• Technical Project management skills and thorough understanding of project management principles
• Thorough understanding of PDP and underlying processes (FMEA, requirements mgmnt, APQP,…)
• Organizational awareness and Financial acumen
• Technical understanding of applicable products & components

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.

The Mechatronics team builds full-stack innovation that ensures fulfillment and delivery network safety, speed, optimization, sustainability and value. We tackle big goals for the Amazon business and work hard to make automation history through invention, problem-solving, and highly-engaged teams. We are a global organization, with research and development labs based in Hamme, Belgium, Boston, MA (US) and Milan, Italy. Our development portfolio is focused on automation solutions in packaging, labeling, sortation and material conveyance that provide broad extensibility across Amazon businesses.

At our lab in Hamme, Belgium we develop & build game-changing mechatronic solutions that improve the efficiency and sustainability that Customers have come to expect from Amazon's retail business.

Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities

Management/Coordination/Reporting

• Strategically directing & delivering projects by providing vision & guidance to a project core team within the framework set by leadership
• Coordinating cross-discipline activities and ensuring alignment / cross-pollination between teams in the Amazon network​
• Driving the project to achieve its targets
• Liaising the project core team with leadership and other functions in the broader Amazon organization, eg. the Product Manager​
• Co-guarding the project business case of the project, along with the Product Manager​
• Providing regular status reports on goal achievement to leadership​
• Ensuring quality & timeliness of project development process (PDP) deliverables, reporting & gates reviews

Technical

• Driving technical decision taking & escalations to a conclusion​

Risk management and escalation

• Capturing project risks and driving mitigation plans
• Seeking approval for deviations from standard PDP ​
• Escalating issues & risks to senior leadership
• Experience with risk and escalation management
• Experience with company resource planning

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