** The role could be based in different sites in the UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy. **

The Innovation & Engineering vision is to develop novel end-to-end process-centric and sustainable infrastructure concepts, striving to meet or even exceed current True North. The team is working against ambitious targets concerning All-in Throughout per hour, Variable Cost Per Package, space efficiency (shipments per sqm) and embodied carbon. The team consolidates subject matter experts to cover complex tasks concerning yard, material handling equipment, under the roof processes, container design and sustainability. Responsibilities encompass designing Yard and under the roof processes infrastructure concepts, governing new builds or retrofits from Building Requirements Sheet to Design Reviews, developing functional requirements with process excellence and world wide design engineering, and supporting Procurement for vendor selection. Collaborating with North America Sort Centre Engineering, the team designs Middle Mile Nodes using infrastructural models derived from analytical work.

Middle Mile Engineering Programs, Innovation & Engineering is looking for a process and technical driven Sr. Innovation Manager. The role is empowered to challenge status quo and directly influence future infrastructure designs. Process centric solutions for cost optimal and most efficient Material Handling Systems and process equipment are the desired output. A strong cooperation with EU and NA based engineering teams, process excellence, Operations and team internal subject matter experts are key. Driving continuously innovation and inspiring others to provide novel ideas to meet and exceed the current True North is a key role requirement. A process engineering driven mindset is required, operational understanding in Middle Mile or Last Mile are ideal. Building relationships with above mentioned stakeholders, proven track of meeting and exceeding design KPI driven goals are requirements as well.

The ideal candidate for this position will demonstrate relevant experience in designing innovative and ground-breaking material handling automation systems and processes. These concepts and solutions should aim to exceed industry standards in terms of efficiency, waste reduction, and automation. The candidate will be responsible for developing lean and efficient material handling equipment and processes that embody design excellence. The need for such concepts and solutions may arise from site-specific requirements or long-term network optimization initiatives, where a systematic approach is taken to identify and address business needs.

Would you like an opportunity to travel and work in multiple countries and cultures? The role will be based in UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy with 25-50% of time traveling across European Middle Mile Nodes and corporate offices

Key job responsibilities
• Develop novel and process centric material handling system concepts and solutions (processes & Material Handling Equipment) for EU Sort Centre Middle Mile Nodes (MMN) – reflecting Amazon internal and external volume,
• Foster a design excellence design approach starting from business requirements towards optimal costs for new infrastructure that strives to zero process waste,
• Working backwards from True North processes and available data to close the gaps from current to desired state,
• Create Material Flow Diagrams,
• Create concepts and layouts with AutoCAD or similar software at least in 2D,
• Drive design reviews with partners to share ideas and receive feedback,
• Provide data driven process and engineering related advice to the leadership by written narrative business documents,



A day in the life
Starting from the Inbound vehicle and volume profile, indicators of the to be processed volume hourly distribution is available. This is the starting point for process centric design. Working backwards from minimum manual interactions with shipments, the Sr. Innovation Manager has to create material flow concepts and evaluate them against True North processes, productivity and costs. Together with process excellence, World Wide Design Engineering and Finance, the preferred concept has to be presented and aligned with leadership. After concept selection, the Sr. Innovation Manager drives the concepts further towards a detailed engineering design and a matching process description. During Request For Concepts and Request For Proposal, the Sr. Innovation Manager gatekeeps the high quality of the conceptual design and supports during vendor selection. As soon as the firm engineering phase starts, the Sr. Innovation Manager will hand over the full responsibility of the design to World Wide Design Engineering and Ops Engineering. However, Sr. Innovation Engineer will consult during firm engineering.

About the team
Amazon couldn’t deliver at pace without the Amazon Transportation Service (ATS) team. As part of ATS, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse team that plays a central role in our success. Using air, sea and road transport, as well as sortation centres equipped with the latest technology, you’ll help Amazon’s transport run at maximum efficiency. Our team captures data and uses it to drive decisions. They are key to making Amazon more innovative and efficient.
We put safety first as our people are our priority. And we use the expertise of our people to get packages to their destination – quickly, conveniently and sustainably.