Amazon's head of operations in Europe has left the company, amid coronavirus-fueled surge in online orders
- Roy Perticucci, who was Amazon's vice president of EU operations, has left the company.
- His departure, confirmed by Amazon, comes at a stress point for the online retailer as record orders slam the company.
- Perticucci did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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The head of Amazon operations in the European Union has left the company, Amazon confirmed to Business Insider Tuesday.
Roy Perticucci, who was the vice president of EU operations at Amazon until recently, joined Amazon in 2013, according to his LinkedIn, which has not been updated to reflect his job changes. Perticucci did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.
Amazon's EU headquarters are in Luxembourg. According to Perticucci's LinkedIn, he oversaw 60-plus operation facilities in 12 countries where Amazon orders are processed. More than 120,000 associates worked in Amazon's European fulfillment, sortation, and transportation sites during peak season.
Perticucci's departure comes at a time when the coronavirus pandemic is rattling Amazon's operations. The retail behemoth is seeing an "unprecedented demand shift," Bank of America analysts wrote in a Tuesday note.
Such a boost, while good for Amazon's bottom line, means that its fulfillment and operations network are under pressure. Last week, Business Insider reported that Amazon was forced to "pause" the shipping service that once promised to make Amazon a competitor of FedEx and UPS.
And last month, the company barred all "non-essential" products from coming to its warehouses. That change was aimed at opening capacity for necessary goods like face masks and hand sanitizer over, say, skateboards. Later this week, Amazon will open its doors once again to those non-essential orders.
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