Area Manager 2025 – Delaware (Recent and Upcoming Graduates)

This is not a corporate, remote or office-based position. This is a full-time, entry level position located within one of Amazon’s fulfillment centers, sort centers, delivery stations or other operations buildings. Amazon is seeking customer focused individuals to lead a team of hourly employees across our cutting-edge Operations network! Our warehouses are fast-paced environments where standing, walking, and having on-the-production floor conversations are common as a supply chain leader.As an Area Manager, you will be responsible for engaging, leading and developing your team in a warehouse environment. Your main focus will be motivating, mentoring, and managing your team to meet goals. Amazon provides extensive training and development to become an exceptional people leader. As a people manager, you will ensure that your team has all the tools needed to succeed and maintain the highest levels of safety, quality, attendance and performance at work.Benefits: Medical, financial, and/or other benefits (www.amazon.jobs/en/benefits)Visit www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/facilities to find more information on each of our building types. Please note we are not able to provide sponsorship now or in the future for these positions. Eligible candidates must have work authorization without employer intervention to be considered.This posting encompasses all openings in the state(s) listed in title. Site placement is determined by aligning your location preferences with location availability after your interview. Relocation benefits are offered at time of offer to eligible candidates.Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $61,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $73,300/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.Key job responsibilities• Support, mentor and motivate 50-100 direct report Amazon Associates• Work independently and operate in an autonomous environment• Stand/walk during shifts lasting up to 12 hours• Willing and able to regularly work shift patterns that include nights, weekends, and/or holidays based on business needs. While shifts vary site to site, most follow a fixed 4-day work week with 3 days off.• Oversee truck deliveries, handle and sort packages using pallet jacks, operate PIT equipment (at applicable facilities) and step in as needed.• Work in an environment where the noise level varies• Lift up to 49 pounds and frequently push, pull, squat, bend and reach• Climb and descend stairs (when applicable)BASIC QUALIFICATIONS• A bachelor’s or master’s degree with all requirements completed between May 2023 and August 2025. (You must have all degree requirements met before your first day). ...

Operations Manager - Wilmington, DE

Our WW Operations network delivers millions of packages and smiles to Amazon customers every day. We are looking for motivated, customer-focused individuals who want to join our team as an Operations Manager. In this role, you will lead and develop a team of salaried and hourly talent. You will be responsible for engaging your team during their shifts to maintain the highest levels of safety, quality, attendance, and performance. To achieve this, managers are expected to provide their team with the tools needed for success while driving improvements in productivity and efficiency through data-driven decisions and analytical problem-solving. You will also play a key role in maintaining our customer expectations to ensure customer orders are delivered at the right time, to the right location.Our Operation’s workflow has three major components: First mile - where the product is housed and ready for order; Middle mile - where the order is hauled to your area; and Last mile - when the product is delivered to the customer’s door. Please note that all workflows have slight building variations, but one thing is constant: our vision and dedication to the customer.Key Responsibilities and Job Elements:* Support, mentor, and motivate your salaried and hourly workforce* Lead large-scope projects with site and regional impact* Build and execute productivity plans through forecast reviews, determining productivity requirements, and partnering with other Leaders to load balance* Manage safety, quality, productivity, and customer delivery promises* Collaborate with all support teams including Safety, Engineering, Loss Prevention, Quality Assurance, Human Resources to develop plans to meet business objectives* Lift up to 49 pounds and frequently push, pull, squat, bend, and reach* Stand/walk for up to 12 hours during shifts* Work in an environment where the noise level varies and can be loud* Work in an environment that is subject to variable temperatures and weather (delivery stations include outside loading departments)* Continuously climb and descend stairs (applies to sites with stairs)Our fulfillment network launches new Operations sites every year, providing various opportunities for your professional growth. We hire Operations Managers based on location preference and the business’ current openings.To learn more about Amazon’s operations and see how our fulfillment centers in the U.S. and Canada work, watch a short video or take part in a live virtual tour.Video with subtitles: https://www.amazon.com/videotourLive virtual tours: https://www.amazon.com/virtualtoursBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of employee and performance management experience- Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 2+ years of Amazon (blue badge/FTE) experience- Work a flexible schedule/shift/work area, including weekends, nights, and/or holidays ...

