Business Operations Manager

Job Title - Business Operations Manager

Job Location - Brighton

Our Brighton business is moving to a new location in 2027. The new site is expected to be located in either Shoreham, Burgess Hill or Horsham and will be within a 15-minute drive of our current site.

Job ID - 46999

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

Operating at 11 sites in the United Kingdom, L3Harris supports Britain's mission to secure and strengthen the country by delivering sovereign innovation across the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains.

L3Harris in Brighton are part of our Release Systems & Antennas division operating in the Aerospace domain. For over 70 years, L3Harris has designed and developed industry-leading carriage and release systems for fighter, rotary-wing and unmanned platforms and we design, manufacture and test a large portion of our release systems portfolio in our Brighton facility which offers 48,500 square feet of manufacturing space. Our mission-critical release systems equipment is on most major airborne fighter platforms worldwide, including the F-35, along with other aircraft like the Gripen and Typhoon.

Please note, our Brighton business is moving to a new location in 2027. The new site is expected to be located in either Shoreham, Burgess Hill or Horsham and will be within a 15-minute drive of our current site.

The Operations Manager for the Brighton UK business unit is a strategic leader responsible for driving end-to-end operational excellence across manufacturing, supply chain, and program execution. This leader will serve as the Operations Lead responsible for all strategic and daily execution of the operations team, managing the production/facilities environments, training. This role owns critical performance metrics including safety, quality, delivery, and cost, while leading cross-functional teams to achieve operational scalability and program success in a highly regulated aerospace defence environment.

This individual will report directly to the Brighton Business Unit Operations Director.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and electric car scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Lead multidisciplinary operations functional teams across Manufacturing, Materials & resource Planning, Supply Chain, Quality, Safety, Continuous Improvement & Training & NPI.
• Develop and execute strategies to achieve Operational & business objectives across cost, efficiencies, quality, delivery, and customer satisfaction.
• Build, develop, and retain a high-performing team through effective talent management, succession planning, and inclusive leadership.
• Drive operational excellence and employee engagement through Lean principles, continuous improvement, quality enhancement, and safety initiatives.
• Ensure Manufacturing, Operations, and Quality are fully engaged throughout the product development lifecycle to optimise manufacturability.
• Partner with Programme Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, and other functions to deliver strategic and operational objectives.
• Monitor and report on strategic goals and operational performance, implementing action plans to drive continuous improvement.
• Lead the deployment of operational strategies, best practices, and performance measures across the organisation.
• Manage performance and deliver results within a complex matrix environment.

What you’ll bring

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree (preferably Engineering related) and minimum 9 years prior related experience OR Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience
• Deep knowledge of manufacturing, Lean manufacturing, and continuous improvement methodologies
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence across functions.
• Comprehensive knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline and may have broad understanding of other areas within the job function.
• Fundamental knowledge in EHS to drive zero injury plans with a proactive approach
• Extensive experience in Production & manufacturing management of complex electro & mechanical assembly, system integration and testing and or related commodities/processes
• Working knowledge and experience in Programme Management, Earned Value Management and/or comprehensive estimate-at-complete (EAC) establishment and analysis

Important to know

Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

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