Business Operations leader (m/f), Toulouse

Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. Airbus champions innovative technologies and offers some of the world’s most fuel efficient and quiet aircraft. Airbus has sold over 13.800 aircraft to more than 360 customers worldwide. Airbus has achieved more than 8,000 deliveries since the first Airbus aircraft entered into service. Headquartered in Toulouse, France.

Your challenges

• Declination of SD vision & strategy to SDO Operations perimeter and consolidation of SDO Operations yearly priorities and achievements
• Definition and deployment of all tools and processes to ensure or enhance department’s performance : planning, dashboards, indicators, action follow-up, risk management and issue management
• Organize a project integrated planning, monitoring and control, centralize resource / workload plan, Make or Buy, Airbus India footprint, Core and Non Core referentials
• Consolidate Project risks and opportunities
• Follow and support budget (AOP & Forecast) consolidation exercises, with special focus on external business
• Manage, operate and support the periodical governance: steering meetings, Maturity Gates, Project Review meetings, action tracking
• Manage work specifications for subcontracted activities, and associated Purchase Order / Goods Receipt process
• Ensure that jobs mapping and skills & competencies assessment are complete and kept up to date for all SDO staff. Support associated training development/deployment and newcomers integration and organize internal change management
• Ensure internal and external business communication and reporting, key event organization and working environment enhancement
• Animation and coordination of the Business Operations Support network of the domain
• Dimensions of the job
• Budget : 500k€ subcontracted activities / year 3-4 Headcount functionally attached, acting as local relays in the sub organizations of SDO

Your boarding pass

• Leadership & Influence: ability to lead a network, to challenge the “status quo” and convince
• Willingness to use/consider new digital tools (Qlik Sense, Skywise…) and advanced level in Office/Gsuite tools (Excel/Sheets, Powerpoint/Slides, data repository management, Hub/Gsites, etc.)
• Problem Solving: Open to new ideas and focused on finding solutions
• Strong communication skills and assertiveness
• Good notions of Finance and knowledge of Airbus AOP process or principles
• Good notions of Project Management (LBIP)
• Negotiation level in French and English (C1 level minimum)
• Curious and open-minded for change and continuous improvement