Arden White is recruiting on behalf of a leading organisation for a senior Head of Business Transformation and Operational Excellence. This is a pivotal leadership role responsible for aligning commercial commitments with operational delivery through robust planning, digital transformation, and performance management.
The successful candidate will act as the architect of operational and commercial synchronisation, ensuring that estimates, schedules, and cost baselines are directly linked to contract profitability and customer performance through a single source of truth.
Key Responsibilities
Planning and Operational Control Establish strong links between commercial KPIs and operational delivery through improved communication, visual management, and performance controls
Develop and maintain robust cost and schedule baselines to support multi million pound programmes
Own and govern the organisations single source of truth, ensuring alignment across commercial, engineering, and operational teams
Translate complex requirements into intuitive dashboards and real time performance visualisation
Take a holistic view of business processes to drive a lean, agile, and competitive operating model
Digital Transformation and Data Integrity Act as functional administrator for core operational and airworthiness systems, ensuring reliability and reporting capability
Design and maintain secure, future proof data architecture across business owned systems
Lead teams of developers and analysts to convert complex data into actionable insights
Define and maintain KPI structures to support decision making and performance improvement
Leading Change Define and deliver the medium and long term transformation strategy across the business
Lead transformation programme governance, risk management, and reporting to the Senior Leadership Team
Align transformation investment with financial benefits, ensuring clear return on investment through cost reduction and productivity gains
Drive a culture of continuous improvement, new ways of working, and cross functional collaboration
Line manage and mentor BI and application development teams, promoting technical excellence
Essential Skills and Experience Proven leadership of complex transformation programmes and governance at senior level
Experience delivering operational change within production or MRO environments
Strong technical architecture background with experience integrating multiple business systems
Excellent stakeholder management and ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
Expert knowledge of MRO systems such as Envision or equivalent
Experience with BI platforms such as Looker or Oracle APEX
Strong SQL or PLSQL skills with deep understanding of data modelling and visualisation
Desirable Skills Knowledge of aviation maintenance and airworthiness standards
Experience with cloud platforms such as Google Cloud or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Additional Requirements DBS clearance required and eligibility for SC clearance
Compliance with Export Control Regulations
Legal right to work in the United Kingdom
Whats on Offer A senior, influential role driving business wide transformation
Competitive salary and benefits package
Opportunity to shape future operating models and industry leading performance
If you are a transformation leader with strong operational and digital expertise, Arden White would welcome your application.
If you feel you have the skills to succeed in this role, please click to apply.
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