Transportation Logistics Specialist, AWS Cloud Logistics (ACL)

Do you enjoy solving problems while seeking to invent and simplify? Are you excited by large complex logistics and fulfillment solutions?

The AWS Cloud Logistics team is seeking a highly skilled and cooperative Logistics professional to manage day to day transportation operations. This is an exciting opportunity to join an exciting, collaborative team.

An ideal candidate has a background in transportation / freight forwarding / logistics and excellent data driven problem resolution skills. They have the ability to work with carriers / influence others, pull and review data with ease, make process improvements, standardize processes, and eliminate the root cause of defects within the current systems. This job will require exceptional communication skills while having the ability to work unassisted in a dynamic environment.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain - and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion

Key job responsibilities

In this role you will:

-Coordinate day to day transportation operations to ensure all shipments are being managed in the most efficient way with the highest quality service to the customer

-Collaborate with carriers (Logistics Service Providers) and internal customers

-Analyze data from numerous databases (using Excel and/or other data management systems) and perform reporting as needed

-Publish performance metrics to assist with achieving business results

-Quickly and efficiently understand the business impact of observed trends and take actions based on available data

-Identify and eliminate root causes of defects in order to improve efficiency in AWS’s transportation operations

-Work with multiple stakeholder teams in the Supply Chain to jointly solve problems and implementing standards

-Work within time constraints to meet critical business needs

A day in the life

This role might be for you if:

-You are passionate about international transportation and have an interest in tech / cloud computing supply chain.

-You enjoy working with data to encourage optimal business outcomes

About the team

About AWS

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Basic qualifications

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent

- Experience performing data analysis using MS Excel and other Microsoft Office tools

- 2+ years work experience in the logistics/transportation industry

- 2+ years experience managing relationships with or working for transportation providers within Europe

Preferred qualifications

- Qualification in logistics, supply chain, operations or related field

- Experience in transportation, customer service, and/or distribution environments

- Demonstrated experience with air, sea and road freight

- Experience using data to drive root cause elimination and process improvement

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