Facilities Manager, Worldwide Grocery & Development

Job description

Join us as we redefine the future of physical retail! Our goal is to be Earth’s most customer-centric company and we’re just getting started. We are looking for people who want to join a newly developing business unit full of ambitious and driven professionals that continue to push the boundaries of reality and improve the daily lives of our customers.

Amazon's Worldwide Grocery Stores - Grocery & Development team is seeking a Facilities Manager who will lead the maintenance program in their region. This position will be part of an exciting, fast moving and growing business team. The right person for this job will be an entrepreneurial self-starter with dedication to seeing projects through to the end. You will have an eye for detail and determination to turn-over high-quality work.

You will be an integral part of the team that works cross-functionally between Store Design, Store Operations, Store Construction, Tech, Food Safety, and Amazon vendors. If you thrive in an ever-changing environment, then we want to talk to you.

This position will closely manage all aspects of maintenance in order to ensure stores maximize equipment uptime and reliability. Critical to success is ensuring high quality and standards within maintenance processes. Oversight of vendor performance is critical. This position involves direct contact with both internal and external stakeholders, and this candidate must have a professional demeanor and ability to communicate effectively with business partners at every level, including upper management.

Our ideal candidate is super detail-oriented and able to work back from our customer needs. This person is a self-starter, and a creative, critical thinker. You must be able to work independently in a collaborative, creative, ever-changing and ambiguous environment. The right person for this position will take ownership of their work, display a great deal of initiation, and possess sound judgment, a great business acumen.

Key job responsibilities

*Ensure safety policies and procedures are followed within maintenance practices for both contractors and team members.

*Visit all facilities within the assigned region to ensure those facilities are operating efficiently and be available for on-call support.

*Own financial budget and reporting.

*Implement and verify proper use of the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).

*Provide recommendations on future capital expenditure and required projects for the assigned region and ensure timely completion.

*Ensure root cause of issues and solutions are implemented in the region to reduce maintenance work orders and repeat issues.

*Ensure a culture of continuous improvement and value engineering to capture cost avoidance savings.

*Build relationships with our retail partners.

*Ensure the right third party is dispatched to the store at the right time and makes the proper repairs to get the store operating optimally.

A day in the life

for the Facilities Manager includes evaluating and assessing work occurring in different phases in the retail locations assigned to the territory, this could include reviewing scope, vendor assignment, and reviewing proposals and invoices.

About the team

The Southeast Facilities Operations Team supports the repair and maintenance work occurring at our Whole Foods Markets in the Southeast, ensuring the store operates as efficiently and effectively as possible keeping any downtime to a minimum.