Dave Clark, world shopper chief at Amazon, is leaving the e-commerce large to pursue different alternatives, in accordance with a report in Retail Dive.
Clark started his profession at Amazon in 1999 as an operations supervisor in Kentucky — a day after graduating together with his MBA and after giving up a music instructing job — and finally turned the pinnacle of Amazon’s Worldwide Shopper operations. He’s credited with serving to to construct out the corporate’s logistics programs.
“He’s led groups who’ve designed a number of generations of FCs [fulfillment centers], constructed out Amazon’s transportation community from scratch, and has developed vital expertise all through the group,” Amazon CEO Andy Jassy mentioned in an announcement.
Clark’s final day shall be July 1, and it’s one thing he has been mulling for awhile. A successor has not but been named.
“It has been my privilege to work with a few of the greatest individuals wherever on this planet over the previous 23 years,” Clark mentioned in the identical assertion, which was distributed throughout Amazon. “The standard of the individuals at Amazon has really been our secret sauce. Success is never achieved alone and this was completely true for me at Amazon. The successes we loved through the years have been a direct results of Amazonians coming collectively from throughout the corporate to ship the perfect expertise potential to our clients. To everybody I had the glory of working with through the years, thanks. Thanks for making it a lot enjoyable to come back to work each day to construct cool, superb issues for purchasers.”
Clark mentioned he had mentioned his intention to transition out of Amazon with household and others for “a while.” “I really feel assured that point is now.”
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