About this role
Area Manager in Tucson leads a team to maintain safety, quality, and productivity while ensuring on-time delivery. This role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration and process improvements.
Key Responsibilities
- Support, mentor, and motivate hourly workforce
- Manage safety, quality, productivity, and customer delivery promises
- Collaborate with Safety, Engineering, Loss Prevention, QA, HR to meet objectives
- Lift up to 49 pounds and stand/walk up to 12 hours
- Lead and develop teams toward performance goals
Technical Overview
Operations management with emphasis on lean practices, Kaizen, Six Sigma, and data-driven decision making to optimize performance.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a mid-level Area Manager with 2+ years of people management experience and a strong background in Lean/Six Sigma. They should drive process improvements and teams toward safety, quality, and productivity goals in a Tucson-area logistics environment.
Must-Have Skills
2+ years of employee and performance management experienceBachelor's degree or equivalentor 2+ years of Amazon (blue badge/FTE) experienceWork a flexible schedule/shift/work areaincluding weekendsnightsand/or holidays
Nice-to-Have Skills
1+ years of performance metricsprocess improvement or lean techniques experienceExperience managing a team of 20 people or greaterExperience with process improvements (Lean Six Sigma and/or Kaizen)Experience using strong customer servicecommunicationand interpersonal skillsBachelor's degree in EngineeringOperationsSupply Chain/Logisticsor a related fieldIndustry experience in: retailF&Bmilitarymanufacturingautomotivebiotechelectronicsenergyinstrumentationmachinerydefense/aerospacemedicalcosmeticsproductionor distribution environments
Required Skills
2+ years of employee and performance management experienceBachelor's degree or equivalentor 2+ years Amazon experienceFlexible schedule including weekendsnightsholidays
Hard Skills
2+ years of employee and performance management experienceBachelor's degree or equivalentor 2+ years Amazon experienceFlexible schedule including weekendsnightsholidaysLean processKaizenSix SigmaProcess improvements
Soft Skills
LeadershipCommunicationAnalytical thinkingProblem solvingInterpersonal skillsTime management
Keywords for Your Resume
area manageroperations managerlead hourly workforcesafetyqualityproductivityflexible scheduleweekendsnightsholidayskaizensix sigmaleanprocess improvementsengineeringtucsonarizonafull-timeprocess improvementemployee managementleadershipcustomer service
Deal Breakers
2+ years of employee and performance management experience
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