Construction Manager

☞ Amazon

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Update day: 01-06-2024

Location: London

Category: Planning / Projects Executive management Production / Operation

Industry: IT Services IT Consulting Software Development Internet Publishing

Position: Mid-Senior level

Job type: Full-time

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[This role can be based anywhere within the UK]

Amazon is seeking an experienced Construction/Fit-out Program Manager to support new business fulfillment operations. Successful candidates will be natural self-starters who are comfortable leading large, complex facility projects. Your communication skills, including the proven ability to effectively manage, influence and negotiate with external/internal business partners will be utilized in order to meet organizational capacity demands. This individual will coordinate the resources required to launch new fulfillment centers with the goals of: achieving timelines, staying within budget, driving standardization and consistency within our network. Ideal candidates will have experience managing large capital projects with a large budget and schedule commitments.

Do you know how to filter extraneous information in a changing environment? Can you remain flexible in the height of ambiguity while making sound business decisions? If so then this role is for you!

In order to be successful in this position, you need to be comfortable interfacing and driving various functional teams and individuals at all levels of the organization. Keeping an open mind, sense of humor, drive-and-ambition will help you keep innovative in our culture. This will be an exciting career for you if you possess a high level or autonomy and integrity while managing a variety of job responsibilities. You will be part of a high functioning team that is interconnected and supportive of each other to help complete multiple, high capital projects simultaneously. Ultimately, what you’ll experience from this opportunity is a high level of gratification and a sense of accomplishment knowing that you have made an impact on future Amazon shipments.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
  • Plans, directs, supervises and controls the execution of all business, technical, fiscal and administrative functions of the assigned program, project or sub-task
  • The ability to communicate among broad work groups across the company, which would include IT, Engineering, Safety, Supply Chain, Finance, Vendors, General Contractors and Operations will be crucial
  • Possesses technical background and has the ability to “roll up their sleeves” and jump in if needed, along with managing
  • Comfortable in different roles, sometimes supporting, sometimes leading
  • Acts as the company representative with vendors and suppliers during project execution
  • Is capable of taking accountability while providing status, asking for help and immediately escalating issues and problems as necessary
  • Responsible for overall project schedule that enables the teams to be successful based upon the project milestones and Go-Live
  • Responsible for managing overall project budget and approving all purchase orders
  • Monitors and reports on the progress of all project activity within the project including significant milestones and any conditions which would affect project cost or schedule
  • Active participant in vendor and Amazon safety policies

Basic Qualifications
  • Experience in Construction
  • Completed Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, or Amazon work experience
  • Experience leading and interacting with cross-functional teams
  • Experience in a distribution environment, material handling equipment (pallet racking, conveyor and fork trucks) or related operational field such as construction, engineering, supply chain, transportation, retail/FMCG
  • Experience in complex project management, budgets and implementation with proven ability to design workable solutions and drive projects to successful implementation
Preferred Qualifications
  • MBA or Master’s Degree in a related field
  • Operations Management/Fulfillment Center experience
  • Work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment
  • Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Microsoft office products (MS Project 2010,Excel,Access)
  • CEU Languages
  • Ability to travel up to 80% during peak construction
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
Company - Amazon UK Services Ltd.

Job ID: A2050994
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Deadline: 16-07-2024

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