SPS Sr. Manager, Network Performance Programs en Barcelona

Are you passionate about improving the quality of customer experiences? Do you strive to create customer-centric solutions that drive measurable results? Do you like to design and implement scalable end-to-end solutions built on sound process excellence principles? Do you have experience implementing technology, product and service innovation in a customer function? Does leading large global initiatives and priority setting across teams, countries and cultures sound exciting?

If so, the Selling Partner Support Team is looking for a Senior Manager - Network Performance Programs, to build and manage large-scale operational programs for services and products across our global network of partner and in-house locations. This role will be key in ensuring products and services are working to highest possible standards, defect free and with a positive impact on our Associates and for our Selling Partners (Third-party Sellers, Vendors and Brand Owners) across our partner and in-house network.

Our Selling Partners represent significant value to Amazon’s online retail customers and Selling Partner Support drive success for these Selling Partners through a combination of people, processes and services. We are a primary interface for Amazon and strive for best-in-class seller experience by driving operational efficiency, accuracy and process adherence via cross functional initiatives.

As a Senior Manager, Programs for Selling Partner Support, you will be responsible for identifying, driving and tracking strategic initiatives that improve the seller experience and will measure the results by monitoring quality and efficiency metrics and contacts. In this high profile role, you will collaborate with numerous operational, training, product, and software development teams both inside and outside Selling Partner Support to identify, define and specify solutions that create the conditions for selling partners’ success and satisfaction. You will build collaborative relationships with these partners, working closely to create and execute a quality program roadmap. You will prepare and execute regular updates to senior management, sharing your expertise and insight to support millions of customer interactions enabling billions of dollars in commerce.

The successful candidate will be input focused and will have isolated and correlated inputs to achieve high impact outputs, built closed loop processes and measures to ensure adoption of products and processes so that improvements are realized. S/he will also have proven ability to assess situations and guide teams toward both short-term and longer term systemic changes. The ideal candidate will possess an analytic, technical and large scale operational background to enable strategic planning and delivery of critical business results. In this role you will experience a wide range of problem solving situations, strategic to real-time, requiring extensive use of data collection and analysis.

At Amazon, we believe innovation should occur throughout the organization. This disruptive leader will stimulate and pioneer innovation in operational and Seller service excellence and be an active voice and member of the Selling Partner Support leadership team.

The ideal candidate for this role will be able to:
· Interact with stakeholders at multiple levels and dynamically lead business and product teams to define and deliver solutions to establish standard processes.
· Determine and implement effective Operational solutions quickly, so as to not impede production
. Continuously inspect and improve Operational processes to identify areas of opportunity
· Identify and analyze data to isolate issues, develop technical and operational solutions and prioritize opportunities for Seller experience improvements.
· Plan and manage multiple parallel technical and operational programs.
· Maximize resource utilization for the greater good of the organization.
· Create, maintain and disseminate project information to stakeholders and senior management
· Remain flexible to changing priorities, open to new ideas and have seller quality as the top focus.
· Be a visible and vocal role model across the wider business for Amazon’s customer-centric culture, championing Seller’s needs and using data and technology to anticipate and exceed them.

Longer term, this leader will:
· Stimulate new innovative thinking and fresh approaches to extend Amazon’s leadership position in service to our Sellers.
· Ensure Amazon’s Seller Operations effectively scale to meet the needs of the rapidly growing business, including identifying and implementing process improvements throughout our Global Network.
· Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.

· 7+ years business experience in project / program management, with detailed know-how of project mechanisms, processes and best practices
· 5+ years leading projects with demonstrated global impact.
· Bachelor's degree, or equivalent professional experience and career track record, is required
· Excellent English verbal and written communication, including an ability to effectively communicate across all levels.
Demonstrated ability to build/deploy technical and program solutions, with a focus on operational efficiency and customer success
- Experience with building and driving quantitative reporting and dashboards across multiple sites, locations and world wide teams
· Track record of creating a strategy and delivering programmatic goals and managing complex projects / programs.
· Previous experience of hiring, developing and engaging high performing individuals and teams
· Demonstrated ability to deliver both strategic and tactical results, across diverse cultures from planning to completion.
· Demonstrated ability of working in complex, cross cultural environments to drive business and operational process change.
· Experience developing and/or managing operational processes and process improvements.

MBA is preferred
Superior oral and written communication skills are crucial
Experience with Six Sigma tools and Lean techniques
Experience in online retail is a plus
Ability to think and act both strategically and tactically
Proven track record of taking ownership and driving results in an Internet business
Additional European Language and/or experience working abroad a plus,