DESCRIPTION

Amazon is seeking an experienced and detail oriented Program Manager for the Power and Industrial Vehicle Technologies Team (PIVT). This person will be supporting and leading projects for the Customer Fulfillment Organization and should be willing to dive in head-first, and help a high-performing team manage complex dependencies, project timelines, and technical specifications. The PIVT team supports the World Wide Services Engineering organization in deployment of advanced technology on Powered Industrial Trucks (PIT) and related material handling equipment (MHE). This position requires the ability to innovate, and implement process improvement projects to improve safety and efficiency of our facility centers.

Successful candidates will be natural self-starters who has Program Management experience and understand fulfillment center operations. The Program Manager will be comfortable with ambiguity and be a force for driving definition by forming project standards. Through such efforts, this person will help control costs by minimizing waste. This person must to be comfortable interfacing and building relationships with individuals at various job levels across multiple partner organizations.

Key job responsibilities
– Understand, educate, and enforce technical standards and specifications with internal and external partners.
– Manage implementation plan and partner with FC resources and vendors to deploy technologies in Amazon Fulfillment centers.
– Evaluate current working procedures and tools and identify areas to streamline the process to make it more customer friendly.
– Work with cross functional team (EHS, Operations, Procurement, Finance and IT) to kick off, follow up on the project key requirements with the stakeholders and launch on-time.
– Coordinate and engage with different teams across the network to accomplish projects.
– Conducting standing meetings/calls with internal stakeholders to discuss change requests and provide status updates.
– Develop and roll-out standard work.
– Identify and manage project risks.
– ~50% travel requirement

A day in the life
If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we’d still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

– 3+ years of program or project management experience
– 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
– Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
– Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
– Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
– Bachelor’s degree

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

– 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience
– 3+ years of driving process improvements experience
– Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
– Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
– Experience working with IT and Networking systems and technologies.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $66,800/year in our lowest geographic market up to $142,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

USA, AZ, Tempe