Description

ROC Overview

Relay Operations Center (ROC) is the central command and control center for ‘Transportation Execution’ across the Amazon Supply Chain network supporting multiple geographies like NA, India and EU. It ensures hassle free, timely pick-up and delivery of freight from vendors to Amazon facilities and to carrier hubs. In case of any exceptions, ROC steps in to resolve the issue and keeps all the stakeholders informed on the proceedings.

In addition to this tactical problem solving, ROC is also charged with understanding trends in network exceptions and then automating processes or proposing process changes to streamline operations. This second aspect involves network monitoring and significant analysis of network data.

Overall, ROC plays a critical role in ensuring the smooth functioning of Amazon transportation and thereby has a direct impact on Amazon’s ability to serve its customers on time.

The candidate should have a complete understanding of the inter modal/rail logistics space with experience in handling external shippers and good with carrier/stakeholder management and have potential to draw projects out of the program and should be able to communicate with NA stake holders clearly in the written and oral form. She/he should be able to come up with process improvements drive them through completion, including owning up the KPI’s.

Candidate should have knowledge of Fleet and Yard Operations"

Key job responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to

Managing a shift, constantly identifying opportunities to improve team performance and owning associated change management.

Developing and/or referring to performance metrics to drive team performance and business results.

Identifying the business impact of trends and making data backed decisions.

Communicating with external customers (Carriers, Vendors/Suppliers) and internal customers (Retail, Finance, Software Support, Fulfillment Centers)

Escalating problems or variances in the information and data to the relevant owners and following through on resolutions.

Ability to pull data from numerous databases (using Excel, Access, SQL and/or other data management systems) and to perform ad hoc reporting and analysis, as needed, is a plus.

A day in the life

Role plays a critical role in ensuring the smooth functioning of Amazon transportation and thereby has a direct impact on Amazon’s ability to serve its customers on time.

The candidate should have a complete understanding of the intermodal/rail logistics space with experience in handling external shippers and good with carrier/stakeholder management and have potential to draw projects out of the program and should be able to communicate with NA stake holders clearly in the written and oral form. She/he should be able to come up with process improvements drive them through completion, including owning up the KPI’s.

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

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of performance metrics, process improvement or lean techniques experience