EMEA Logistics Specialist, Global Transportation and Logistics
Amazon is hiring an EMEA Logistics Specialist, Global Transportation and Logistics in London, United Kingdom. Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.
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- The posting mentions logistics, supply chain and transportation among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as a mid-level role.
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EMEA Logistics Specialist to manage transportation of IT assets and supply chain operations.
The primary function is to define and deliver global solutions that aid in the speed and scalability of Operations Technology Solutions (OTS) and our Global Operations partners.
Key job responsibilities
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with business, operations, and IT stakeholders, while having the ability to work independently in a high-pressure environment with various levels of leadership and exercise sound judgment where clear guidelines may not exist.
- Proficiency at solving complex logistics challenges and possess a bias to get things done and deliver results.
- Coordination with shipping and receiving clerks to support outbound shipping at multiple Rapid Asset Deployment (RAD) locations within the region.
- Working with the Customs, Brokers and Global Trade Services (GTS) to ensure proper documentation on all shipments
- Preparing and validating Commercial Invoices (CI) for international shipments
- Daily communication with transportation providers to ensure timely pickup of shipments and adequate space is available.
- Managing the transportation of Amazon IT assets (both inbound and outbound), including international shipments
- Lead shipment investigations on behalf of the customer. This includes (but is not limited to) tracking shipments, researching lost packages, processing damage reports, filing claims, and authorizing a re-ship of the IT asset.
- Daily monitoring of shipments in order to proactively and quickly resolve issues that could arise during transportation
- Creating SOPs as needed in the absence of defined processes/procedures
- Providing proactive reporting to customers and key stakeholders
- Developing transportation plans for new projects that arise
- Innovating for step-change improvement in safety, quality, cost, and other KPI metrics
- Collaborating with key operational experts across the company to lead, support, and influence new business initiatives.
- Executing strategic business objectives while working with key internal stakeholders to improve the supply chain with the latest internal and external information.
- Participating in Weekly Business Reviews (WBR) within the organization to ensure strict adherence to cost, team goals, and business objectives
- Ownership of all results within your region.
- Engaging current transportation providers to strengthen current partnerships while also identifying potential new providers.
- Travel mainly across the Country around <10% of the time
A day in the life
We support internal Amazon businesses with the transfer of IT assets, new or used, as requested. Our #1 priority is to ensure the package delivers seamlessly to the customer as expected.
About the team
Global Transportation Logistics (GTL) team supports the movement of non-inventory IT equipment (assets, spare parts, and consumables) across our fulfillment and delivery networks (including Data Centers). This team consists of both inbound/outbound logistics, reverse logistics programs, dangerous goods and import/export trade compliance.
Basic qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field
- Experience in supply chain
- Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g., pivot tables & charts, multiple criteria lookups, nested logical/IF formulas, data cleansing, array formulas, etc.)
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in requirement gathering and ability to write clear and detailed requirement document
- Experience with Six Sigma tools and Lean techniques
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How we rate this
EMEA Logistics Specialist, Global Transportation and Logistics at Amazon rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
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- Tell me about a project where logistics was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where supply chain was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where transportation was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where shipping was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where operations was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Logistics, Supply Chain, Transportation, Shipping, and Operations. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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