AU Process Engineer, AU Process Engineering - Melbourne
This role is an partial operations role and managers are expected to work 3 days per week in a Melbourne FC with some travel to other FC's/Corporate locations expected.
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Amazon is seeking leaders to work with the AU Operations Process Engineering (PE) team. The PE team is a globally diverse group of operational leaders driving process stabilization, standardization and continuous improvement. This role represents an exciting opportunity to join, and support to form the formal launch of Process Engineering in Australia as it exists in other marketplaces.This team is essential to establish and execute benchmark operating standards, accelerate implementation of technology advancements and to strengthen process knowledge for the operational leaders across the FC network. As we continue to rapidly grow our FC footprint and infuse the organization with new talent, we need to ensure the operations teams are equipped with the needed process knowledge, established standards and benchmark practices for great process control.
The team will utilize tools to understand process control and establish process understanding with the outcome of minimizing variation between shifts, buildings and regions, by driving standard operating procedures to deliver strong performance.
The team will also work closely with ACES leadership to define, teach, and translate standard work across the network.
The role will focus/own on four key areas of Process Engineering activity across Melbourne FC's being (i) Benchmarking Rate Setting and Process Alignment (ii) Standard Work Promotion (iii) Variation Reduction and (iv) Site Capacity Input Alignment and Validation.
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.
Some of the position’s key responsibilities include:- 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.
This role will be based in a corporate location in Melbourne with coverage expected over three Melbourne FC's (AVV2, MEL1 and MEL5).
- Degree from an accredited institution
- Experience from Industrial Engineering, Business Process Engineering, Quality, Operations or Logistics
- Project Portfolio Management experience/Process Engineering Experience
- Cost variation/Cost saving experience within a similar industry- Strong professional experience with Lean, Six Sigma and Kaizen methodologies
- Relevant knowledge of change management and continuous improvement methodologies
- Strong ability interpreting & communicating analytics and presenting to senior leadership
- Excellent communication skills and detail orientation
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to motivate a team
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