Business Operations Advisor

Leidos; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 76,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Contributory Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

33 days annual leave

Flexible benefits

Flexi-Time Working

Job summary

Leidos in Bristol seeks a Business Operations Advisor to join the LCST programme. You will provide expert guidance on Defence Supply Chain processes, lead priority workstreams and coordinate senior leadership engagements to ensure timely delivery.

The role requires strong stakeholder management, problem-solving across multiple organisations, and the ability to influence at all levels. Hybrid working with occasional travel to Bicester and Donnington offices is available.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in supply chain, logistics, or operations.
• Proven stakeholder engagement and relationship management.
• Strong written and verbal communication with ability to influence.
• Ability to solve complex problems across multiple organisations.

Responsibilities

• Represent the Operations Director at senior leadership meetings.
• Investigate LCST and Defence Supply Chain issues; identify root causes and solutions.
• Lead deep-dive reviews and priority workstreams.
• Coordinate project mobilisation to BAU delivery teams.

Skills

Leadership

Supply chain

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Business/Logistics degree

Job description

Description

Business Operations Advisor

Programme Name: Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation (LCST)

Location: The role is based in our Bristol office, with the opportunity to work from home 1-2 days per week; travel to our Bicester and Donnington offices will occasionally be required.

The Role:

The Team Leidos (TL) Business Operations Advisor is a senior member of the Operations Directorate within the Logistics Commodities and Services Transformation (LCST) programme.

The role provides expert advice on Defence Supply Chain and LCST systems and processes, identifies inefficiencies, drives improvements and supports the delivery of service excellence.

Success requires the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels, guiding them through complex business operations challenges to achieve effective outcomes.

The role is ideally suited to a self-motivated and driven individual who thrives when given the autonomy to tackle challenges with minimal direction.

What will I be doing?

• Represent the Operations Director at senior leadership meetings and coordinate Directorate tasking, reporting and follow-up during absences to ensure continuity and timely delivery.

• Investigate complex LCST and Defence Supply Chain integration issues, identifying root causes, gaps and practical solutions.

• Lead deep-dive reviews and priority workstreams across LCST and, where required, the wider Defence Supply Chain.

• Project manage Team Leidos responses to strategic initiatives and customer requirements through initial scoping and mobilisation to handover to business-as-usual delivery teams.

• Review Statements of Requirement and change proposals, providing subject-matter expertise and constructive challenge to ensure operational impacts, dependencies and delivery requirements are fully considered.

• Contribute to logistics delivery and governance meetings, engaging, influencing and driving Team Leidos and customer stakeholders to achieve operational targets and agreed outcomes.

• Evaluate processes, identify best practice and challenge activities or behaviours that adversely affect LCST performance, service delivery or reputation.

• Lead the design and delivery of Directorate strategy and leadership events, translating strategic intent into clear priorities and aligned actions.

• Coordinate Directorate operational risk management, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, recorded, managed and escalated appropriately.

• Support the identification, development and delivery of new business opportunities and selected growth projects, ensuring proposals are operationally credible and aligned with Directorate and wider business priorities.

• Manage delivery of the Operations Directorate Cognitive Command Centre capability to Full Operational Capability, maximising its value for stakeholder engagement and support during periods of surge activity.

What does Leidos need from me?

Proven experience in a leadership role encompassing:

• Supply chain, logistics and/or operations
• Stakeholder engagement and Customer Relationship Management
• Strong written and verbal communications skills with a proven ability to influence
• Solving complex problems across multiple stakeholder organisations

Possess a UK driving license and prepared to travel within the UK.

Desirable competencies include:

• Professional qualification in business administration, logistics, or operations at Degree level, or equivalent in experience
• Demonstrable understanding of UK Defence supply chain and LCST systems and processes
• Established relationships within the UK Defence logistics community

Clearance Requirements:

• Must hold or be eligible to apply for SC clearance to start

What we do for you:At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work‑life balance.

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexi-Time Working

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

The Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation (LCST) Programme for the UK Ministry of Defence is a critical effort to enhance and improve the UK’s defence supply chain. The programme provides essential services such as storage and distribution for the MOD's materiel, including a global freight service and the procurement and inventory management of 70,000 commodity NATO Stock Number (NSNs).

Working together as Team Leidos we are helping to transform the UK's defence supply chain by providing an integration of a complex mixture of services, at low risk, using a modern suite of systems that will deliver one version of the truth. For the first time, the MOD will see the whole picture, as it is happening.

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

£75,800.00-£99,800.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.