Program Manager I en Barcelona

COM Operations Manager I
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EU ROC Overview
European ROC (Relay Operations Center) is the central control center for Transportation Execution across the Amazon's European Transportation network, supporting both domestic and inter-country transportation movements for European geographies. The team is responsible for planning and scheduling the trucks/vehicles to be placed at each of our fulfillment centers across Europe, based on various factors such as forecast, historical trends, vehicles capacity and carrier capabilities. ROC plays a critical role in ensuring the smooth functioning of Amazon's European transportation network and thereby has direct impact on Amazon's ability to serve customers on time.

Purview of COM Operations Manager I
The COM Operations Manager I works across the EU in a cross-functional environment with Carriers, ROC, Planning and Scheduling organizations to determine future demand for transportation resources, and translates the aforementioned into accurate capacity plans and performance execution. S/he also maintains and reports up to date and accurate statistics, management reports and analysis. S/he also facilitates the flow of information between different stakeholders (Trans Carriers/Hubs/Warehouses) and resolves any potential issues that impact customer experience and business continuity.
S/he is an expert in the transportation function (inbound and outbound), is able to independently define processes considering long term sustainability and repeatability. S/he handles escalations and takes ownership of projects/tasks beyond core responsibilities. S/he works as a frontline operations leader, providing support and guidance to peers.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
· Understanding of analytical simulations and assessments. Must be able to quickly understand the business impact of the trends and make decisions that make sense based on available data.
· Pull and report data from numerous databases (using Excel, Access, SQL and/or other data management systems) and to perform ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed is a plus – this ability will be developed over time for a candidate who is fundamentally strong analytically.
· Develop and understand performance metrics to assist with driving business results.
· Investigates root cause of performance failures to trouble shoot and create processes/actions to sustainably eliminate them.
· Writes effective standard operation procedures based on business requirements.
· Determines corrective action for risks and obstacles with assistance from senior program managers.
· Scope out business and functional requirements for the Amazon technology teams who create and enhance the software systems and tools are used by the team.
· Participates in recruiting efforts.
· Active in the training and/or development of others.
· Executes vision and goals for the team or department.
· Functional specs and technology decisions must be reviewed by more senior program managers or manager.
· Uses professional concepts learned in school or through some other formal training to identify problems and initiate solutions.
· Operates with autonomy, some oversight and direction is required.
· Has discretion regarding matters within their area of responsibility.
· Work requires creativity and judgment.
· Responsibilities are non-routine in nature and vary from day to day.
· Manager sets overall objectives and resource availability; completed work is reviewed for compatibility with other work and/or effectiveness in meeting expected results.
· Managers are available for consultation and training, but encourage employee to operate autonomously.
· Will regularly identify, discuss and bring forward issues or ideas to more senior team members.
· Will serve as escalation point for carriers.
· Owns, tracks, or escalates issues to ensure that they are addressed, documented
· Communicate with external customers (Carriers, Vendors/Suppliers) and internal customers (Retail, Finance, Software Support, Fulfilment Centers).
· Provide real-time customer experience during day shift working hours.

· Bachelor's degree or equivalent with excellent academic record, with Logistics/Supply Chain/ Mathematics/Science/Engineering subjects
· Proficiency in Advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps)
· Fluent in English and one of the following languages: Spanish, French, or Italian.
· 1-2 years’ work experience in operations/supply chain/logistics/e-commerce.
· Ability to prepare, report and interpret large sets of data
· Experience working with transportation carriers from planning, scheduling to other daily operational execution.
· Strong verbal and written communication skills.
· Ability to create a narrative outlining weekly findings and the variances to goals, and present the findings to senior leadership
· Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
· Able to prioritize in complex, fast-paced environment.
· Significant work experience in operations/logistics/e-commerce is a plus

· Masters (MS) in Engineering or Supply Chain Management
· Experience with transportation concepts such as forecasting, planning, logistics, delivery performance, continuous improvement and operations excellence
· People Management experience