Process Engineer, AU Process Engineering
Job ID: 10377849 | Amazon Commercial Services Pty Ltd
This role is an operations role and managers are expected to work 5 days per week in their home FC with some travel to other FC's/Corporate locations expected. This role is based at BWU6 however provides coverage for BWU6, BWU1 and the soon to launch BWU4.
The primary focuses of this role are on leading Variance/Controllable Loss reduction activities across Sydney legacy buildings in AU. Amazon is seeking leaders to work with the AU FC Operations Process Engineering (PE) team, driving process stabilization, standardization and continuous improvement across the FC network.
Key Job Responsibilities
As a Process Engineer, you will have the opportunity to join a diverse team of leaders with the objectives to pursue variation reduction, optimize standard work to reduce cost, and build mechanisms to drive compliance toward the standards. You will be responsible for the prioritization of efforts within the buildings, region, and super region to reduce variation from the standards and ultimately improve process control and performance. This role requires the ability to insist on the highest standards for process execution, interpret data, and lead through influence to deliver meaningful results translating to tangible productivity and efficiency gains across the super region.
- Evaluate performance objectives and metrics across the super region to proactively identify process improvement opportunities and largest gaps to benchmark performance supporting prioritization efforts for improvement opportunities.
- Audit, teach, and drive execution to the benchmark standards while acting as a catalyst for continuous improvement and process execution in the super region.
- Develop and implement detailed standard operating procedures to support daily operations within established process control limits for each fulfillment process.
- Partner with operational leaders within the FCs to execute implementation of established standard work and process improvements driving stabilization and standardization across the super region.
- Play a critical role in training operational leaders in the FCs as it relates to knowledge gaps within the super region to support reduction of variation in process standards.
- Partner with ACES for reviewing critical inputs, new training, best practice sharing, and documentation to drive benchmark performance.
- Execute, measure and support communication of variation reduction impacts in partnership with the site leaders responsible for day to day operations.
- Work with cross‐functional teams such as Engineering, AFT, Learning and Talent Development and ACES to deliver and deploy network wide initiatives.
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time across the AU region, including travel outside the established state or country for specialized trainings or continuous improvement efforts.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, or MBA in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field.
- Experience in project management methodologies, business analysis, or process improvement.
- Experience managing projects.
- Experience in business analysis and functional roles requiring quantitative, analytical and organizational skills.
- Experience in English-language communication skills, both written and verbal.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in technical leadership for industrial engineering projects or programs.
- Experience with continuous improvement methods such as Kaizen, Lean, DMAIC, etc.
- Experience implementing process improvements.
Acknowledgement of country
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
IDE statement
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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