Amazon
Transportation Specialist Lead
Tempe, AZ · Full-time · Posted Jul 31, 2026
- Experience
- No minimum years specified in basic qualifications; preferred: 1+ years in a listed program management or operations-related area and 1+ years of management experience.
- Education
- High school or equivalent diploma; bachelor's degree preferred.
About the job
Leads daily freight operations and team activities, using data and process improvements to resolve transportation disruptions and support on-time shipments across Amazon’s fulfillment network.
What you'll do
- Coordinate with carriers, suppliers, and internal teams; escalate and follow through on operational issues.
- Analyze data, report performance trends, develop metrics, and improve processes by addressing defect root causes.
- Coach and direct team members, and define business requirements for transportation software and tools.
What they ask for
- High school or equivalent diploma.
- Intermediate Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, formulas, and data cleansing.
- Experience managing large data sets and using them to drive performance and process improvements.
Nice to have
- 1+ years of program management, logistics, operations, supply chain, transportation, or equivalent experience; 1+ years of management experience.
- Bachelor's degree; experience with SQL.
Pay
27.01 - 32.69 USD hourly (base salary)
Tools
Excel, Access, SQL (Structured Query Language)
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