Scheduling Process Lead

Amazon ,
Coalville, Leicestershire

Overview

Job Description

At Amazon we believe that every day is still day one. A day to take the first step and a day to look forward to new challenges. And today is that day for you. It's your day to be part of something great. A day to make your ideas come to life and your day to join a company that redefines itself every day. That's the energy and passion behind Amazon. Amazon's Transportation team is seeking a highly skilled and motivated person to help develop a world class transportation network that delivers our freight on time and at the best possible cost. Our team's objective is to design and implement routing solutions for freight flowing through and between our European fulfilment centres. This position will lead in the development and execution of new transportation initiatives designed to improve overall efficiency and to meet the ever growing demand for transportation capacity. In addition, this position will be an integral member of the line haul scheduling team responsible for the scheduling and management of all Amazon line haul movements. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Accountable for maintaining and executing the creation of the line haul schedule, associated systems & input files Perform ongoing analysis & work with appropriate teams to develop and improve scheduling methodologies and systems Accountable for managing and improving scheduling metrics to identify trends and shortcomings and drive scheduling accuracy Facilitate communication and coordination between different teams (S&OP, FCs, Final Mile, Carrier Management) and coordinate the creation of a schedule that meets all stakeholder's expectations and concerns Deep dive call outs from stakeholders, identifying problem statements, root causes & corrective actions through to solution Produce metrics for each of the tasks executed by the team Able to escalate if needed the problems or variance in the information to the relevant owners and teams and follow through on the resolutions to ensure they are delivered Attend & organise calls to manage network change / improvements Continuous review & improvement of processes