Operational Readiness & Transition Lead - Baggage Ops

Vanderlande Manufacturing USA; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Aviva Medical Cover

Pension with Aviva

Cycle to work scheme

28 days annual leave

Wellbeing membership with YuLife

Job summary

Vanderlande seeks an Operational Transition Manager to lead the planning and execution of training, transition and readiness activities for live baggage operations from London Heathrow. The role collaborates with project teams and customer stakeholders to ensure a smooth transition with zero service impact, while monitoring risk and performance.

You will deliver end-user training, prepare readiness communications, and manage post-Go-Live reliability with regular reporting, travel across UK &

Qualifications

• Airport baggage handling processes and operational knowledge is a must.
• A relevant technical background is desirable.
• Adaptability to changing technologies and software.
• Experience working closely with airport, airline and ground handler stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Able to transform raw data into clear actionable documents or dashboards (Power BI knowledge desirable).
• Experience handling difficult/stressful situations.
• Training delivery - Ability to deliver end user FIT training.
• Valid driving licence and the ability to travel and stay away regularly on projects.

Responsibilities

• Identify project benefits, deliverables, operational impact, and deadlines through consultation with project manager, sponsors, and stakeholders.
• Plan and oversee Operational Transition activities including training ensuring they are managed within the project budget, and in accordance with timescales and quality criteria.
• Create training material and delivers to operational and service teams at Airports across the UK & Ireland, occasionally further afield internationally.
• Prepare and present Operational Readiness communications to internal and external stakeholders.
• Identifies operational risk, able to articulate this and communicate to stakeholders along with options for mitigation and management.
• Progress reporting to Project Manager, Operational Transition Leader and senior stakeholders for clarity and endorsement.
• Takes preventative action to mitigate any risks or issues in advance.
• Manage the post Go-Live Reliability and Confidence period through regular performance monitoring and reporting, stakeholder communications and management.
• Prepare end of project closure reports, sign off acceptance of change, benefit realisation and 'lessons learnt'
• Support a safe working environment through championing and encouragement of a safety-first culture.

Skills

Airport baggage handling

Technical background

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Power BI knowledge

Data-to-document transformation

Training delivery

Travel readiness

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Vanderlande seeks an Operational Transition Manager to lead the planning and execution of training, transition and readiness activities for live baggage operations from London Heathrow. The role collaborates with project teams and customer stakeholders to ensure a smooth transition with zero service impact, while monitoring risk and performance.

You will deliver end-user training, prepare readiness communications, and manage post-Go-Live reliability with regular reporting, travel across UK &