Operations Manager, Amazon Air, KCVG
Content + Source + Freshness • 12 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
Moderate to high value due to the prominent employer brand, potential for team leadership, and crucial role in operations management. However, physical demands and shift work may deter some candidates.
- Strong potential for career progression in logistics management.
- Hands-on involvement in leading operational efficiency initiatives.
- Physical and leadership demands may not suit all candidates.
Pros
- Strong potential for career advancement within Amazon's logistics network.
- Hands-on leadership role with direct impact on operations.
- Involvement in innovative logistics solutions and safety compliance.
Cons
- Physical demands including lifting and extended hours may not suit everyone.
- Night shifts and variable working environment might deter candidates.
- Limited remote work options and outdoor conditions.
Who it's for
Mid-Level / Senior • On-site, shift-based.
Good fit
- Experienced logistics managers.
- Leaders eager to develop teams.
- Candidates comfortable with physical work and outdoor settings.
Not recommended for
- Those seeking remote or solely office-based roles.
- Individuals without team management experience.
- Candidates not fitting into a physically demanding work environment.
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
DESCRIPTION
Come build the future with Amazon Global Air!
A part of Amazon’s transportation solution, Amazon Global Air provides an exhilarating, customer-centric transportation option to safely and efficiently deliver goods across long distances. We’re defining the future of air cargo through a talented, diverse team, leveraging innovative technologies and a sustainability-aware mindset to solve large-scale challenges. Ready for your career to take off? Fly Amazon!
#AmazonAir #FlyAmazon
Key job responsibilities
- Support, mentor, and motivate your team
- Lead large-scope projects with site and regional impact
- Create and implement productivity plans through forecast reviews, determining productivity requirements, and partnering with other Leaders to load balance
- Manage safety, quality, productivity, and customer delivery promises
- Collaborate with all support teams including Safety, Ops Integration, Loss Prevention and Human Resources to develop plans to meet business objectives
- Lift up to 49 pounds, stand and walk during shifts lasting up to 12 hours, and frequently push, pull, squat, bend, and reach, as well as continuously climb and descend stairs
- Work in an environment where the noise level varies and is subject to variable temperatures and weather (Air gateways include outside loading departments/ramp loading)
- Supporting all safety programs, OSHA and Air Carrier FAA compliance to ensure a safe work environment for all Associates
A day in the life
As an Operations Manager, you will lead and develop a team of salaried and hourly talent. You will be responsible for engaging your team during their shifts to maintain the highest levels of safety, quality, attendance, and performance. To achieve this, managers are expected to provide their team with the tools needed for success while driving improvements in productivity and efficiency through data-driven decisions and analytical problem-solving. In addition, you’ll be partnering and communicating with multiple stakeholders daily: Safety, HR, Facilities, and etc. The Air Operations Manager has complete responsibility for inbound, outbound, package sortation and ramp operations or a functional process responsibility within the hub on a specified shift or across multiple shifts.
Eligibility requirements
- Individuals hired into this position will have unescorted access privileges to airport security identification display areas (SIDA). For this reason, eligibility for this role will be limited to individuals who pass a security screening, as required by the FAA, DHS, and TSA (as applicable).
- Must be able to secure appropriate airport authority and/or US Customs security badges, if applicable.
- This position requires an employee’s full and unimpaired skills and judgment to safely execute their job duties to ensure the safety and security of Amazon AIR personnel, third-party contractors, Airport personnel, cargo, and equipment. This position is therefore designated as a safety sensitive position and is subject to mandatory pre-employment and, where permitted, post-hire drug testing.
Temperature in the Air Gateway may vary between depending on outside weather conditions and will fluctuate depending on the season and daily weather conditions. You may be working outdoors your entire shift. The ability to work outdoors in a variety of weather conditions is a must.
Amazon does not sponsor for immigration, including for H-1B, TN, and other non-immigrant visas, for this role.
