This role is located in Tokyo, Japan.

Amazon’s Candidate Connection Services team in Japan is looking for a talented Area Manager to help lead our call center operations and drive performance with our associates. A successful candidate will be able to work efficiently and independently in a fast-paced environment, communicate clearly and effectively, manage high volumes of tasks and projects, react with appropriate urgency to situations that require a turnaround, think creatively and strategically, exercise strong judgment and be proactive and innovative in solving problems that affect customers. The candidate will also be customer-service oriented removing barriers in hiring process and should have great people management skills.

If you have relentless desire to drive process improvement and lead a team of exceptionally driven, customer-obsessed associates, all while analyzing systemic issues and implementing solutions to challenging problems, we have the career you are looking for!

Key job responsibilities
People Management:
• Lead and manage a team of approximately 3-6 Call Center Associates; responsible for the overall direction and performance of the teams.
• Responsible for managing, direct supervision and providing direction to the Japan Team
• Ability to set the vision, direction and culture of the team by managing individual and team performance expectations and goals, monitoring real time service levels and schedule adherence, holding the team accountable for meeting and exceeding performance targets.
• Conducts performance improvement efforts by coaching, using metrics to identify needs, and implementing short- and long-term action plans to guide progress.
• Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with Amazon’s policies and procedures; additional responsibilities include interviewing, training, planning, assigning and directing work.

Operations Management:
• Manage workflow, handle escalations, proactively engage resources to address issues and effectively delegate workload across the team.
• Ability to use data and insights to prepare metric reviews.
• Ensure Service Level Agreement (SLA) is adhered to for all support services.
• Solving complex customer support issues and proactively heading off negative service trends.
• Identifying and eliminating root cause barriers to accuracy, productivity and quality.