Logistics Manager; Nights), Logistics; AWS

Job :  | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Be a part of operating the world’s largest cloud computing infrastructure. Amazon Web Services is seeking a bright, motivated, hardworking individual to fill the Data Center Logistics Manager position. This impactful position requires analytical strength, attention to detail, open communication and the ability to work autonomously. The Logistics Manager partners Infrastructure teams and a wide array of Amazon stakeholders to manage communication, team metrics, and team specific deliverables or milestones.

The role demands a strong sense of urgency and the ability to make sound judgement. As a strategist and implementer, the Logistics Manager ensures streamlined activities within the organization that guarantee success for the business, and ceaselessly drives their team to invent and simplify at a local, regional, and potentially cross-regional scale.

As a leader, the most critical aspect of being a Logistics Manager is the successful development and coaching of those under them. An effective Logistics Manager develops strong individuals that know how to make the right decisions, improve organizational culture and to take responsibility when required. Logistics Managers evangelize accountability and emphasize the importance of this responsibility in creating a strong culture of accountability throughout the entire organization.

Logistics Managers ensure their teams understand the importance of their role, their expectations and how their success impacts the bigger picture. Logistics Managers demonstrate good judgment in how and when to escape without damaging relationships. When confronted with discordant views, Logistics Managers are able to find the best path forward and can influence others to follow that path (build consensus).

The Logistics Manager independently sets or contributes to setting the vision and direction of a designated area while ensuring optimization of the processes, standards, and functions within that space. They use expertise and high judgment to design the right team structures and mechanisms to meet both short and long-term business goals. Logistics Managers constantly look around corners to proactively mitigate risks before they become roadblocks.

To accomplish this:

• Logistics Managers think tactically by using expertise and high judgment to establish the right team structure to respond to customer needs and short business goals.
• They will make sure their team(s) are operating efficiently, meeting SLAs, and delivering results.
• They create a plans, communicate requirements, negotiate priorities, and define what success looks like across all levels.

Logistics Managers will think strategically by using expertise and high judgment to establish goals in an area where the strategy for may not yet be defined. They set a vision, design a strategy, and achieve consensus on priorities that align with long-term business goals.

The Logistics Manager will ensure outcomes are auditable, decisions are data-driven, and work quality is measurable; and will use this to determine where to simplify or extend solutions for the best outcome.

It is the manager’s responsibility to guarantee the organization is running smoothly, ensuring our service meets the expectations and needs of our customers and business on a daily, monthly and yearly basis. Some of these operational tasks include:

• Developing performance goals and objectives to achieve customer promise expectations and ensure accuracy and quality.
• Building and executing productivity plans by reviewing work forecasts, determining productivity requirements, and partnering with other Logistics Managers to balance labor.
• Determine timelines that meet…