Job summary
At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer- centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and self driven people. Amazon is seeking Operations Manager in our transportation team. Amazon is one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and we distribute millions of products each year to our loyal customers

Role and Responsibilities:

We are looking for experienced candidates who can start providing leadership Transportation team. Typical responsibilities will include:

· Quickly understand the business issues and challenges of Transportation operations; identify strengths/weaknesses and suggest areas for improvement
· Map business requirements, understand business process, study and analyze workflows, design solutions and prepare functional specifications
· Be data driven, develop and report performance metrics, executive updates, forecasting, budgeting and analysis to identify potential opportunities for improving Customer Experience.
· Deep dive and acquire an extensive knowledge of emerging industry practices and apply when solving business problems.
· Design, develop, pilot & rollout enterprise wide programs around performance improvement, cycle time improvement for returns, delivery experience, financial auditing, identification of alternate delivery services etc.,
Additional responsibilities may include:
· Developing standard operating procedures.
· Direct accountability for setting and meeting operational goals, strategic planning and forecasting
· leading a team of business analysts, program managers or area managers.
· Leading process improvements

Demonstrated Abilities:

We are looking for smart and analytical people, who are passionate about operations, to join the Operations team at Amazon India. This role is for those candidates who thrive on driving change, building an organization and leading through others, by giving them a direct management assignment in our Operations Services and Technology Centers. Ideal candidates for this program are expected to leverage their strong analytical skills, communication, and think big.

Title: Manager 1, Operations
Location: Mumbai

Key job responsibilities
Essential Functions

-Job Description · Account Identification & Acquisition: Market mapping and Identification of potential retail stores for time bound Acquisition, induction and onboarding of new accounts (I.H.S stores) in the assigned territory.
· Account Management: Managing and driving the growth of the Channel partners/stores’ business with Amazon. Build and execute on a strategic account plan that delivers on key business opportunities for the stores and Amazon.
· Field Visits: Visiting targeted number of stores on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.
· Training: Deliver training & coaching of Amazon processes, products, operating model and SOPs.
· Work on the ground to enable network with new product launches and partner with the operations and other teams.
· Reporting: Maintaining & publishing routine reporting on the stores current performance & business with Amazon. Publish recommendations and action plans based on data. Reporting the overall Network Health in the assigned territory.
· Team Management: Building and managing a multi-layer team and manage performance through on-the job coaching and mentoring. Driving team of associates for managing their targets.
· Set proper expectations, provide clear status communications, and manage relationships with the acquired/assigned stores for a mutual growth.
· Work with Stores/channel partners to improve operational aspects of their business in providing a great delivery experience and consistently enhance efficiency.
· Enhance Engagement with accounts to improve business and increase retention.
· Drive stores against goals (Volume, FTR and other key metrics).
· Handling day to day operational escalations and be available to round the clock to manage the issues.
· Internal/External Stake holder management.
· Support station operations and/or customer deliveries.