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Transportation Area Manager

Amazon

Lenexa, KSJob$70–91K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Compensation
$70–91K/yr
Location
Lenexa, KS
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Amazon seeks a Transportation Area Manager to lead a team of Transportation Associates and ensure customers receive their orders. The manager focuses on safety, quality, customer experience, and productivity, while supporting and developing hourly employees. The role works with site leadership on performance metrics, streamlines logistics, supports safety programs, and leads process improvements. A flexible schedule and work area, including nights, weekends, or holidays, is required.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Employee ManagementPerformance ManagementFlexible SchedulingPerformance MetricsProcess ImprovementLean TechniquesTeam ManagementLean Six SigmaKaizenCustomer ServiceCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsAnalytical SkillsAttention to Detail

Qualifications

2+ Years Employee and Performance Management ExperienceBachelor's Degree or Equivalent or 2+ Years Amazon Experience1+ Years Performance Metrics, Process Improvement or Lean Techniques ExperienceExperience Managing Teams of 20+Bachelor's in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain/Logistics or Related Field

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Description

At Amazon, we are working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and dependable people. Amazon is seeking Transportation Area Managers to work throughout the country. Amazon is one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and we distribute over a billion shipments each year to our loyal customers.

Four key areas that you’ll always focus on are the safety, quality, customer experience, and productivity of your department. Key responsibilities include:

  • Collaborate with site leadership on quality and Customer Experience metrics, including the root cause analysis of problem areas

  • Streamline logistics in the operation through the implementation of standard work and team leadership

  • Support and commit to all safety programs and OSHA compliance to ensure a safe work environment for all associates

  • Proactively identify and lead process improvement initiatives and Lean tools

Supervisory Responsibilities:

You and your team of Transportation Associates are responsible for Amazon customers receiving their orders. You are responsible for ensuring that you have properly trained people, and that their needs are addressed so they can focus on their jobs. Support, mentor, and motivate your hourly workforce. Manage safety, quality, productivity, and customer delivery promises. In addition, one of the most important aspects of your job is to lead change at internet speed because innovation has made us the global company that we are today.

Amazon offers competitive packages, growth potential and a challenging and inclusive work environment.

Basic Qualifications

  • 2+ years of employee and performance management experience

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent, or 2+ years of Amazon (blue badge/FTE) experience

  • Work a flexible schedule/shift/work area, including weekends, nights, and/or holidays

Preferred Qualifications

  • 1+ years of performance metrics, process improvement or lean techniques experience

  • Experience managing teams of 20 people or greater

  • Experience with process improvements (Lean Six Sigma and/or Kaizen)

  • Experience using strong customer service, communication, and interpersonal skills, or experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain/Logistics, or a related field

  • Experience in one or more of the following industries: shipping/logistics distribution centers, manufacturing environments, hospitality, healthcare, retail, and customer-facing / customer-service environments

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, KS, LENEXA - 70,000.00 - 90,900.00 USD annually

How this job compares

Set against the 3,742 open Operations Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$70–91K/yr
  • Kansas median$106–150K/yr27 salary ranges
  • US median$107–150K/yr2,196 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $80K, is 38% below the Kansas median midpoint ($130K) — in the middle half of Operations Management salary ranges in Kansas.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 55 open Operations Management jobs in Kansas and 3,742 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Kansas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Operations Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,883 postings).
Education
831 of the 3,742 open Operations Management jobs (22%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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