Girish Thakur
- Role
- Operations Manager at Amazon
- Location
- Omaha, NE, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Girish Thakur
With a track record as an innovative and results-driven Supply Chain Manager, I possess a…
Experience
Operations Manager
Aug 2021 — Present
In this position, I manage the movement of inventory by robots and humans, confirming compliance with all safety and operational standards while directing 9 Area Managers who oversee 400+ hourly associates. I optimize planning, processes, and tools for daily warehouse operations. I analyze and report on key performance metrics to senior management. I build strong working relationships with outside vendors to ensure the efficient operation of the facility. Some key achievements in this role include: • Skillfully carried out duties as Single Threaded Owner to plan manpower, workload distribution, and resource allocation for Amazon Prime Day sale to ship 3.2M units for the week through collaboration with 12 Operations managers, maintenance managers, and the S & OP team. • Effectively directed a cross-departmental team of 8 Operations Managers to strategize plans, identify risks, and create mitigation plans by adapting prior site launch information from the US, leading to the successful launch of a 3.5M sq ft Amazon\'s advanced robotics facility. • Steered initiatives to improve customer experience metric for delivery estimate accuracy for the Amazon warehouse by 80% by partnering with S & OP, Delivery stations, Sort Centers, and 3P vendor stakeholders. • Crafted and initiated a 3-month onboarding plan and formulated department strategic vision in the training of newly hired 12 Area managers and 3 Operations Managers to productively develop high-performance teams. • Devised and led a communication approach to ensure all levels of leadership executed quality and productivity improvement plans for the site and training revisions for employees, resulting in delivering a 70% WOW improvement in monthly productivity targets • Notably drove change management in 4 months for a portfolio of 12 key projects by leading a team of 40+ managers for Six Sigma projects for a combined $1.5M year on year of cost-saving
Skills
- Process Simulation
- Project Management
- Petrochemical
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