Sr Process/Design Manager Amazon Logistics, WW Design Engineering

Amazon opened its virtual doors in 1995 and strives to be the world's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online. The goal of Amazon Logistics is to build a world class last mile operation. Amazon Logistics aims to exceed the expectations of our customers by ensuring that their orders, no matter how large or small, are delivered as quickly, accurately, and cost effectively as possible.

The European Amazon Logistics team is seeking an experienced, innovative, hands-on and customer obsessed Process Engineer to drive standardization, integrating the latest technologies in our Delivery Stations and proposing new innovation initiatives. As a leader of the EU Amazon Logistics Engineering team, you will be responsible for defining the design strategy of the Delivery Stations, managing a highly capable, diverse team of talented design engineers with deep country-specific knowledge to deliver the organization's vision and execute its strategic objectives.

This position requires deep customer focus, strong self-motivation and exceptional project management skills. It will involve regular communication with customers and project sponsors at both the World Wide and European level, and requires you to be detail-oriented and comfortable partnering across functional business and technical teams. To be successful in this role, you need to pair strong analytical skills and a data-driven outlook with strong strategic and innovation operations intuition.

• Drive complex new site designs and legacy site upgrade designs from planning to execution, including automation integration.
• Lead and drive technology integration and standardization in WW-wide programs and products, owning all complex layout integrations and optimizations in the assigned Delivery Stations.
• Influence and manage senior stakeholders to drive efficiency improvements and innovation in the network.
• Provide process expertise on engineering design defining complex material flow, conveyor positioning, equipment requirements and real estate implications from process requirements.
• Lead complex strategic and innovative initiatives and identify project opportunities to improve the processes and stations designs, engaging and influencing their senior key stakeholders.
• Provide design direction and effectively communicate the vision, detailed roadmap, and specific technical solutions to make a compelling business case with senior executives.
• Influence the successful intake, piloting, and roll out of new innovation initiatives impacting network station designs and operations.
• Simultaneously manage multiple projects and tasks while effectively influencing, negotiating, and communicating with internal and external business partners, contractors and vendors.
• Provide technical leadership for large-scale engineering projects.

A day in the life: You will lead end to end design for new delivery stations and work to improve existing delivery station processes. You will work with multiple internal and external stakeholders, some of the internal stakeholders include operations, design and construction, launch and expansion, and safety. You will produce best in class layouts for new launches, optimize the existing stations and present to leadership for approval. You will work on automation program to integrate new technologies into legacy stations. You will lead projects to create mechanisms to improve the stations and come up with innovative solutions to the complex design issues.

About the team: Our team partners closely with AMZL Operations and support functions to identify, design and develop best-in-class process infrastructure and process layouts, and deliver them as EU AMZL network standards.

We have a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we celebrate knowledge sharing and mentorship. We also care about your career growth, so we assign projects based on what will help each team member to continue the development.

Our team is intentional about building a climate where respect, equity and positive recognition of differences are cultivated as we think it is the best environment to foster innovation.

We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (any discipline) or foreign equivalent.
• 5+ year experience in a similar management role, ideally in an industrial, logistics or production/manufacturing environment.
• Experience in Lean Management, Six Sigma.
• Project Management skills including large-scale engineering project.
• High level of written, verbal skills.
• Languages required: English.

• Master's degree in Engineering, Operations, or Logistics.
• Experience with complex automated material handling equipment, packaging technologies, and systems including robotics and high-speed manufacturing.
• Certified Black Belt or Green Belt.
• Advanced data analysis skills.
• Knowledge and ability to use standard development tools e.g. AutoCAD.

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