Transportation Specialist 1, NOC

Team Overview

NOC (Network 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, NOC steps in to resolve the issue and keeps all the stakeholders informed on the proceedings. Along with this tactical problem solving NOC 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, NOC 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.

This team acts as a single point of contact for managing the technological exceptions across LM stations.

Purview of a Transportation Specialist

In this role, the candidate will work with business and operations team to solve customer escalations, analyze historic results, initiate programs – all in an environment of rapid growth and increasing complexity. Candidate will drive improvements to the visibility tools, methods, and processes utilized by the team to increase the availability and granularity of actionable data to internal and external partners. The successful candidate must show significant ownership on customer issues and proactively initiate SOPs and process changes as required. They will be passionate about their work, detail‑oriented, and have excellent problem‑solving abilities. They will have superb communication and customer‑relationship skills, excellent analytic insight, and be a passionate advocate of customer to other stakeholders. They will drive towards simple, scalable solutions to difficult problems, and have excellent project‑management skills.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to :

• Communication with internal customers (CS, MM, LM, FC, Trans Program, HR).
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to create compelling positioning / messaging strategy and present complex information clearly and concisely.
• High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously with minimal supervision.
• Strong analytical, mediation and problem resolution skills.
• Demonstrated leadership with a bias towards action, supporting a culture of ownership and learning.
• Skilled in collaborative management environment, clear formal and informal communication with members of the remote and local management teams.
• Strong understanding of process improvement technique.

Key job responsibilities

A day in the life

A typical day in this role will involve identifying network defects, collaborating with operations and tech teams to prioritize high impact tech defects and improve operational procedures.

About the team

NOC (Network Operation Center) is the central command and control center for ‘Transportation Execution’ across the Amazon Supply Chain network. 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, NOC steps in to resolve the issue and keeps all the stakeholders informed on the proceedings. Along with this tactical problem solving, we understand trends in network exceptions and automate processes or propose process changes to streamline operations involving network monitoring and significant analysis of network data.

Basic Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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