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Thales people architect solutions that are relied upon to deliver operational advantage at every decisive moment throughout the mission. Defence and armed forces customers rely on us to deliver the full range of defensive systems for land, sea, and air. From early warning, to threat neutralisation, our platforms cover all levels from very short-range systems, to extended protection across the entire battle-space including Airspace Mobility Solutions, Vehicles and Tactical Systems and Missile Defence, Optronics, and Radar.

Together we offer fantastic opportunities for committed employees to learn and develop their career with us. At Thales UK, we research, develop, and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better, and keep us safer. We innovate across five major industries; Aerospace, Defence, Ground Transportation, Security and Space. Your health and well-being matters to us and that’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, home working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times. Where possible, we support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions.

Everything, Everywhere All at Once. Do you want to be part of the beating heart of OMEUK? Do you want to support the delivery of the business across all key functions, resolving real-time issues and identifying cross-functional improvements? Do you want a role where every day is different? This is the role for you!

We have a fantastic opportunity for an impactful OME Operations Manager to join our business domain, based at our Glasgow site.

What the role has to offer:

• An opportunity to make a real difference with a high level of autonomy
• Diversity of work, interacting with internal and external stakeholders
• Opportunity to influence the end-end delivery of our business to our customers

Key responsibilities

Reporting to the Operations Director, on a day-to-day basis, you will be:

• Improving OME Operations delivery for our customers by challenging current ways of working
• Actively seeking out opportunities to drive operational delivery excellence, specifically in the interfaces across Engineering, Industry, Procurement, Product Support, Quality, & Bid/Project management.
• Seeking out and driving operational improvements to increase our competitiveness
• Managing the OMEUK Capex plan to budget
• Improving consistency of Operations reporting to TUK/OMEBL/LAS GBU
• Managing the Site Improvement plans to enhance our colleagues experience
• Maximising the benefits of our UniFi deployment, leverage Digital Operations applications

About you

Ideally you will be:

• Able to demonstrate that you can work independently as well as part of a wider team
• Able to demonstrate strong business awareness with understanding of key customer requirements
• Self-sufficient with ability to work independently with wide scope
• Able to show a proven ability to influence cross-functionally and at various levels in the organisation
• Able to thrive in an environment where route to achieve end goal is unclear
• Proven track-record in successfully delivering business/process change
• Passionate about delivering an outstanding customer experience

In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment and/or education history for up to three years. Some vacancies may require full Security Clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for Baseline and Security Clearance please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) Agency.

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working.

Thales UK is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process. We will provide reasonable adjustments and support to ensure neuro-diverse applicants or those with a disability or long-term condition can be their best during the recruitment process. To request an adjustment, if you need this job advert in an alternative format or if you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Resourcing Ops for mid to senior roles, or the Early Careers Team for graduate and apprentice roles.

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