AN AREA manager at the Amazon centre in Symmetry Park who started his career as seasonal worker is hoping his story will inspire others.

Mohammed Hassan from Swindon has risen through the ranks from his first role at the fulfilment facility wants people to engage in lifelong learning during Learning at Work Week 2022.

This is an annual programme run by the charity Campaign for Learning which works with organisations around the UK to help create activities and fun challenges in the workplace to help employees learn and grow.

Hassan has worked for Amazon for seven years and has used the company’s development and training opportunities to progress.

He joined the team at the fulfilment centre in Milton Keynes, then moved to the one in Bristol when the site launched in 2019 before going to Swindon in late 2021, helping with the interviewing and hiring of team leads before the opening.

After graduating from University College London in 2010, Hassan struggled to find permanent employment as the fallout from the recession loomed large, so he jumped from job to job for a few years then joined an employment agency in 2014, which led him to Amazon as seasonal worker at Christmas.

This temporary role led to a permanent contract and he then rose through the ranks to his current role as area manager in the fulfilment centre in Swindon.

Hassan said: “As part of Amazon's Career Choice programme, I took part in a course called Career Skills Sessions. I had CV sessions, mock interviews, and advice with job applications.

"I then had team lead training and soft skills training. This really helped me to learn, grow and develop into the role I hold today.

“Having started at the entry level for the company myself, I remember the leaders and mentors who saw potential in me. They helped me to develop, and today I am passionate about passing that on and helping others to do the same.”

He has been training to become an operations manager on the outbound night shift in Swindon.

Amazon Swindon general manager, David Tindal, added: “We are extremely proud of Hassan for how he has risen through the ranks since joining Amazon. I hope [his] story will inspire others to enrich their own careers through the wide variety of development programmes available to them."