Sr. Transport Strategy and Policy Specialist, Transport Strategy & Policy

DESCRIPTION

Do you want to help shape the future of Amazon Logistics' sustainable operations in UK/IRE?

The Transport Strategy and Policy (TSP) team drives sustainable logistics solutions through partnerships with city and government transportation authorities. TSP serves as a liaison between AMZL operations and local governments to develop policies that optimize our delivery networks while meeting community needs. Our team's expertise bridges the gap between Amazon's operational requirements and municipal transportation guidelines, resulting in improved customer service and efficient delivery systems. TSP aims to reduce Amazon’s reliance on ICE vehicular based transportation in congested urban areas, by identifying the optimum modes for last mile deliveries, such as electric fleet, and scalable and dynamic micro-mobility solutions, as well as innovations such as Park and Walk.

Additionally, the post-holder will deliver live policy solves for AMZL operations across UK/IRE, influencing and winning over local government stakeholders to improve AMZL’s local landscape, generate win-win outcomes and provide operational continuity. This includes dealing with complex escalations relating to external operational requests, such as local government concerns or complaints.

Finally, this role requires the post-holder to be expert at local transport, traffic and vehicle regulations in their geographies. The candidate will therefore be required to support and influence a diverse range of on-road operations to ensure conformity with local and national transport policies and strategies. This will be evidenced through tracking emerging mobility and regulatory trends. The post-holder must be able to leverage networks, undertake deep dives and articulate emerging themes, risks and opportunities back to the business, presenting options for consideration and providing validated information to support short, medium- and long-term planning processes.

Key job responsibilities
- Develop and own exceptional relationships with local and national transport experts, academia and other urban mobility stakeholders.
- Ensure Amazon Logistics become a positive force in urban transformation by helping cities to deliver their strategic transport objectives in line with our operational requirements.
- Play a leading role across Amazon Logistics as traffic and transportation regulation experts.
- Provide strategic transport and policy expertise across projects and programmes to maximise quality and develop and exploit good press opportunities.
- Drive emerging mobility innovations and opportunities within Amazon Logistics
- Act as a lightening rod for external organizations into Amazon Logistics to bring the best opportunities to the right teams and incubate new transport innovations.
- This role requires approximately 10-20% travel (once a week/fortnight) and candidates must be willing to do so.

About the team
EU STEP brings together Supply Chain, Network Design, and Transportation Planning teams to improve end-to-end forecasting, network flow, planning, and execution. It also brings together our teams from across the business focused on our Operational Excellence pillars - Amazon Customer Excellence Systems (ACES), Learning, Quality, Service, Sustainability and Reliability Maintenance Engineering (RME) Field teams. This integration strengthens operations and execution while driving quality improvements and enhanced customer experience across the entire value chain.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Undergraduate degree in relevant social sciences or engineering field
- Prior experience working on transportation or sustainability topics in UK/IRE, specifically in national/local government or consultancies providing support to these entities.
- Detailed understanding of transport and sustainability policy environment and landscape
- Dedicated experience in stakeholder management, especially with public sector stakeholders
- Strong track record of delivering projects and programmes in fast paced, ambiguous environment