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About the team:

ROC (Relay Operations Center) 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 fulfillment centers (FC) and from Amazon FCs to carrier hubs. In case of any exceptions, ROC steps in to resolve the issue and keeps all the stakeholders informed on the proceedings. Along with 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. 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.

Job Description:

A Trans Ops Specialist at ROC facilitates flow of information between different stakeholders (Trans Carriers/Hubs/Warehouses) and resolves any potential issues that impacts customer experience and business continuity. Trans Ops Specialist at ROC works across two verticals - Inbound and Outbound operations.

Inbound Operations deals with Vendor/Carrier/FC relationship, ensuring that the freight is picked-up on time and is delivered at FC as per the given appointment. Trans Ops Specialist on Inbound addresses any potential issues occurring during the lifecycle of pick-up to delivery.

Outbound Operations deals with FC/Carrier/Carrier Hub relationship, ensuring that the truck leaves the FC in order to delivery customer orders as per promise. Trans Ops Specialist on Outbound addresses any potential issues occurring during the lifecycle of freight leaving the FC and reaching customer premises.

A Trans Ops Specialist provides timely resolution to the issue in hand by researching and querying internal tools and by taking real-time decisions. An ideal candidate should be able to understand the requirements/be able to analyze data and notice trends and be able to drive Customer Experience without compromising on time. The candidate should have the basic understanding of Logistics and should be able to communicate clearly in the written and oral form. Trans Ops Specialist should be able to ideate process improvements and should have the zeal to drive them to conclusion.

Roles and Responsibilities:

This includes, but are not limited to:

• Communication with external customers (Carriers, Vendors/Suppliers) and internal customers (Retail, Finance, Software Support, Fulfillment Centers) both on phone and emails.

• 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.

• Develop and/or understand performance metrics to assist with driving business results.

• Ability to scope out business and functional requirements for the Amazon technology teams who create and enhance the software systems and tools are used by ROC.

• Understand the business impact of the trends and make decisions that make sense based on available data.

• Systematically escalate problems or variance in the information and data to the relevant owners and teams and follow through on the resolutions to ensure they are delivered.

• Work within various time constraints to meet critical business needs, while measuring and identifying activities performed.

• Excellent communication, both verbal and written as one may be required to create a narrative outlining weekly findings and the variances to goals, and present these finding in a review forum.

• Must be able and willing to handle calls from customers and provide solution to their queries over phone calls.

• Provide real-time customer experience by working in 24*7 operating environment. Must be able and willing to support work from home with rotational shifts and week offs.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree & above.

• 0-48 months of work experience.

• Good communication skills - Transportation Specialist will be facilitating flow of information between external parties

• Proficiency in Advanced Excel (pivot tables, v-lookups)

• Ability to handle and interpret large sets of data

• Demonstrated ability to work in a team in a very dynamic environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Operations or in a related field will be preferred.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply chain, Computers or a related field with excellent academic record required

Additional Information:

Shifts: Rotational (it is a 24*7 shift environment and shifts are rotational)

Weekly Off: Rotational two-days off

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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