Regional Operations Manager

Averna; Winkton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension

Health care plan

Family health plan

23+ days holiday

Life assurance & income protection

Recognition programs

Job summary

Averna Powered by Spherea is seeking an experienced Operations leader to oversee regional project delivery across Europe and beyond, ensuring on-time, on-budget execution and adherence to quality and safety standards.

You will manage planning, resources, and performance metrics, collaborate with engineering, project management, and support functions, and drive improvements while aligning with corporate strategy and growth objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience in operations, project delivery, or engineering management within a technical environment.
• Proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams and driving employee development.
• Strong business acumen with budgets, gross margins, and resource planning experience.
• Ability to build strong customer relationships and support business growth.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee regional customer projects ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Manage day-to-day regional operations including planning and capacity.
• Ensure compliance with processes, quality standards, and safety regulations.
• Identify risks and implement corrective actions proactively.
• Collaborate with engineering, project management, and support functions.
• Monitor KPIs such as customer satisfaction and implementation of improvements.
• Support sales by focusing on strategic customers and growth opportunities.
• Align regional operations with corporate strategy and drive process improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem-solving

Budget management

Resource planning

Customer relationships

Job description

As of January 2026, Averna andSphereajoined forces to form theSphereaGroup. A global Test & Quality Solution leader, Averna Powered bySphereapartners with product designers, developers and manufacturers to help them achieve higher product quality, accelerate time to market and protect their brands by covering and offering solutions andexpertisefor the entire product lifecycle.

Averna Powered bySphereaoffers specialized expertise and innovativetest, vision inspection, precision assembly and automated solutions that deliver substantial technical, financial and market benefits for clients in the aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics, defense, energy, industrials, medical devices & life sciences, semiconductor, telecom and transportation industries.

Their solutions include prototyping & consulting, precision assembly & production, automated test solutions, in-line test systems, test system replication, and test platforms & products. Averna Powered bySpherea’sexpertiseranges from vision systems, specialized batterytest, RF & microwave and fiber optics to robotics & motion, instrumentation, control systems, and data management.

Job Description

Operational Responsibilities

• Oversee the execution and delivery of customer projects within the region, ensuring on-time, on-budget, and high-quality outcomes.
• Manage day-to-day regional operations including project planning, resource allocation, and capacity management.
• Ensure compliance with company processes, quality standards, and safety regulations.
• Identify operational risks and implement corrective actions in a proactive manner.
• Foster close collaboration between engineering, project management, and support functions to ensure seamless delivery.
• Continuously monitor KPIs (employee satisfaction and customer satisfaction) and operational performance metrics, and implement improvements where needed.
• Actively collaborate with resource centers to share best practices and coordinate cross-border support when needed.
• Act as the escalation point for key operational challenges within the region.

Commercial Support & Growth

• Actively support sales and business development by focusing on strategic customers for whom our technical capabilities, footprint, quality and customer support (Averna’s differentiators) are valued by:
  • Bringing subject-matter expertise in Test, Quality & Precision Assembly by a group of customer-oriented and facing subject-matter experts;
  • Building strong relationships/partnerships in order to better understand their expectations.
• Lead regional teams by managing competencies and strengthening capabilities.
• Identify and develop successors to ensure leadership continuity.
• Ensure achievement of gross margin targets.
• Monitor and manage internal time allocation effectively.
• Oversee regional operational and capital expenditure within approved budgets.

Strategic Management

• Align regional operations with broader corporate strategy and stakeholders.
• Contribute to innovation and process improvement in collaboration with global teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in operations, project delivery, or engineering management within a technical environment.
• Proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams and driving employee development and engagement.
• Strong business acumen with experience managing budgets, gross margin targets, resource planning, and operational performance.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong customer relationships and support business growth through operational and technical expertise.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

Additional Information

What’s in It for You

• Diverse, supportive, and growth-oriented environment
• Collaboration opportunities with teams across Europe and globally
• Generous pension scheme (4% employee / 8% employer)
• Full family health care plan
• Family health cash plan
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays
• Life assurance & income protection insurance
• Recognition programs

Averna Powered by Spherea is committed to employment equity and to encouraging diversity and inclusion. We are pleased toconsider all qualified applicants for employment, regardless of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.