Operations Excellence & Compliance Lead

Bedford Introduction Saab Uk

Marsh Gibbon

On-site

GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Job summary

Saab UK, part of Scandinavia's largest defence company, is seeking an Operations Manager for Bedford to provide governance, compliance, trials, and business coordination for the BlueBear operation. You will drive process standardisation, track KPIs, and coordinate audits and risk management across the organisation.

Based in Bedford, you will collaborate with Saab UK functions and ensure export control, health and safety, and environmental standards are met while delivering continuous improvement

Qualifications

  • Proven leadership skills, ability to drive change in the organisation.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Highly motivated self-starter who requires minimal supervision.
  • Demonstrable experience of implementing effective change in an organisation.
  • Proven experience managing risks and implementing risk management policies including business continuity plans.
  • Experience with implementation of Quality Management Systems and compliance with ISO 9001.
  • Experience with ISO 27001 desirable.
  • Awareness of critical compliance areas including UK export control, health & safety, and environmental management desirable.
  • Experience with defence industry and UK MOD desirable.
  • As a National Security Vetting clearance is required for this role, applicants will be required to hold National Security Vetting clearance to SC level or have the ability to gain it.

Responsibilities

  • Drive continuous improvement across the organisation to achieve high standards.
  • Be the focal point for process standardisation and compliance with the organisation's quality management system.
  • Be the focal point to Saab UK functions for critical compliance areas including export control, health & safety, and security.
  • Develop and track KPIs to support the delivery of the organisation's Strategic Business Plan.
  • Implement processes for capturing customer feedback, communicate success, and track change where required.
  • Communicate Operational Excellence throughout the organisation.
  • Coordinate all internal and external audit activity.
  • Act as Risk and Opportunity Co-ordinator and lead all business continuity management activities.
  • Coordinate compliance activity such as export control ensuring sufficient resources and processes are in place.
  • Coordinate the implementation of new compliance standards and business support tools.
  • Capture and track internal feedback on processes to drive continuous improvements.
  • Deliver internal training on continuous improvement / operational excellence where required.
  • Champion information management within BlueBear.
  • Support internal project activity where required and manage the activities of the Facility Coordinator.

Skills

Leadership
Communication
Self-starter
Change management
Risk management
Quality Management ISO9001
ISO27001
Export control awareness
Defence industry experience
NSV clearance SC

Job description

Saab UK, part of Scandinavia's largest defence company, is seeking an Operations Manager for Bedford to provide governance, compliance, trials, and business coordination for the BlueBear operation. You will drive process standardisation, track KPIs, and coordinate audits and risk management across the organisation.

Based in Bedford, you will collaborate with Saab UK functions and ensure export control, health and safety, and environmental standards are met while delivering continuous improvement

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