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A collaborative and resourceful operations executive with experience in both fast paced Amazon operations and technical leadership through the UK Ministry of Defence; combines technical expertise with a proven record of leading large organizations to drive fast paced results through a strong, people centric culture and continuous improvement. An outstanding people leader and team player, respected by peers and superiors throughout the organization, with the ability to manage large organizations with tact, transparency and diplomacy, and drive continuous process improvements and safety standards, while improving quality and reducing project costs in time-sensitive, fast-paced and challenging environments. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS• Took over an existing Amazon facility and quickly established both short and long-term goals for the largest facility in California. Defined ownership, built a culture of inclusion, partnership, development and continuous improvement and was able to quickly improve performance: improving safety record by 30% in 3 months, a 19.5% quality improvement and a 13% productivity increase. Maximized bottleneck for the site to increase capacity to customers by 27% in 3 months, without compromising safety, quality or team satisfaction. • Successfully built and launched a 2.5 Million sq ft Amazon Robotics Fulfillment Center to achieve the safest 2020 Amazon launch and the highest outbound shipments for any Amazon facility in 2019 or 2020: ramping capacity to over 4 million customer orders weekly, through planning and implementing strategic goals and ownership for the facility.• Grew the Amazon brand in the local Rossford and greater Toledo community as the General Manager for the first Amazon fulfillment center in NW Ohio. Developed strong community partnerships through community engagement and donating over $3 Million of damaged product to local charities and leveraging PR and local media to build a positive brand in the area.• Owner of the sites P&L, leading the Fulfillment Center to finish 2021 over $700,000 favorable to plan in Operating Costs, over $500,000 favorable in Fixed costs, with the lowest Variable Cost Per Unit in the Ohio region. • Managed the project for the first external countermeasure embarkation and firing on an Astute Class submarine; gained personal praise from Navy Command, the customer, for successful delivery• Designed and implemented through life schedule for weapons availability, subsequently rolled out as best practice across all Astute Class Submarines
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General ManagerAmazon Jun 2022 - PresentSeattle, Wa, UsLeading one of the largest Amazon buildings in the state of California at 3.4 Million Square feet. Spearheaded transformational change on site, passionate about focusing on the safety of our team and engagement of our people as an input to operational success.• Identified the key business need for increased capacity on site and maximized bottleneck for the site to increase outbound capacity to customers by 27% in 3 months while also improving safety record by 30%, quality by 19.5% and operating costs lowered by 13%. • Passionate about people and leading through engagement, development of talent and transparency. Achieved operation results through aligning an organization of over 5000 people to a common goal, defining ownership and clear consistent communication on expectations.• Improved overall employee sentiment on site and drove one of the most superior cultures across the Amazon network: Achieved top 10 in Amazon for job satisfaction for the team and top 25% of all Amazon for team inclusion sentiment.• Expanded safety improvements to scale through all of California through aligning ownership across multiple sites and relentless prioritization of activities. Achieved a 15% year over year reduction for all California in overall recordable injury rate during Q4. • Set a vision for nationwide improvements for on time delivery of military shipments from Amazon.com. Through aligning over 200 Amazon North America fulfilment centers on the goals and expectations, improving data tracking and creating branding and excitement, achieved over 1 million shipments in 2 weeks to deployed troops in 2021 and 2022 at a 20% better on time delivery than other Amazon shipments.
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General ManagerAmazon Oct 2021 - Jun 2022Seattle, Wa, UsLeading a 2.5 Million Sq Ft Amazon Fulfillment center consisting of over 5000 employees (140+ Salaried leaders and 5000+ hourly associates).Owner of the site's culture and passionate about creating an environment where every person is connected to our goals to deliver for our customers, and want to come to work and win. Love developing people at all levels and creating mechanisms to drive through life growth for all employees within my organization.Demonstrated ability to drive strong performance in the sites Operating expenses and achieved over $700,000 favorability to plan in the first year of operations and the strongest overall Variable Cost per Unit in the Ohio region.A servant leader, I enjoy removing barriers for my team and driving innovation and bias for action at all levels of the organization; empowering the team to make business decisions at the lowest level possible to deliver for our customers.
