Staffing Lead, Workforce Staffing Japan

Amazon Amazon · Big Tech · Hyogo, Japan · Human Resources

This role is for a Staffing Lead at Amazon, responsible for managing mass recruitment programs for logistics sites. The role involves strategic workforce planning, operational leadership, vendor management, and team development. It requires strong consulting, influencing, and communication skills, with a focus on data-driven program improvement and problem-solving in a dynamic environment. Experience with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word for data analysis and documentation, is necessary. The role may involve international collaboration and travel.

What you'd actually do

  1. Shape the future of workforce strategy by developing and executing comprehensive staffing plans aligned with business objectives, validating Labor Orders (Hiring Requirements) per guardrails, and participating in capacity planning calls
  2. Drive data-driven decision making by analyzing hiring trends, attrition patterns, and workforce metrics to uncover opportunities, deep dive operational performance to troubleshoot defects, and create remedial action plans that consistently deliver results
  3. Lead continuous improvement initiatives that optimize hiring efficiency, quality, and speed-to-fill while reducing cost-per-hire through systematic process enhancements and automation
  4. Partner strategically with external staffing vendor managers on site-specific hiring and conversion strategies for business-critical locations, aligning on execution plans
  5. Navigate complexity with agility by anticipating bottlenecks, providing escalation management, making strategic tradeoffs, and balancing competing business needs versus constraints

Skills

Required

  • Microsoft Office (Excel, Word)
  • Data analysis
  • Pivot tables
  • IF function
  • VLOOKUP function
  • Document creation
  • Problem-solving
  • Analytical approach
  • Data interpretation
  • Stakeholder management
  • Operational guidance
  • Bottleneck prediction
  • Escalation management
  • Tradeoff analysis
  • Business needs balancing
  • Priority setting
  • Risk identification
  • Mitigation planning
  • Communication
  • Presentation skills
  • Adaptability
  • Project management
  • English language proficiency

Nice to have

  • Recruiting
  • Staffing
  • Workforce planning
  • Logistics operations
  • Vendor management
  • Team leadership
  • Mentoring
  • Performance management
  • Career development

What the JD emphasized

  • strong consulting skills
  • exceptional ability to influence
  • organizational expertise
  • strong verbal and written communication skills
  • passion for building data driven programs that improve business operations
  • comfortable with ambiguity
  • innovative in developing best-in-class programs
  • data-driven decision making
  • deep dive operational performance
  • troubleshoot defects
  • remedial action plans
  • continuous improvement initiatives
  • optimize hiring efficiency, quality, and speed-to-fill
  • reducing cost-per-hire
  • systematic process enhancements and automation
  • strategically with external staffing vendor managers
  • business-critical locations
  • anticipating bottlenecks
  • escalation management
  • strategic tradeoffs
  • balancing competing business needs versus constraints
  • operational excellence
  • issue resolution
  • strategic alignment
  • go-to expert
  • proactively identifying and resolving potential hiring process issues
  • systematic monitoring
  • strategic governance
  • corrective actions
  • senior leadership
  • strategic guidance, alignment, and decision-making support
  • Establish clear priorities
  • identifying risks early
  • developing mitigation plans
  • communicating business priorities
  • Build and inspire high-performing teams
  • leading, mentoring, and developing Staffing Associates
  • regular 1-1 meetings
  • meaningful performance reviews
  • personalized career development discussions
  • Drive accountability and results
  • establishing clear team goals
  • tracking performance metrics
  • holding team accountable for outcomes
  • celebrating achievements
  • Develop future leaders
  • identifying training needs
  • creating capability-building programs
  • elevate team performance
  • prepare associates for advancement
  • Cultivate a winning culture
  • customer obsession, ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement
  • Champion direct hiring initiatives
  • leading referral events
  • HelloWork partnerships
  • conversion programs
  • in-person New Hire Events (NHE)
  • memorable candidate experiences
  • Connect with the frontline and community
  • regular Gemba walks
  • generate referrals
  • gather associate feedback
  • visiting HelloWork offices
  • strengthen partnerships
  • expand candidate sourcing
  • Drive innovative sourcing strategies
  • collaborating with Operations, Agencies, and Marketing teams
  • identify conversi