Senior Site WHS Manager

Senior Site Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager Amazon North America Customer Fulfillment The Senior Site Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) Manager will be responsible for partnering with site level operations team for their assigned site in order to execute company WHS policies and ensure compliance to all applicable local and regional regulations. By leveraging lean principles and Kaizen events, this Senior Safety Manager will lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce conditional and ergonomic risk in our processes to ensure a safe and healthful working environment for our associates. The Senior Site EHS Manager must demonstrate the ability to build trust and confidence with the operations team and influence change through providing comprehensive risk assessments and safety data analysis. The Senior Site WHS Manager must be an effective communicator and send clear, concise and consistent messages, both verbally and in writing. This Senior Safety Manger must instruct and train operations managers and site WHS professionals in company EHS policies and assist the regional teams in incorporating our safety standards at their site. The Senior Site WHS Manager will be required to identify best practices and incorporate these best practices into our standards to continuously improve company safety policies. Must possess excellent safety program and relevant safety, environmental and ergonomic knowledge and demonstrates this expertise when working with operations. The Senior Site WHS Manager will be responsible to develop a team of safety managers and safety professionals at a site. This Senior Safety Manger must create and execute leadership development plans for their team. This Senior Safety Manger must communicate safety team expectations and give frequent and appropriate feedback to the safety teams and ensure they are executing to the core competencies of an Amazon safety professional. This Senior Safety Manger must also demonstrate the ability to judge and assess safety talent and select appropriate bench strength to current and future business needs. Senior Site WHS Manager Responsibilities: - Possess a thorough understanding of local/regional regulations and company policy. - Provide guidance and oversight to ensure compliance to all applicable Amazon Safety Policies. - Measure the FC performance against published requirements in safety policies. For all deficiencies, identify a plan for the site to implement and fix all identified deficiencies. - Ensure safety record keeping and data integrity and provides Operations with accurate reporting and metrics to support business safety initiatives. - Deliver on-time and quality projects to Operations. Deliver quality projects on time to Operations. - Deep Dive safety metrics and review incident weekly and monthly incident trends to discover trends to justify the allocation of appropriate resources to areas where the safety risk is highest. - Deep Dive trends and propose action plans to Sr. Leadership on site. - Audit record keeping practices and Global Safety Database entries to ensure compliance to global safety standards and local regulations. - Audit the workplace organization and Associate behaviors to ensure that training, auditing and scoring methods are accurate and consistent. - Manage and mentor the FC Safety Manager and Safety Associates in your assigned FC. - Engage the Injury Prevention Specialists (IPS) and Site Leadership to drive long-term strategic actions to achieve incident reduction. - Lead soft tissue injury reduction efforts with IPS by performing targeted Kaizen events in partnership with the Operations teams based on the risks identified in each task (force, repetition, and awkward postures). - Ensure site leadership and associates are trained and knowledgeable of their responsibilities under each policy. Audit the quality, delivery (including qualifications of the trainer), and effectiveness of all required safety training. - Review for effectiveness the deployed safety tools and revise to ensure continual improvement. - Partner with corporate and other regional field safety personnel to leverage global safety and environmental best practices into NA network standards. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 7+ years' of increasing responsibilities in safety and/or environmental programs in manufacturing, production, or service operations. - Experience implementing lean principles and process improvement in an operational environment. - Experience managing change in multiple site environment and managing multiple direct reports. - BS/BA in Safety, Environmental, Ergonomics or a related field required - Written and verbal communication skills, including comfort interfacing with Directors and VPs - Develop and implement department goals and strategies based on broader organization goals. - Analytical and problem solving skills. ...

Sr. Transportation Manager

Our Senior Transportation Managers play a crucial role in exceeding expectations and providing a superb customer experience; critical to Amazon’s success, which is built on a foundation of customer obsession, and innovation. This position is a multi-faceted role requiring the ability to balance strategy and execution. The Senior Transportation Manager is responsible for all aspects of the operations of the TOM teams within a specific node and may include responsibilities for stand-alone sites as well. You will lead a dynamic team of Operations and Area Managers to achieve operational excellence through coaching and mentoring the team; driving employee engagement, and building leadership bench strength within the TOM organization. Multiple roles are expected across the network with flexibility for location based on candidates current location and relocation preferences.Strategic Responsibilities & Deliverables:• Owns and delivers the operational budget for functional area, including safety, productivity, financial and labor planning, and operational goals for TOM• Responsible for providing strategic level/long-term planning (3, 6, and 12 months out) including labor planning, forecasting, and peak season planning• Drives continuous improvement projects to optimize operations and improve productivity to meet and exceed business objectives; works on strategic projects that have total building and network-wide impact. Effectively leverages the Operations and Area Managers to solicit ideas and understand problems and challenges in the building.• Networks with other leaders across the network to solicit and share process improvements and drive efficiencies and cost savings.• Establishes objectives and metrics for safety, quality, productivity, and customer experience• Sets clear goals and expectations for Operations and Area Managers. Measures performance, provides feedback, and holds leaders accountable• Mentors and develops leaders and staff• Participates in recruiting to identify and evaluate associates and internal/external candidates for promotion and hire.• Works closely with support staff (HR, Finance, Safety, IT and other leaders) to build and secure support and resources for projects and initiativesBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- A completed Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field from an accredited university- 5+ years direct management experience, including a salaried workforce, in a manufacturing, production, distribution, or logistics environment- Experience with performance metrics, process improvement, and Lean methodologies- Experience with the full staffing lifecycle, including interviewing, hiring, performance management, promotions and terminations- Candidates must be flexible to work a variety of hours as business demands, including overnight, weekends and holidays ...