Senior Risk Manager Dangerous Goods Brazil, Operations Compliance

Amazon’s Dangerous Goods team is looking for a Senior Risk Manager to plan and execute dangerous goods compliance projects and maintain operational performance in Brazil:

• The Dangerous Goods (DG) Senior Risk Manager will ensure DG products meet applicable local and global regulatory requirements, strategize with internal stakeholders to support business expansion, develop best-in-class standard operational processes, improve them and provide support to stakeholders during the implementation phase.
• The candidate will maintain and continually seek opportunities to improve existing processes via benchmark and best practices while interacting with a broad group of stakeholders and functions.
• The candidate needs to be able to work in an ambiguous environment, while managing projects and diving deep into operations. It also requires an aptitude to adapt to scope changes, to propose solutions, to be able to drive processes across Amazon’s expanding network and linking into local/regional and global initiatives.

• The Senior Risk Manager will need to Think Big and Invent & Simplify to build mechanisms to scale the team’s resources. Working within the broader Amazon compliance organization, she/he will identify opportunities to leverage technology to build and improve upon a best-in-class systems for Dangerous Goods transportation.
• Identify regulatory risks in new products, services and provide guidance for risk mitigation.
• Interpret new or changing regulations related to Dangerous Goods transportation in the different shipping modes: ground, air and sea; to determine how they apply to our business operations.
• Provide end-to-end Dangerous Goods compliance project management support and guidance for complex business and operations projects/initiatives.

• This individual will work closely with numerous internal partner teams, including: Amazon Fulfillment Technology, Transportation, Catalog, Classification, Legal, Retail, FBA (Fullfilled by Amazon), and our operations teams.
• The Program Manager will demonstrate excellent judgment and instincts in decision-making, and proactively and continually improve their level of knowledge of Amazon’s businesses, fulfillment models, and relevant technologies.
• A successful candidate will work across senior levels of leadership in multiple organizations to align on processes and proposed controls on a local/regional and global scale while delivering high-quality work on time.

About the team

• Program management experience including cross-team coordination, project management, and communication across multiple stakeholders
• Experience driving process improvement with technology in a global role
• Experience in a highly regulated industry such as petrochemical, automotive, pharmaceutical etc
• Good verbal and written communication skills; at ease in dealing with ambiguity and communicating with senior management, demonstrates flexibility to adapt scope and projects, ability to present complex issues in a concise way, ability to write documents
• English and Portuguese proficiency language, both oral and verbal
• Certification and/or experience in Dangerous Goods or regulated hazardous materials compliance
• Familiarity interpreting and applying requirements of Brazil, Latin American countries dangerous goods regulations and standards (Resoluções ANTT, Portarias, NOMs), including Europe, North America and Asia
• Experience managing regulations and standards from National Ground Transportation Agency (ANTT), National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC), National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO), as well other global regulations and standards like DOT, ADR, IATA- Knowledge and practical skills in applying Lean Six Sigma philosophy and methodology
• Experience in a regulatory compliance environment
• Knowledge of data warehouse and SQL
• Previous experience in an e-commerce environment or other fast-paced, technology driven businesses

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