Simon Sithole
Sheffield,South Yorkshire
Summary
Experienced professional with a strong background in warehouse operations and management systems, team management, and training and coaching. Proven track record at Amazon UK as Pick to Rebin Process Guide/ Associate Pool, Step Up Team Lead, and Instructor/Team Lead Pool, where expertise in supervising order processing, fostering collaborative relationships, and implementing contingency plans ensured timely dispatch of shipments. Former Technical Officer at Tobacco Research Board with a decade of experience managing projects from conception to completion, providing technical support, and advising on cost-effective maintenance measures. Core competencies include problem solving, safety regulations and procedures adherence, inventory control, database management and administration, staff training, and enterprise resource planning. Committed to optimising performance through effective leadership and strategic planning.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Interim Quarterback
Amazon UK
LBA5, Leeds
04.2026 - Current
- Assisting Process Assistants and area managers by running numbers and scheduling breaks or tasks rotations.
- Supervising Amnesty Floor Monitors by assigning them to operational zones, tracking hourly hourly perfomance metrics and adjusting headcounts to prevent workstation bottlenecks.
- Monitoring floor health using applictions to status of robotics, conveyor belts and stations (stow, pick and pack) by spotting and resolving robot traffic jams, disabled or faulted drives, pod crashes, jams and package pile-ups.
- Troubleshooting and resolving system errors and dispatching maintenance personnel to resolve technical or physical obstructions in the automated robotics zones and floor.
- Generating real-time and end of shift report on productivity, safety and inventory to Operations Managers.
Interim Team Lead
Amazon UK
LBA5, Leeds
11.2025 - 12.2025
- Supervise the processing (from sortation to dispatch) of scheduled shipments, ensuring their timely and accurate dispatch at all times, as well as instituting contingency plans along the way to avoid missing any shipments.
- Collaborated with other departments to ensure all CPTs are dispatched timeously.
- Monitored team performance, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective actions.
- Closely monitored team performance by conducting observations and tracking key metrics, identifying and managing underachievers appropriately.
Pick to Rebin Process Guide
Amazon UK
LBA5, Leeds
10.2024 - 10.2025
- Supervise the processing (picking and packing of orders) of scheduled shipments ensuring their timely and accurate dispatch at all times.
- Promote and foster collaborative working relationships to ensure staff feel valued and empowered.
- Training, coaching and onboarding new associates as well as cross training existing associates, ensuring a smooth transition into their roles and facilitating their productivity, quality and job satisfaction.
Instructor/ Coach
Amazon UK
LBA5, Leeds
07.2024 - 10.2024
- Performed receiving, decanting, drop testing, stowing, picking and vendor returns processing under both Inbound and Outbound departments.
- Promoted and fostered collaborative working relationships to ensure staff feel valued and empowered.
- Trained, coached and onboarded new associates as well as cross trained existing associates, ensuring a smooth transition into their roles and facilitating their productivity and job satisfaction.
- Operated the PUP for picking and pallet jacks to move and organise goods.
- Uphold and maintained a clean and organised work environment while adhering to health and safety regulations.
Technical Officer
Tobacco Research Board
Harare, Zimbabwe
06.2013 - 05.2023
- Company Overview: Harare, Zimbabwe
- Managed assigned projects from conception up to project closing.
- Determined design philosophies by conducting research on latest trends impacting and affecting tobacco production and seed production.
- Provided technical support and advice for employees, customers or individuals requiring assistance on matters concerning the business and its functions.
- Managed human, capital and entrepreneurship resources for optimum performance of assigned projects.
- Implemented regular monitoring and auditing systems for constant working environment quality control in terms of health and safety as well as working well during the production cycle.
- Advised management on cost-effective measures to perform maintenance and repairs for capital resources.
Education
Diploma - Agriculture
Chibero College of Agriculture
01.2006
Skills
- Team management
- Training and coaching
- Problem solving
- Warehouse operations and management systems
- Safety regulations and procedures
- Inventory control
- Database management and administration
- Staff training
- Enterprise resource planning
Certification
- Seed Analyst, Ministry of Agriculture, Zimbabwe in collaboration with International Seed Testing Association (ISTA), 01/01/22
- Tobacco Seed Inspector, Ministry of Agriculture, Zimbabwe in collaboration with Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 01/01/24
Amazon Certification
- A+C Jam buster
- FAST/UP certified
- Pick to Rebin Process guide
- Instructor/Coach
Languages
English
Advanced
C1
Timeline
Interim Quarterback
Amazon UK
04.2026 - Current
Interim Team Lead
Amazon UK
11.2025 - 12.2025
Pick to Rebin Process Guide
Amazon UK
10.2024 - 10.2025
Instructor/ Coach
Amazon UK
07.2024 - 10.2024
Technical Officer
Tobacco Research Board
06.2013 - 05.2023
Diploma - Agriculture
Chibero College of Agriculture