Job Description

DESCRIPTIONAmazon\'s Selection expansion team started operations in March 2009 and has grown steadily in scope ever since. This is a global program supporting all marketplaces and operates out of India (Chennai, Bangalore) and US (Seattle). Amazon eCommerce Selection and Catalog Systems group at Amazon focuses on making direct impact on Selection for Amazon\'s Retail & 3rd party marketplace business across markets worldwide. The Selection Expansion team within this group owns end to end processes for discovering, prioritizing and adding new selection available to customers across different markets worldwide. This drives one of Amazon\'s core focus areas: providing the widest selection to customers. We operate in a fast paced, rapidly growing environment offering new challenges and opportunities for making impactful changes in the Amazon ecosystem.About the Role
Manager in this group is expected to interact directly with Amazon internal stakeholders across the globe to deliver on operational goals, drive process improvements and deliver business value. The person will be expected to be skilled in understanding customer needs, setting and managing expectations, building customer confidence through effective communication, reliable delivery, robust processes, and sound reporting metrics. The person will also be responsible for driving cost reduction (through process standardization and automation), quality improvements (by adopting appropriate audit and measurement mechanisms), and tracking business impact across programs through policy changes and improvements in data quality and service delivery. The person will lead a cross skilled team of associates, subject matter experts and Program Managers to carry out business critical processes. The individual would be responsible for overall planning, budgeting, growth, delivery, process efficiency and productivity for their work groups.Key Performance Areas:\xc2\xb7 Manage a cross functional team to deliver against the goals and ensure high quality service delivery and execution.
\xc2\xb7 Drive cross functional projects to deliver business value for the team; be part of projects involving new feature definition to improve processes and reduce cost.
\xc2\xb7 Manage operations through end to end planning, metrics review and root cause analysis, and delivering results in a fast paced environment.
\xc2\xb7 Manage stakeholders across globe as part of operations delivery; demonstrate business acumen and skills in driving change by developing business proposals and driving implementation of recommendations through effective written and oral communication.
\xc2\xb7 Work with Engineering team and Product teams to improve tools, processes and reporting dashboards
\xc2\xb7 Formulate, implement and track career development plans for team of highly skilled resources
\xc2\xb7 Liaise with HR, Facilities, Training, IT & Network teams to ensure seamless operations deliveryBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of program or project management experience
- 3+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
- 3+ years of delivering cross functional projects experience
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
- Experience managing teamsPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization
- Experience in data mining, data management, reporting, and SQL queries

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