Job Introduction
Speedy are the UK’s leading hire provider with the widest range of tools, specialist hire equipment, plant and support services – everything for every job!
Speedy is Transforming with our new Velocity strategy, we are undergoing one of our biggest digital and people focused transformations to build a bigger, better, stronger business for the future.
We are looking for an experienced Head of Operations Development, someone who thrives on challenge and working in a constantly changing and evolving environment. At Speedy, we need motivated people who are ready to bring their whole self to work and give it their all in a fast-paced team committed to being the best!
The main responsibilities and focus will be on providing strategic and operational consulting support within the business ensuring that we have the right solutions, challenging business cases and engaging with the wider Speedy business to gain traction. This may involve project managing opportunities through to completion or handing them over to other project and programme resource for delivery.
Strategy/Operational Development – Identify and lead strategic analysis of business challenges and growth opportunities. Providing strategic and tactical support to the Exec and senior management and turning insight into tangible, deliverable plans.
Project management – Formulate implementation plans for, and mobilise, strategic initiatives ensuring that Velocity Transformation initiatives are successfully implemented and deliver projected sales / saving benefits and operational improvements within agreed budget and timescales.
Data analysis – Develop financial models and business cases to support your analyses and enable data-driven decision-making.
What you’ll need:
- Working safely
Ensures mandatory training practises are implemented in everyday tasks.
Prioritises mental health and wellbeing.
- Commercially aware
Commercially astute and performance focused to ensure people strategy is in line to support company growth.
Understands the importance for managing costs and expense, applying the necessary controls.
- People Management and Development
People centric, with a coaching style that provides for team development and succession. Actively contributes to the team and strives to improve teams’ effectiveness through personal commitment.
- Internal Customer Focus
Is responsive to the needs of the customer and aims to deliver customer satisfaction.
Proactively builds relationships with current and new customers.
- Communication
Communicates clearly and concisely, impressing others and ensuring understanding of all relevant information in all circumstances and with all stakeholders
Encourages two-way communications, where ideas are listened to
- Digital Transformation
Encourages the use of digital tools wherever possible – keeping up to speed with digital skills training as new systems are released.
- Planning, Organising & Executing
Able to understand the priorities, plan and organise the work and manage own time to deliver within the expected timescales.
- Risk Management
Is aware on the impact of risk to the business and applies the necessary controls.
- Adaptability
Is responsive and open to changing circumstance.
- Self-Motivation and Development
Is confident in own ability and is motivated to deliver, using opportunities to further develop.
Ability to support your business unit/team to deliver our ESG Strategy – Decade to Deliver.
Experience and skills
- An experienced strategy/operational development professional leader who has a strong reputation and who has held a high level of influence within their current or previous role.
- Demonstrable experience in leading strategic projects, building high performance teams and directing and coaching others to consistently deliver high quality services.
- Experience in Strategic and/or Operational Consulting at a top tier consulting firm. Additional industry experience preferred but not a pre-requisite
- Strong analytical skill set
- Comfortable working with an environment of ambiguity and high degree of complexity
- A great communicator, happy to liaising and influencing at senior levels, both internal and external
- Intellectually curious, with high energy and resilient, able to thrive in a fast paced and constantly evolving business.
What we offer:
- 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Car or cash car allowance
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Life assurance
- Pension Scheme
- 95% discount on our products
- Plus other Salary Extras/Discounts
Our Career Line of Sight programme will ensure you receive the training and support to help you be the best that you can be in your role and will encourage you to pursue your career aspirations.
Speedy reserves the right to close our vacancies earlier than the listed date if we have received a high level of applications. We would recommend that if you wish to be considered that you complete the application as promptly as possible.
Please be aware that some roles within The Speedy Group UK&I may require one or more of the following - DBS, Credit, Security Clearance or Health & Safety Check.
The Speedy Group is an equal opportunity employer where we embrace diversity in all of its forms and fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status. All roles within The Speedy Group require proof of right to work in the UK by the start of employment.
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