways Leadership Program: Operations Manager

Opportunities available in Germany

The position will be located in a fulfilment centre, sort centre, delivery station, or other warehouse environments. Please note that your location preference will be subject to availability and you must be open to relocation as part of the program.

Shift Pattern Working

You must be open to working in non-traditional shift pattern, which may include nights and weekends.

Languages: German C1 + English

Candidates must speak the language of the country to which they apply at a minimum C1 level.

This role focuses on those who have military experience interested in working in the private sector. Amazon’s military recruiting team is available to discuss the many opportunities within Amazon Operations.

At Amazon, thousands of former military are driving innovation and raising the bar on customer experience. On a daily basis, those with military backgrounds are able to apply their knowledge, skills, and leadership abilities in a wide variety of careers – influencing change across the globe.

When we hire you at Amazon, we hire for the future. With unlimited career opportunities, Amazon invests in ensuring our teams are always challenged, constantly learning from each other, and creatively contributing to our next big idea. You will be surrounded by the best innovators of our time and we welcome you to make history with us.

For those who have military experience and a university degree or equivalent, we are looking to hire you!

Your career path starts here

At Amazon, we're working to be Earth’s most customer centric company. To get there, we need exceptionally bright, and hardworking people. We are looking for smart and analytical graduates, who are passionate about operations, to join the Pathways leadership program to become Amazon's next generation of leaders.

Our Pathways program is designed for those graduates who thrive on driving change, building an organization and leading large teams directly, and through others, by giving them a direct management assignment in our Fulfilment, Sortation and Delivery network.

Start here. Go anywhere

At Amazon, we take pride in hiring and developing the best. We are excited to offer graduate students the opportunity to launch big careers with limitless possibilities.

Are you looking to become a leader in one of the most recognizable brand names in the world as we distribute over a billion shipments each year to our loyal customers?

Do you want to manage people, process, and technology in one of the most innovative operations environments on Earth?

Would you enjoy the challenge of delivering a continuously improving customer experience to millions globally?

If so, then the Amazon Pathways Operations program may be right for you.

Go further faster

Pathways is a five-year Operations Leadership Development Program designed to rapidly develop candidates with the skills they need to be an Amazon General Manager and Director.

Pathways Managers will develop leadership skills and gain a deep knowledge of the business through a series of progressively challenging operational assignments across Amazon’s growing supply chain network.

Managers are also expected to be mobile and scale with the growth of the business, lead and develop large teams, solve problems with creative solutions and Deliver Results on behalf of our customers! Full-time roles are available globally.

Through a series of crucible opportunities in the core of our elite operations network, we will stretch your leadership capacity and you will assume progressively more challenging leadership roles, starting as a front-line leader (Area Manager) before moving into an Operations Manager position.

The business lessons you learn, and credibility you develop, will benefit you over the rest of your career and quickly prepare you for effective executive leadership as a Senior Manager in the program, and after graduation for a Director-level role.

Key Responsibilities

• Coach & lead your team

• Partner with senior leadership

• Master the tools, processes and culture

• Develop standard operating procedures

• Take on progressive assignments

• Direct accountability for setting and meeting operational goals

• Leverage your leadership skills

• Engage in continuous improvement projects

• Leading process improvements

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Virtual Location - DEU

Basic Qualifications

· You have either a Bachelor’s Degree in a science, engineering, maths or a similar field

· Military experience demonstrating significant levels of responsibility and leadership experiences in challenging, high operational-tempo assignments

· Experience making decisions in an ambiguous and fast paced environment, consulting others where necessary to achieve the required outcome

· Strong analytical capability; track record of leveraging data and finding solutions for complex operational problems

· Experience communicating complex ideas in both in writing and orally

· Relevant leadership experience in a managerial role

· Experience managing stakeholders at varying levels of seniority

· Highly proficient in spoken English and the local language of your requested location (CEFR C1)

Preferred Qualifications

· MBA, PhD or Masters in engineering, management, logistics, manufacturing, science or a similar field

· You have gained previous experience in setting, monitoring and improving KPIs, as well as similar metrics

· Successful track record in supporting customers, both internally and externally

· Knowledge of lean, six sigma and kaizen techniques and methodologies

Amazon 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. Consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy/eu) to know more about how we collect, use, and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

&ltbr/>&ltbr/&gtAmazon 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.

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