Quality Specialist - Japanese

The Last Mile Analytics & Quality Team is seeking a Transportation Quality Specialist who will serve as the first line of support for address resolution, geocode correction, map edits, driver support, static route management, and other operational activities related to the Transportation process and optimization. Your contributions will have a direct and significant impact on our customers' experience.
This role demands quick learning and the ability to manage overlapping tasks, which are crucial to your success. You will have the opportunity to address high-impact production issues that often require coordination among multiple stakeholders and operations groups, providing you with a broad perspective on the business.
Key job responsibilities
• Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to perform manual audits and resolve outliers/exceptions, including through internal tools and systems.
• Investigate images/videos and provide recommended actions in accordance with SOPs.
• Listen to customer calls, transcribing text from calls, emails, when necessary to resolve issues.
• Identify patterns emerging from audits and contribute to process/program improvements.
• Provide timely responses to stakeholders on related tasks as per SOP and SLA.
• Systematically escalate problems to relevant owners/teams according to processes.
• Maintain records of day-to-day work by updating trackers or workflow tools.
• Meet business metrics and goals, including SLA, productivity, quality, and utilization benchmarks.
• Understand performance metrics and leverage them to drive business goals.
• Work in a collaborative environment and contribute to the growth of the respective team/program.
• Develop a global perspective and understand the nuances of various geographies that Amazon operates in.
• Be flexible to work on multiple programs as per business requirements.
• Shifts: Rotational (This is a 24x7 shift environment, and shifts are rotational based on business requirements).
• Weekly Off: Rotational (5-day work week with 2 consecutive days off, which may change based on business requirements).
• WFO - This is a work from office role and candidates are expected to work from office from their assigned job location for number of days as decided by company/business policy.
- 1+ years of work experience
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience working with fast-moving, high-performance teams and driving innovative solutions tailored to unique business environments
- Bachelor’s degree, Fluency in Japanese. Required min. JLPT N3 certification.
- Good communication skills - should be able to facilitate flow of translated information (Japanese to English and vice-versa) between teams internal/external
- Experience in root cause analysis and error correction, identifying changes to procedures and systems to implement long-term fixes and avoid repeating issues
- Knowledge of basic SQL queries
- Collaborate with intra-space multiple resources as per need and carry out basic needed analyses to help ensure efficiency and effectiveness of programs.
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