Two of Amazon’s top black executives have left the company, and the senior leadership team, which includes more than 20 executives responsible for running the company, has no black leaders, according to four people familiar with the change. ..
Amazon confirmed its departure on Monday shortly after the company announced a new head of retail and operations.
People said that Alicia Boler Davis, senior vice president of Amazon’s fulfillment operations, and David Boseman, vice president of truck operations, will both resign. Neither responded immediately to the request for comment. Amazon made no further comments.
Their departure comes from Andy Jassy, who took over as CEO almost a year ago, appoints the company’s 17-year veteran Doug Herrington as the new CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores. He plays a role similar to what Dave Clark, the designer of the company’s vast warehousing business, has been doing since early last year. Clark left Amazon at the end of the month to work for the company for 23 years before becoming CEO of logistics startup Flexport.
and Email To employees who announced the change, Jassy told Herrington that he “is a good team builder and leverages his extensive experience in retail, grocery, demand generation, product development, and Amazon.” rice field.
The company’s vast business, including warehousing, trucks and delivery networks that process and ship customer orders, is managed by John Felton, another long-time veteran who recently ran the company’s logistics and delivery business.
Borer Davis joined Amazon from General Motors in 2019. She was once considered the successor to Mary Barra, the CEO of the car company. In 2020, she joined Amazon’s senior leader, the S Team. There were no black members at that time. Employees expressed concern about the lack of diversity in the elite group. She was promoted to Amazon’s Senior Vice President last year.
Mr. Boseman joined Amazon from Caterpillar in 2017 to carry out operations to carry cargo between buildings in a growing warehouse infrastructure.
Amazon said it doubled the number of black employees at the US board and vice president level in 2020, with an additional 70% increase in 2021. 70 percent of Amazon’s US workforceThe hourly wage workers, who mainly empower the work, are not white.
In addition to Felton, Jassy’s notes include Herrington as a leader in international retail businesses, healthcare ventures, and new programs that enable merchants to offer Amazon’s prime shipping benefits to their customers. He states that he has eight direct reports. On my website. According to the memo, Herrington will have eight men and one woman to report to him.
