Team Lead - Line Haul

At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. Amazon is one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and we distribute millions of products each year to our loyal customers.

Amazon is seeking Team Lead for its Transportation team. In this role you will working closely with fulfillment centers (FCs) and sort centers (SCs), last mile (LMs) logistic partners and other stakeholders for smooth management of line haul operations across Amazon's middle mile network. The L3 manager will be the first POC for any operational escalation and will engage with the right stakeholders to resolve the issue & prevent recurrence. Apart from handling people (team of PA), the L3 Team lead will also drive deployment of solutions coming out from various improvement initiatives viz. VRID hygiene, Accruals improvement, In-transit loss reduction, Developing safety culture for Drivers, Truck Utilization improvement, New projects (Totes, PFS) etc. at zonal level. In BAU, he/she will be roster in shifts for keeping a tab on operations & work on improvement projects.

Essential Functions

• Carrier manager for coordination with NOC & carriers
• GB development initiatives
• Driving improvement KATA Opportunities:

o Truck utilization o Carrier arrival performance at destination o Accident analysis

• Prepare bridge for WBR
• BAU Ad-hoc Planning & analysis
• Coordinate with SLP & carrier to reduce in-transit losses
• Engage with Safety to improve yard & road safety
• Drive R4D training & adoption with carriers
• Manage and raise MR PO process
• Resolution of invoice queries (both Vendor/Amazon)
• PO Fund additions for on-time payments
• Maintain distance annexure & route codes
• Accruals Preparation
• Drive R4C adoption to improve carrier experience

o Pre-registration compliance o LTR coding o Load board o Self-invoicing o Driver assignment for R4D

• Align vehicle fleet plan with stakeholders (FC, SC, LM, SF)
• Input preparation for Automated Planning (such as MRO)

o Distance & Transit time inputs for all OD pairs o Prepare manual vehicle plan as an input o Run tool to optimize routes o Analyze tool output for execution feasibility o Re-configure vehicle run plan o Work with NDC for necessary truck filter changes