Weapons Energetics & Frameworks IDT (Integrated Delivery Team) Leader

Location: Farnborough/Bristol
Rate: Negotiable
Contract Duration: 9-12 Months

Must have active SC

Overview

Manufacture of large power transformers to meet customer/production plans, ensuring assembly, inspection and test is conducted using Lean methodology.
Working to specifications and instructions, using the correct tools and methods.
Meeting exacting standards expected by the customer.

Key Responsibilities

• Development, delivery and execution of the Weapons Energetics & Frameworks IDT's strategy in alignment with that of UK Defence and M&L in response to the WSRF, DSTL, FLC, market cohering an industry response to WSRF tasks.
• Development and maintenance of positive engagement with customers, partners and suppliers:
• Grow and develop relationships with the customer base (DSTL, AWE, OEM's& SME's) to understand context, anticipate, plan and exploit opportunities.
• Representing the company interests/capability as Framework lead into DSTL across the R&D business area.
• Working alongside DSTL partners to understand customer requirements and strategic intent and develop best strategic approach.
• Demonstrating leadership and operating in a Safe & Secure manner
• Delivery of Sales, Revenue, Project Margin and Cash Targets, Programme outcomes and benefits
• High levels of on time delivery and customer satisfaction across the portfolio
• Maximising the potential for follow on sales through enhanced project delivery, customer relationships & satisfaction
• Driving key change initiatives across Maritime and Land and developing a consistent delivery model across the division
• Providing accurate and timely information and being a key part of the integrated sales and operations planning process
• Embedding a culture in line with the company values. Sets the framework culture of continuous improvement and learning from experience (LFE)
• Resolving conflicts (including prioritisation calls) within the programme and collaborating across the company
• Leading the embedding of improvement in the project and programme management function, as agreed with the Performance Excellence team
• Application of governance requirements (including lifecycle, project & independent reviews as appropriate) for sales and delivery work

Essential Requirements

• Business Leadership: Strong strategic, operational and team leadership providing role model engagement with customers and partners being able to establish the vision and direction for the IDT (in line with the ISP), to influence and align others towards this common purpose, and to empower & inspire people to achieve success.
• Integrity; being open, honest and doing the right thing. Keeping promises, admitting when I don't have the answer and when I have made a mistake.
• Domain Experience: Must be able to demonstrate previous experience of managing within the Land domain.
• Communication: being able to effectively communicate as part of a two-way interaction, using a range of techniques, to ensure the received meaning matches the transmitted meaning.
• Stakeholder Management: being able to identify, plan and implement actions to positively engage parties with an interest in, or influence over, the programme outcomes.
• Teamwork: being able to create an environment where a group of people with diverse personalities, skills, experiences and perspectives are empowered to grow and collaborate towards a common goal.
• Experience in the Land domain, 5+ years of leading a business, projects, programmes, portfolios; successful delivery of complex programmes to multiple customers to time cost and quality
• Experience of negotiating deals with varying degrees of financial, programmatic, technical and stakeholder complexity. Able to demonstrate experience of understanding and trading of risk.
• Demonstrable ability to navigate matrixed internal corporate relationships to deliver business outcomes.
• Experience of leading matrixed multi-disciplined teams
• MSP Practitioner qualification or Chartered Project Manager are desirable
• Experience of CSR - developing links with academia, D&I, supporting creation of equal opportunities
• Min SC-level security clearance required

Desirable Experience & Qualifications

• Bidding, evidence of extensive leadership experience in significant bid environments
• Significant P&L responsibility, with the ability to grow a business of similar scale and with similar growth aspirations
• Experience of Defence Acquisition Operating Framework
• Knowledge of MOD internal procedures and experience of working with AWE,, NA-DI, DSTL, MOD Head Office, OEM's, Academia, & SME's.

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