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Area Manager , Amazon Sort Centre


Company : Amazon


Location : Melbourne,


Created : 2025-05-02


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

This is a Area Manager , Amazon Sort Centre role with one of the leading companies in AU right now Amazon with an amazing team. They are continuing to grow rapidly. This is the chance to join right as the takes off. More About the Role at Amazon DESCRIPTION Join us, as we make history and shape the future at the first Sort Centre in Melbourne for Amazon Operations. Located in Craigieburn, Melbourne, take charge of an opportunity to lead and develop your own team of Amazon Associates. As an Area Manager, one of your main focuses will be motivating, mentoring, and coaching your team. You will be responsible for engaging your team during a shift to maintain the highest levels of safety, quality, attendance performance and engagement are maintained. To achieve this, managers are expected to provide their associates with the tools needed for success as well as keenly drive productivity and efficiency through data-driven decisions and analytical problem-solving. Key job responsibilities Maintaining Health and Safety standards within your remit area, while promoting an inspiring Health and Safety culture on-site, Developing performance goals and objectives to achieve customer promise expectations and ensure accuracy and quality Partnering with the management team to establish and maintain quality control standards Proactively identifying and leading process improvement initiatives using Lean processes and tools Building and executing productivity plans by reviewing work forecasts, determining productivity requirements, and partnering with other Area Managers to balance labour Leading and developing a team of Amazon associates Communicating policies to associates and act as the primary information source for the team, maintaining compliance and consistency and taking corrective action when needed Ensuring procedures are followed for building security and product loss prevention Creating, managing, and supporting recognition and communication programs BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - 1 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 - Can push and pull wheeled dollies loaded with products up to 100 pounds during shifts PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - 1 years of performance metrics, process improvement or lean techniques experience 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. If you dont think you''re a perfect fit, you should still sign up to Hatch and create a profile, we''ll match you to other roles that suit your profile. Hatch exists to level the playing field for people as they discover a career thats right for them. We model this in our hiring process for our partners like Amazon. Applying here is the first step in the hiring process for this role at Amazon. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation, cultural identity, disability, age, or any other non-merit factors. To put it simply, Hatch is for everyone.