Space management is key for all the aspects of operational success including safety, quality and productivity at FCs. From 2025 in AMET region, we dedicate a single-threaded leader (Space SME) along with one Space Management Lead in each of the five countries to standardize and improve our space management strategy in the region.

The team of AMET Space Management will lead the continuous improvement initiative and take care all the KTLO (Keep The Lights On) configuration changes for any space management related topics.

At Amazon, Space management in FCs refers to “the strategic and efficient utilization of available storage capacity to optimize inventory storage and operations”. In AMET, we break it down into the seven major buckets:

1. Standardization/optimization of space management configurations (5S and KTLO of space management)
2. Stow strategy (proactive inventory placement optimization)
3. Consolidation strategy (reactive inventory placement optimization)
4. Quantifiable performance tracking (Documenting space MBR/WBR P0 metrics)
5. Bridging between Capacity Planning and Operation
6. FC Launch Support
7. Development of the space management team in AMET

Key job responsibilities
• Data collection and analysis to support the Space Management Lead to make the right decision
• Documentation of the space management practice AMET in the form of Wiki and SOP
• Perform the space management related configuration changes to standardize the configuration all across the region
• Initiate and drive continuous improvement activities/projects to improve the space management practice at each FCs which particularly focus on the standardization

A day in the life
- Space Management Stand-Up
o Daily metric review
o Daily goal setting
- Attend the morning Inbound briefing or flow meeting
o Understand any space constraint which Inbound faces and what type of consolidation activities Inbound team is working on
- Attend the morning ICQA briefing or flow meeting
o Understand the current inventory quality from bin etiquette, damage, and Amnesty perspective
- Change management review
o Review any approval pending change request SIM
- Work on any open CI activities and projects
o Each space lead has their own initiative assigned and they will be constantly working on it based on the timeline/ETA aligned
- Space Management End of Shift Sync
o Share the output of the day, any escalation, and plan for tomorrow

About the team
The team has one regional space manager, and five space management leads + one space management analyst report to the space manager. Each space management lead gets assigned to a country to look after the space management strategy (UAE, KSA, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa). Space Management analyst will look after the entire region by helping the data collection and standardization.