Description
The EU ATS Quality team is looking for a Process Improvement Specialist who leads outbound quality performance for an assigned EU country or region (scope may evolve based on business needs). The role will have a combination of performance management and driving central programs: 1/ Performance management - owning Quality performance KPIs for a region and influencing senior leaders and operations to reduce customer-facing defects against annual goals; 2/ Program leadership - driving high‑impact programs that solve recurring, structural defect patterns in Amazon network. Locations available are Madrid and Barcelona. Availability to travel 20-30% of the time.
Key job responsibilities
* Own country / regional quality performance through the WBR / MBR / QBR cadence; root‑cause defects across upstream, in‑site, and downstream contributors and own corrective actions.
* Drive site engagement – visit affected sites, run Gemba walks, and partner with shift leadership to embed quality standards on the ground.
* Lead high‑impact EU‑wide programs that target recurring structural defect patterns common across countries, end‑to‑end from problem definition through launch and measurement.
* Partner with Tech, Operations, Process Excellence, Finance, and external partners to shape the process flow of shipments, reduce defects, and enable defect prevention upstream.
A day in the life
You are the single‑threaded leader owning quality performance for your country / region end‑to‑end. In a typical week, you drive improvements across sites by influencing Site Ops; raise site deep‑dive standards by critiquing root‑cause analyses, sharing best practices with site and regional leaders, and running 5‑Whys with sites first‑hand; present country performance in business reviews; and participate in defect‑reduction workshops at sites or pan‑EU. In parallel, you lead EU‑wide programs – multi‑stakeholder, multi‑quarter – targeting the structural drivers for the largest defect pools.
Basic Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in Math, Engineering, Science or Business
* Experience in program or project management with end‑to‑end ownership and measurable goals.
* Experience in AI tooling – comfortable with Kiro/Agent Spaces to access databases, write live prompts for Operations / quality workflows, and accelerate analysis and program execution.
* Intermediate Excel (pivots, multi‑criteria lookups, nested IF / array formulas, data cleansing) and working SQL for deep‑dives.
Preferred Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Operations, or a related discipline.
* Experience in supply chain, fulfilment, transportation, or last‑mile operations.
* Experience driving end‑to‑end delivery in EU fulfilment / transportation networks and presenting results to senior leadership.
* Strong analytical depth – advanced SQL, statistical or predictive modelling, and ability to translate data into Ops actions.
* Experience in stakeholder management across multiple levels of the organisation, including OP planning, business reviews, and financial modelling.
Equal Employment Opportunity
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