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Site LeaderAmazon Jun 2020 - Oct 2021Seattle, Wa, UsSite Leader/General Manager for the newest Amazon Robotics Fullfilment Center in Rossford, OH. Responsible for building a culture for a brand new 640,000 sq ft Amazon Robotics building centered on creating a workplace where over 3000 employees want to work hard, have fun and make history. Successfully launched a site with an amazing culture and ramped quickly in response to high customer demand (during the COVID 19 Pandemic) to achieve the safest 2020 Amazon launch and the highest launch phase outbound volume of any 2019 or 2020 Amazon launch across North America and now shipping and receiving 3 - 4 million customer orders a week.Very passionate about:- Creating the world's safest place to work.- Creating a fun and engaging environment that people want to come to work and win in.- Building high performing, diverse teams and investing in their growth and development.
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Sr Operations Manager (Military Pathways)Amazon Sep 2019 - Jun 2020Seattle, Wa, UsLead both the Inbound and Outbound operation for an Inbound Crossdock (IXD) in Charlotte, NC. Direct line manager for 4 Operations managers with a team of over 20 Area Managers and 1800 associates. Passionate about driving a positive building culture and enacting continuous improvement throughout the site.Directly responsible for the 24/7 operation for roughly 8% of all Amazon's Inbound freight to the North America network. Lead a team who were able to break both site and regional records for both overall throughput of the building and efficiency of our processes.
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Military Pathways - Operations ManagerAmazon Sep 2018 - Sep 2019Seattle, Wa, UsOperations Manager within the Outbound department and Amazon Fulfilment Engine Subject Matter Expert for ONT2. Direct line manager for 4 Area Managers, who manage over 350 associates and accountable for meeting our customer promise for a department who currently processes in excess of 1.5 million customer orders a week. Responsible for a variety of process improvements, removal of process waste and enacting positive change across my shift and the building as a whole.
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Director Of Technical OperationsDefence Equipment & Support (De&S) Oct 2016 - Oct 2018Bristol, GbManaging the process towards installation of in-service design changes to a variety of combat system equipment and providing technical through life support to operational submarines; based at Combat Systems Group, Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA), MOD Abbey Wood. • Improved stakeholder communication during project where deadlines had been reduced by 60%, delivering agreed project scope on time • Created waterfront support initiative to provide additional customer support at no extra cost • Coordinated project Design Authorities to respond to defects and deliver any rectifications quickly within set timescales • Worked closely with the Design Authority and OEM • Analysed data to streamline processes and increase efficiency; engaged with design and safety authorities, and amended procedures to resolve any issues -
Weapons EngineerRoyal Navy Oct 2004 - Oct 2018Portsmouth, Gb -
Head Of Engineering Group (Weapons)Hms Artful Feb 2015 - Oct 2016Managed Weapons Discharge & Combat System sections; brought HMS Artful, a new Astute-class submarine and the first to operate the new common combat system, from a build environment to acceptance into service. • Successfully delivered project requirements for the first external countermeasure embarkation and firing on an Astute-class submarine, where others had failed • Senior capability advisor for the weapons group • Controlled and accounted for £20M of weapons stores • Introduced robust training system for 30 personnel across the department • Coached department safety representative and instigated ‘Life from Learning’ sessions which improved H&S requirements for access to an area of the submarine following an explosives incident
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Trials Officer - Ordnance, Munitions And ExplosivesMaritime Capability Trials And Assessments (Mcta) Jan 2013 - Feb 2015Conducted acceptance trials to assess the performance of combat systems equipment used on-board ships and submarines, in compliance with ISO 9001 and strict QMS standards.
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Head Of Engineering Section - Weapon Discharge SystemsHms Torbay Jan 2010 - Jan 2013Planned, managed and delivered planned and corrective maintenance for a range of electrical and mechanical systems including: pneumatic discharge and hydraulic handling systems, heavyweight weapons and submarine countermeasures, on-board HMS Torbay.
Daniel Fox Education Details
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University Of LincolnEngineering Management -
University Of PortsmouthElectrical And Electronics Engineering
Frequently Asked Questions about Daniel Fox
What company does Daniel Fox work for?
Daniel Fox works for Amazon
What is Daniel Fox's role at the current company?
Daniel Fox's current role is General Manager @ Amazon | Driving Operational Excellence.
What schools did Daniel Fox attend?
Daniel Fox attended University Of Lincoln, University Of Portsmouth.
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