OTR Planning Manager, Hub Delivery UAE , Hub Delivery – Amazon

This OTR (over-the-road) Planning Manager role sits within Amazon’s Hub Delivery program in the UAE, a model built to let local small businesses partner with Amazon to handle flexible, cost-effective last-mile delivery. The role is responsible for the transportation planning layer that connects Amazon’s fulfillment and sort network to those delivery partners — figuring out route capacity, line-haul scheduling, and how freight moves reliably between hubs so that delivery partners have what they need, when they need it.

Practically, that means building and adjusting transportation plans based on shifting volume, monitoring on-time performance for line-haul and hub-to-hub movements, working closely with delivery service partners and carriers to solve capacity or scheduling issues, and using data to spot where the network is under strain before it turns into missed delivery windows. It’s a role that blends analytical planning with real-time problem solving, since transportation networks rarely run exactly to plan.

This suits someone who’s comfortable with both spreadsheets and phone calls — planning capacity in the morning and troubleshooting a delayed line-haul run in the afternoon. Experience in logistics, transportation, or supply chain planning is valuable, but what matters most is being calm and decisive when a plan needs to change quickly.

Hub Delivery is one of the newer, fast-growing parts of Amazon’s last-mile strategy in the region, which means this role comes with real influence over how the program scales — the planning decisions made here directly shape how reliably packages reach customers across the UAE.

The Hub Delivery model depends entirely on freight arriving where it needs to be, on time, so that local delivery partners can do their part of the last mile. An OTR Planning Manager is the person making sure that handoff actually works: when line-haul scheduling is tight and capacity is planned well, delivery partners get consistent, predictable volumes and customers get their packages on time. When planning slips, the ripple effect is immediate — a delayed hub-to-hub run can leave a delivery partner without inventory for their whole route that day, which shows up directly in customer delivery promises. This role sits right at the pressure point between fulfillment output and last-mile execution, which makes it one of the more consequential planning functions in the network. Getting it right also supports one of Amazon's broader strategic goals in the region: giving small local businesses a viable, well-supported way to build a delivery business through the Hub Delivery partnership. Good transportation planning isn't just an internal efficiency question here — it's part of what makes that partner model sustainable and worth scaling further across the UAE.

Transportation and network planning is one of the most transferable skill sets in modern logistics, and this role gives you hands-on ownership of it inside one of the largest delivery networks in the world. You'll build real expertise in capacity planning, line-haul scheduling, and carrier/partner management — the exact skill set that supply chain and logistics companies across every industry are actively hiring for, from retail to manufacturing to third-party logistics. Because Hub Delivery is a growing program, this isn't a role where you maintain an existing playbook; you're actively shaping how the planning function scales as volume grows, which is valuable experience for anyone aiming at a broader logistics or operations leadership career. You'll also develop strong stakeholder management skills from working across internal fulfillment teams, external delivery partners, and carriers with different priorities and constraints — a skill that matters just as much in program management or vendor management roles outside logistics entirely. For someone building toward a senior operations, supply chain, or logistics strategy career, few roles offer this much direct visibility into how a delivery network actually functions end to end, and Amazon's scale means the problems you solve here are genuinely complex rather than routine.

• Experience in transportation planning, logistics coordination, or supply chain operations
• Comfort working with route and capacity data to build and adjust transportation plans
• Strong problem-solving skills for resolving line-haul delays or capacity shortfalls in real time
• Experience coordinating with external carriers, delivery partners, or third-party logistics providers
• Proficiency with spreadsheets and reporting tools for tracking on-time performance
• Clear communication skills for working across delivery partners, hub operations, and central planning teams
• Ability to stay composed and make quick decisions when a transportation plan needs to change on short notice