Senior Manager MEU Launch and Expansion

Amazon ,
London, Greater London

Overview

Job Description

Snr Manager Launch and Expansion Amazon Logistics 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. Are you passionate about improving the customer and delivery experience? Do you strive to design and deploy customer-centric solutions that drive measurable results? Does coordinating across teams and countries sound exciting? If so, the AMZL EU Launch and Expansion team is looking for a talented Snr Manager, to manage large-scale programs that improve the customer experience and find ways to expand Amazons services into new areas across Germany, Austria and The Netherlands (MEU). MEU is the fastest growing region for AMZL across the next three year with significant growth in our organisation. As a result we are seeking a talented leader of large scale programs that will impact on thousands of people making wholesale change to the landscape of AMZL across MEU. You will be responsible for partnering with real estate, engineering, IT and other stakeholders owning the expansion of Amazon Logistics nodes to facilitate the organization's growth plans, as well as other cross functional Supply Chain, Transportation, Engineering & Infrastructure initiatives. You will be a natural self-starter who is comfortable supporting large, complex cross functional projects and have a proven track record of influencing strategy and removing blockers to allow your team to succeed. This is an exiting opportunity for those who possess a high levels of autonomy and integrity while managing a variety of job responsibilities. You will be leading a team of in country launch program managers spread across several geographical locations speaking multiple languages. A successful candidate will be highly resourceful, customer-focused, team oriented, a true leader, and will have an ability to work independently under time constraints to meet deadlines. Key Job Responsibilities: Manage several countries expansion plans and competing priorities ensuring critical projects remain visible to all stakeholders. Dive deep into various work streams and not be afraid to learn about each stakeholders contribution, challenges and encourage them to change or move faster as you see fit. Review business cases using information acquired from various stakeholders and validate expansion strategy Prioritize projects with biggest impact on our business, propose and obtain approval from relevant functional leaders, and schedule resources Possesses a broad technical background and has the ability to "roll up their sleeves" and jump in if needed, along with managing Find practical and simple solutions to complex problems without sacrificing quality or core functionality Be comfortable in different roles, sometimes supporting, sometimes leading Take accountability while providing status, ask for help, and immediately escalate issues and problems as necessary Please Note: This is an EU based role that will require significant travel as such the successful candidate could be based within any geographical regions.