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Transportation Specialist, Central Operations

Amazon

Skills

Required

  • analytic insight
  • Excel

Preferred

  • SQL
  • trends in network exceptions
  • automating processes / proposing process changes
  • streamline operations
  • network monitoring
  • analysis of network data
  • NOC (Network Operations Center) is the central command and control center for ‘Transportation Execution’ across the Amazon Supply Chain network supporting multiple geographies like NA, India and EU.
  • Overall, NOC plays a critical role in ensuring the smooth functioning of Amazon transportation and thereby has a direct impact on Amazon’s ability to serve its customers on time.

Responsibilities

  • It ensures hassle free, timely pick-up and delivery of freight from vendors to Amazon fulfillment centers (FC) and from Amazon FCs to carrier hubs.
  • In case of any exceptions, NOC steps in to resolve the issue and keeps all the stakeholders informed on the proceedings.
  • Along with this tactical problem solving NOC is also charged with understanding trends in network exceptions and then automating processes or proposing process changes to streamline operations.
  • This second aspect involves network monitoring and significant analysis of network data.
  • This role is based in Central Operations, which is a part of NOC. This team acts as a single point of contact for managing the route plans, scheduling and Capacity management for the last mile stations of LATAM region.

Purview of a Transportation Specialist

  • In this role, the candidate will work with business and operations team to solve customer escalations, analyze historic results, initiate programs – all in an environment of rapid growth and increasing complexity.
  • Candidate will drive improvements to the visibility tools, methods, and processes utilized by the team to increase the availability and granularity of actionable data to internal and external partners.
  • The successful candidate must show significant ownership on customer issues and proactively initiate SOPs and process changes as required.
  • He/she will be passionate about their work, detail-oriented, and have excellent problem-solving abilities.
  • He/she will drive towards simple, scalable solutions to difficult problems, and have excellent project-management skills Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
  • Understand execution and daily production goals.
  • Review and update SOPs as required. At times assist with execution duties, training associates and verifying SOP compliance.
  • Handle incoming work requests within standard service level agreements (SLAs).
  • Provide direction utilizing independent judgment.
  • Conduct regular audits with associates for engagement and standard work adherence.
  • Assist in shift execution with shift managers.
  • Work a flexible schedule as business demands, including overnight, weekends and holidays.

Requirements

  • He/she will have superb communication and customer-relationship skills, analytic insight, and be a passionate advocate of customer to other stakeholders.
  • Communication with internal customers (CS, MM, LM, FC, Trans Program, HR).
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to create compelling positioning / messaging strategy and present complex information clearly and concisely.
  • High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously with minimal supervision.
  • Strong analytical, mediation and problem resolution skills.
  • Demonstrated leadership with a bias towards action, supporting a culture of ownership and learning.
  • Skilled in collaborative management environment, clear formal and informal communication with members of the remote and local management teams.
  • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative/technical field such as computer science, engineering, statistics
  • Experience with Excel
  • Intermediate English

Preferred

Experience with SQL

  • Experience in English-language communication skills, both written and verbal
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