Operations Manager

Amazon /Slovakia/ s.r.o.

Place of work
Bratislava, Slovakia
Contract type
full-time
Start date
1.1.2020
Wage (gross)
Base pay for this position starts from EUR 2300 gross per month and salary depends on the skills and requirements, there will be further pay components such as a sign on bonus and the eligibility to participate in a restricted stock unit scheme operated independently by Amazon.com Inc. in USA. Company benefits apply subject to further terms, including annual membership in medical clinic, life insurance, retirement pension, meal voucher card, career development.

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

DESCRIPTION
The Global Catalog Operations team at Amazon is looking for a highly motivated and talented operations manager to manage team of 15-20 multilingual associates responsible for driving global catalog improvement programs. The ideal candidate must demonstrate strong leadership and management skills, outstanding verbal and written communication skills, and a commitment to excellence. In this role, you will be working with catalog associates and leaders in engineering, business and operations domain. Teams’ charter is to drive better catalog quality through a series of programs which include targeted catalog enhancements, audits to monitor catalog health, improve machine learning through manual feedback etc..

Roles and Responsibilities
Core responsibilities for this position includes:
• Manage associates, specialists (~15-20 people) and oversee day-to-day operations
• Responsible for delivering staff performance reviews
• Owns weekly/monthly metrics and process reviews with internal and external stakeholder
• Responsible for operations processes standardization for maximum efficiency
• Ability to produce executive metrics and make recommendations for process and systems improvement
• Initiates and leads process improvement projects, presents solution proposals, and implements them to other applicable/in-scope operational areas
• Works with internal/ external teams and uses his knowledge and expertise to execute business goals
• Manages escalation/ complex tickets; analyzes data; highlights trends, gaps, etc.; and reports key metrics
• Plans capacity and commits to volume by managing resources, queue, shift management, cross training, and leave management
• Owns and prioritizes work allocation based on business needs with a daily/monthly frequency
• Performs deep-dive analysis and creates COEs (Correction of Error) based on the deviation, problem, root cause, and solutions
• Builds robust launch plans for new team members & owns progress tracking of new joiners through a complete administration of launch plans as a mechanism and not just good intention

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2)

Personality requirements and skills

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor degree (any discipline)
• Minimum of 7+ years of working experience in multinationals with 4+ years of team (people) management experience
• Strong leadership skills
• Proficient in American English. Candidate must demonstrate language proficiency in all the following: verbal, writing, reading and comprehension.
• Working knowledge of basic computer business applications such as MS Word and MS Excel, Outlook.
• Familiarity with online retail (e-commerce) and Internet search industries
• Willingness to work with sensitive issues, including but not limited to:
- Adult Content
- Religious and philosophically sensitive issues
- Alcohol, tobacco, weapons and other potentially offensive products

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
· Master’s degree in management is a plus
· Strong interest in metrics and reporting is highly desirable
· Previous experience in data related work is added advantage

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Brief description of the company

At Amazon.com, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on the Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and result driven people.

All open positions together with a job description and contact details can be found on www.amazon.jobs.

Number of employees

1000 and more employees
ID: 3730643  Termin der Veröffentlichung: 29.10.2019  Die Grundlohnkomponente (brutto) und andere Belohnungen: Base pay for this position starts from EUR 2300 gross per month and salary depends on the skills and requirements, there will be further pay components such as a sign on bonus and the eligibility to participate in a restricted stock unit scheme operated independently by Amazon.com Inc. in USA. Company benefits apply subject to further terms, including annual membership in medical clinic, life insurance, retirement pension, meal voucher card, career development.