Operations Manager

Job Description Operations Manager Location: Derby Full time - Permanent Why join Rolls-Royce? At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture. Position summary To lead, inspire and coach a team within a defined manufacturing area. Accountable for ensuring that customer commitments are met in full, measured against agreed HSE, quality, cost, delivery, people and responsiveness standards. Lead and manage a team of Production Leaders or strategic programmes in the business. What you will be doing: HSE - Drive towards a performance and culture of Zero Harm. Accountable for the compliance to safety standards for all team members in the area. Drive the environmental, safety and wellbeing plan deployment for the area and deliver performance targets. PRODUCT SAFETY - Accountable for ensuring that all work is carried out in compliance with the required standard to ensure conformance to the engineering specification, and for promoting a product safety culture in the organisation. QUALITY - Drive to Zero Defects. Work with all functions to reduce risks and drive product and service right first time. Ensure compliance to all relevant company legislative and technical policies and standards. COST - Develop and manage agreed people budget (headcount, productivity, absenteeism). Understand and manage the cell cost centre budget and work with the team to drive productivity and reduce consumable cost. DELIVERY - Deliver our products and services to customer commitments on time. Plan using load and capacity tools and manage bottlenecks and constraints to achieve flow through the cell. Understand WIP and inventory levels and drive to meet business targets. PEOPLE - Optimise the capability and capacity of the cell by developing a flexible team. Develop and motivate team members ensuring they are trained, capable and effective. LEAN - Ensure that all relevant Production System minimum standards are fully deployed and sustained within the business in support of performance objectives and coaching the team to fully participate in continuous improvement. LEAD - Inspire the manufacturing team to consistently deliver high levels of performance through facilitation, coaching and the demonstration of lean leadership behaviours. Motivate, delegate and empower team members to act and make their own decisions. ASSETS - Optimise the performance of manufacturing assets in order to maximise facility productivity and meet current and future customer demand. Understand current constraints and develop a future state. DIGITAL MANUFACTURING - Understand the digital systems and process we use to drive our manufacturing activity. Be competent in the use of the tools to manage area and people performance and leads compliance to digital standards and processes. Ensures business strategy aligns to RR digital manufacturing standards and strategy. Communicate to the plant leadership team using digital tools, and able to communicate digital strategy and use of innovative technology. Key Experiences and any Qualifications: Has Company wide outlook and exposure to different challenges, cultures and ways of working. Understanding/knowledge of multiple disciplines demonstrating breadth of experience. Appreciation of product integrity. Has a proven track record delivering improved operational performance in both favourable and unfavourable conditions, utilising cross-functional teams. Has experience of deploying continuous improvement methodologies such as lean and six sigma, Green Belt accreditation or Lean Coach. Management experience in an engineering industry is ideal, but not essential. Attended higher education and/or leadership development programmes. Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too. Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive. You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce Job Category Manufacturing Posting Date 13 Nov 2025; 00:11 Posting End Date 26 Nov 2025PandoLogic. Keywords: Operations Manager, Location: Derby, ENG - DE23 8NX