Amazon - Manager - Compliance Operations

Amazon.com operates in a virtual, global e-commerce environment without boundaries, and operates a diverse set of businesses, including Retail, third party marketplaces, e-commerce platforms, web services for developers. Amazon's mission is to be earth's most customer-centric company.

Compliance Operations (C-Ops) is part of Health Safety Sustainability Security and Compliance (HSSSC) organization within Amazon. C-Ops ensures that Amazon transactions satisfy legal and safety requirements in compliance with guidelines set by regulatory bodies. We coordinate with aspects of identifying the risk involved in handling a hazardous product while storage and transport and classifying products with appropriate hazmat attributes. This team also review aspects of product transactions that are regulated (distribution, shipping, sale, and import/export). This involves analyzing product import documentation. We focus on product testing, certification, and regulatory permitting to ensure customer safety and protect Amazon in a constantly changing global environment.

Roles and Responsibility:

A Compliance Manager will be responsible for managing and supporting operations across programs whose charter is to protect Amazon customers from products that are illegal, hazardous, unsafe, or otherwise prohibited /regulated by Law and Amazon policies. Duties may include, defining, applying, and defending regulatory, policy and contractual requirements. Managing risk tolerance across tasks supported, providing subject matter expertise and Acting as a risk management evangelist within the organization.

- Work with vendors and be the first point of contact to identify compliant / permissible goods on our website

- Be the first one to indemnify or highlight the potential risk to the ongoing business as new products get validated by the team managed under his supervision

- Work with vendors to enhance regular and periodic risk mitigation checks resulting into higher success on order placement

- Work with vendors to assess product, compliance / operational risks and develop risk elimination strategies

- Partner with Compliance program teams to minimize risk for the organization

- Disseminate written policies and procedures related to compliance activities

- Serve as a confidential point of contact for team members to communicate with business team / sellers, seek clarification on issues or dilemmas pertaining to operational risk and report irregularities.

- Be a custodian of the risk when liaising with internal teams (e.g. supply chain, fulfillment center, system teams) to help drive tools and process improvements that affect vendor management workflows

Key Performance Areas:

- People Management (leadership role, Category Lead, team management, talent development and retention)

- Formulate, Implement, Track career path & Individual Development Plans Metrics and performance management

- Mentor and guide Quality lead / Process Expert to manage quality, improve process efficiency and minimize variation, conceptualize, design and deliver trainings to the team

Manage the team and ensure high service.

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's/Master's degree or higher from an accredited university

- Minimum 2 to 4 years in managing people and interacting with customers/stake holders

- Strong Analytical abilities

- Has demonstrated abilities to hire and develop a very strong team

Preferred Qualifications :

- Mastery of Excel, PowerPoint, Word

- Working knowledge in one of the following areas: International trade, logistics, product compliance, dangerous goods classification.

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