Amazon's head of operations in Europe has left the company, amid coronavirus-fueled surge in online orders

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Amazon's head of operations in Europe has left the company, amid coronavirus-fueled surge in online orders
FILE - In this April 9, 2020 file photo, employees observe social distancing due to coronavirus, at the entrance of Amazon, in Douai, northern France.A French court has ordered Amazon to stop buying, storing or delivering non-essential goods for the next month to protect its employees from the virus. The emergency ruling Tuesday requires Amazon to evaluate health risks at all its facilities nationwide and negotiate new safety measures with worker representatives, according to lawyers for unions that launched the legal proceedings. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)

The head of Amazon operations in the European Union has left the company, Amazon confirmed to Business Insider Tuesday.

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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.

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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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