Head of Planning

Element has an opportunity for a Head of Planning & Operations based out of our Bristol/Filton this role you will be reporting to the General Manager for the Element Digital Engineering business a leading provider of specialist engineering consultancy services supporting clients across highly regulated and technically demanding industries including Nuclear Aerospace Energy and Defence both in the UK and internationally. As Head of Planning & Operations you will be a key member of the leadership team accountable for the deployment of robust Planning and Operational management processes throughout the business to ensure delivery of all financial and customer commitments.

Operational Leadership
Lead the development and deployment of the operations framework and business processes that integrate the delivery technical and functional legs of the EDE organisation to ensure that financial and operational commitments are delivered.
Business Planning Leadership :
Develop and operate the Sales and Operational Planning process to bring together the sales plan (load) with the resourcing plan (capacity) to ensure the EDE business maintains a balanced executable plan across both the strategic and operational horizons.
Lead the development and deployment of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) toolset deployed in the business and ensure integration with the global organisations systems and tools
Programme Management leadership
Be the Programme Management functional lead to ensure Programme Management best practices are consistently deployed across all projects.
Operate a Programme Management Office (PMO) to ensure effective governance of programme and project performance.
Mentor coach and develop our engineering team in Programme Management skills.
Facilities Management leadership across the EDE footprint.

Values and Culture
To always operate in accordance with Elements Purpose Mission Vision and Values
To work in accordance with all Elements policies procedures and standards as all times
This job description should not be considered exhaustive and the business may reasonably request duties in line with the incumbents skills knowledge and aptitude

Skills & Competences:
10 years with demonstrated experience in
Leading business units / entities with accountability for Operations Management and Planning
Operating a PMO and managing programmes / projects
Strong business acumen with familiarity of operating a Profit and Loss
Team player with ability to influence and lead peers
Strong communicator with a customer focused mindset

Experience within a Consultancy Business would be beneficial but not essential.

At Element we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming the worlds most trusted testing partner.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age disability ethnic origin gender marital status race religion responsibility of dependents sexual orientation or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

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