Germany
Accomplished and highly organized director level operations leader with an MBA and over 15+ years of experience in high-volume e-commerce space working within traditional fulfilment, heavy/bulky, fashion, bulk FMCG, and grocery at Amazon. Skilled and passionate about building high performing, multi-disciplined international teams who were grounded in making the complex simple, removing waste from processes by driving convergence and removing variation and empowering them to not needing to take every small decision up to the highest level. Enthusiastic and passionate about learning and being exposed to new ideas while being grounded in facts, observations and data showcasing the ability to bring points together while seeing around corners fostering the evolution of existing operations, being the catalyst for complete business transformation and to building operations from the ground up all with the focus on safety, quality, customer and cost.
Responsible for end-to-end logistics operations driving efficiency, agility and flexibility through strong partnerships with logistics service providers, delivering a robust fulfilment strategy across 30 countries within Europe ensuring the beautiful moments of happiness between pets and pet parents.
Following over 15 years at Amazon and over 30 years of continuous work a break was in order. Being removed from the day to day and "always available status", allowed for a less frantic thought process reminding what uncluttered thinking was like. Worked down a 15 year backlog of tasks, which had a significant healing effect. Invested quality time in personal investments. Enjoyed brief stints consulting on various projects across the United States and Europe. Took over the day to day management of the family investment trust. Traveled. Smiled more.
Europe and Japan Operations Leader responsible for Amazon Fresh Operations in UK, JP, DE, IT, and ES and UK Grocery Distribution Centre Operations with an ORG size of 100+ Managers and 2000+ associates. Responsibility for Continuous Improvement, Operations Integration, Labor Planning, Learning and Development, Topology and Distribution Centre Supply Chain Strategy.
Europe Operations Leader responsible for Amazon Fresh Operations in UK and DE, Prime Now in FR, IT, ES, UK and DE, and UK Grocery Distribution Centre Operations with an ORG size of 80+ Managers and 1800+ associates. Dotted Line responsibility for Continuous Improvement, Operations Integration, Labor Planning, Learning and Development and Distribution Center Supply Chain.
EU Operations Leader responsible for Amazon Pantry sites in UK, ES and PL serving the UK, FR, ES, IT and DE marketplaces with an ORG size of 30+ managers and 900+ associates. Responsibility for Learning and Development, Repair and Maintenance, Continuous Improvement and Operations Integration teams.