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Job Summary
Were Hiring: APRU Manager Naval (Glasgow)
Lead a missioncritical manufacturing team delivering products that protect and empower global naval capability.
Thales Glasgow is home to worldclass OME manufacturing and were looking for an APRU Manager (Naval) to lead one of our most critical operational units. This role is central to delivering highintegrity naval products on time on cost and to the highest levels of quality and safety.
If youre passionate about operational excellence people leadership and making an impact that truly matters this is your opportunity.
What Youll Do
As APRU Manager youll take full accountability for the endtoend industrial delivery of key naval products. You will:
- Lead develop and inspire a highperforming team
- Drive daily production performance and achieve the Master Production Schedule
- Champion quality lean methodology and continuous improvement
- Collaborate with Engineering Procurement and wider site leadership
- Ensure a safe compliant and highstandards operating environment
- Shape the longterm industrial vision for our Glasgow site
This is a role with real influence where your leadership strengthens delivery to the Royal Navy and international partners.
What Youll Bring
Were looking for someone with:
- Proven experience leading in an industrial or manufacturing environment
- Strong operations management capability
- A track record of driving continuous improvement and change
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- The ability to coach motivate and develop teams
- Knowledge of lean quality and industrial processes
Preferred experience in MRP2 supply chain disciplines or operational financials is beneficial but not essential.
Why Thales
At Thales your work contributes directly to safeguarding lives and strengthening national defence capability. Youll join a collaborative ambitious team committed to innovation operational excellence and continuous improvement.
In this role youll have the opportunity to:
- Lead a revenuecritical operation
- Shape industrial strategy for the site
- Deliver meaningful impact that extends beyond the factory floor
- Develop your leadership capability in a globally respected organisation
Ready to Lead With Purpose
If you want to deliver real impact drive operational excellence and lead a team whose work truly matters wed love to hear from you.
Apply now and help shape the future of naval manufacturing.
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 80000 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 Teamfor graduate and apprentice roles.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Continuous Improvement
- Lean
- Management Experience
- 5S
- Operations Management
- Production Planning
- Production Management
- Kaizen
- Supervising Experience
- Manufacturing
About Company
In all critical environments - air, land, sea, space and cyberspace - decision-makers, operators, crews and members of our armed services and security forces are faced with millions of important decisions every day. It is in supporting these people that Thales in the United States ha ... View more
