Sr. HR Manager
Job Summary
You will be expected to travel and work onsite at Amazon facilities ensuring personal connection and hands-on leadership where needed.
Key job responsibilities
PXT Operational Excellence
Ensure PXT teams across your region execute with discipline consistency and alignment to Amazon standards. Use inspections and data to identify defects validate process integrity and reinforce accountability. Deep dive executive escalations ethics cases and workplace incidents to identify root causes and address systemic issues. Surface recurring system gaps to central teams influencing scalable improvements. Champion PXT tools and systems while reinforcing critical thinking. Establish consistent inspection rhythms to monitor progress and escalate persistent gaps. Maintain visibility across sites building rapport and identifying concerns before they escalate.
Employee Experience & Culture
Set clear expectations for site and PXT leaders to create workplace environments that drive engagement performance and retention. Ensure leaders implement feedback mechanisms including Voice of the Associate boards roundtables and GEMBA walks. Oversee employee relations budgets and deliver meaningful recognition programs. Champion safety-first culture through proactive strategies inspections and accountability. Partner with leaders to uphold building standards and empower community engagement initiatives coordinated with Public Policy and Public Relations teams.
PXT Leadership
Guide high-judgment decisions impacting people performance and culture. Provide oversight on investigations corrective actions and employee relations matters serving as final decision-maker on high-risk decisions including terminations involving potential discrimination retaliation for business leaders. Serve as primary escalation point for complex issues partnering with Regional PXT Legal and Employee Relations teams. Anticipate and mitigate employee relations risks by identifying emerging trends and developing proactive strategies. Partner with country-level Governance teams and Works Council representatives to ensure effective consultation processes on site-level matters maintaining constructive labor relations and compliance with co-determination requirements. Lead regional change initiatives by supporting site leaders through transformation helping manage ambiguity and reinforce new behaviors. Foster collaboration between site and central PXT teams. Drive adoption of HR technology solutions to enhance efficiency and employee experience.
Ops Talent Planning & Org Health
Partner with Operations leaders to assess organizational health review succession plans and identify gaps in leadership capability or bench strength. Hold PXT teams accountable for building leadership capability through coaching and development. Partner with business leaders to identify leadership gaps and drive targeted development. Review talent strategies identify risks and align on regional priorities. Ensure site teams evaluate leadership readiness role criticality and attrition trends. Identify critical roles with limited bench strength or high retention risk developing targeted contingency plans. Drive consistent objective talent evaluations and ensure performance tools are used to drive fair defensible outcomes.
PXT Leadership & Org Health
Build and sustain a high-performing future-ready PXT organization. Invest in PXT team growth through coaching development and stretch opportunities. Drive succession and promotion decisions by assessing performance readiness and potential. Create meaningful opportunities for PXT site leaders to lead regional initiatives and extend their influence. Set the tone for an inclusive connected high-trust culture using data to assess team health. Ensure regional PXT strategy aligns with broader organizational goals while adapting to local needs. Oversee PXT headcount across the region ensuring appropriate staffing and resourcing. Translate Amazon PXT priorities into clear actionable regional plans with defined goals and metrics.
A day in the life
A Day in the Life: Your day blends strategic leadership with operational execution across multiple complex sites. Youll partner with senior Business and HR Leaders and on high-impact organizational challenges while coaching your team of HR Partners and HR Business Partners. Youll flex based on business conditions conducting site walks to assess standards and safety facilitating feedback sessions and reviewing regional metrics to surface trends. Youll make high-judgment decisions on investigations and corrective actions manage complex escalations and lead regional change initiatives. Through data analysis and inspection routines youll identify systemic issues and influence central teams on scalable improvements. Success comes from your ability to lead through others anticipate emerging risks and drive measurable improvements in employee experience and business performance across your region.
- Knowledge of employment laws
- Experience as an HR Business Partner in a distribution or manufacturing environment
- Experience in one or more of the following industries: shipping/logistics distribution centers manufacturing environments hospitality healthcare retail and customer-facing / customer-service environments
- Experience leading coaching and mentoring direct reports
- Experience supporting hourly employee client groups
- Experience using MS Office tools and HR Information Systems
- Masters Degree or MBA
- Extensive experience in HR leadership including roles with expanding scope and responsibility
- Knowledge of employment law employee relations and compliance requirements
- Experience managing complex employee relations and organizational health initiatives
- Expertise in full-cycle talent management including strategic workforce planning talent acquisition performance management leadership development succession planning and organizational effectiveness
- Track record of building and developing high-performing HR and/or Operations teams
- Experience leading successful HR initiatives in fast-paced operational environments
- Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to influence communicate effectively and manage conflict
- Ability to advance technology initiatives including AI integration and emerging tools to drive operational excellence
- Experience partnering with coaching and guiding senior leaders as a strategic HR business partner
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Required Experience:
Manager
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