At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we are looking for Amazon's next generation of General Managers and Regional Directors to join the Pathways Leadership Development Program in Amazon Operations.

About the Program

Pathways is a five-year Operations Leadership Development Program designed to rapidly develop talented MBA and Masters-level graduates with the skills needed to be Amazon General Managers, Directors and VPs. This is the opportunity to chart your own course. Pathways members are highly visible to senior leadership and have flexibility with changing roles, sites and geographies as we strive to create global leaders. Through a series of intense, progressively challenging opportunities in the core of our established operations network, we will stretch your leadership capacity to its full potential. The business lessons you learn and credibility you develop will benefit you over the rest of your career and prepare you for future executive leadership opportunities.

By joining the Pathways Operation Manager role, you will experience the following career growth:

Step 1 - As part of your 6 month onboarding, start as an Area Manager, learn about Amazon Operations from A to Z and lead a team of 50-100 people in one of our world-class Fulfillment/Sortation/Delivery centers and stations.
Step 2 - Once onboarded, you progress into your role as Operations Manager and will gain experience in leading other managers and approx. 300-500 team members. Drive improvements in operational processes by working cross-functionally with Amazon technology and engineering teams.
Step 3 – Promote to a Senior Operations Manager where you will lead through others to execute regional or network wide initiatives.
Step 4 - Graduate from the Pathways Program and emerge as a leader known for operational excellence, transforming Worldwide Operations. Your expected role is going to be General Manager or Regional Director. Apply your subject matter expertise to lead a new business, project, team or an entire site in a specific region.

Key job responsibilities
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Lead other managers and teams
- Motivate your team with responsibility for planning and effective allocation of resources during the peak season
- Lead improvement projects (Kaizen) to streamline activities and to continually enhance delivery performance and quality for our customers
- Maintain Health and Safety standards within your remit area, while promoting an inspiring Health and Safety culture on site
- Being accountable for setting and meeting operational goals, strategic planning and forecasting
- Collaborate with all support teams including Safety, Engineering, Loss Prevention, Quality Assurance and Human Resources, to develop plans to meet business objectives


A day in the life
For more information about this Program, please explore https://www.amazon.jobs/en/landing_pages/pathways

For a visual insight into how our networks operate, please join us on a video tour through one of our fulfillment centers: https://amazontours.com/de/video

Benefits

Benefits can vary by location including but not limited to:

- Sign on Bonus and Restricted Stock units in addition to your annual salary
- A relocation package if you have to move more than 80km away
- Deutschlandticket (unlimited local train rides in Germany) ONLY DEU!!!
- An Employee Discount Code
- Family care benefits
- Life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program providing free support encompassing mental health, life events, everyday living and financial matters
- Medical Benefits abroad when embarking on international business travel
- Affinity Groups to build communities and bring employees together across the world (read more on https://www.aboutamazon.com/affinity-groups)

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

Virtual Location - DEUBasic qualifications are required to apply for a position at Amazon.

- You have graduated or plan to graduate with an MBA/MSc/MEng/PhD in 2021-2024 and are available for full-time work in 2024 (for Czech Republic and Poland: MBA/Master of Science/Master of Engineering/Master Program/PhD)
- You have 3 to 10 years of full-time industry work experience (excluding of internships or work studies)
- Very good command of local language (CEFR B2) of your requested location (France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Poland or Czech Republic) and English (CEFR B2)
- You delivered complex projects, where you have been required to engage teams and leadership to deliver on business initiatives or goals
- Stakeholder management skills at varying levels of seniority
- Analytical skills and sound business judgment
- Flexibility to work in shift patterns which may include nights and weekends
- You are flexible to relocate for the position
Preferred qualifications are not required to apply for a position at Amazon. If you have all the basic qualifications above, we’d love to hear from you.

- Demonstrable leadership ability in a managerial position
- Professional experience in engineering, management, logistics, manufacturing, science or similar field
- Strong decision-making skills, enabling you to use sound reasoning as and when required
- Previous experience in setting, monitoring and improving KPIs, or similar metrics
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma or Kaizen techniques and methodologies


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