Vice President Operations

GAL AeroStaff Ltd. is an aerospace staffing company specializing in temporary and permanent staffing for general and technical positions in the aviation and aerospace industry.

Reporting to the Regional Vice President and General Manager, this position is responsible for ensuring successful operations within the facility as well as oversight of the departments reporting to this role. This position is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, staffing and overall management of the facility ensuring development and implementation of efficient operations and cost-effective systems to meet current and future needs of the organization. As a strategic leader, this role must ensure there is a strong culture, regularly demonstrating the organization’s values.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work strategically with the leadership team to ensure successful implementation of business plan objectives and regular reporting is completed.
• Ensure adherence to policies and procedures to effectively maintain operations of the facility.
• Promote the mission, vision, and values that the organization has developed in order to maintain a strong culture and ensure success.
• Lead team by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, developing and appraising job results.
• Ensure strong relationships with customers and regulatory agencies.
• Collaborate with divisional managers.
• Work with leadership team to review and report on facility budget.
• Actively participate in organization’s Safety Management System (SMS) including reporting safety hazards and incidents encountered in daily operations; understands and promotes the company safety policy.

Performance Objectives:

• Strategic Planning – obtaining information and identifying key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal.
• Business Savvy – using one’s knowledge of economic, financial, market and industry trends to understand and improve individual work group, and/or organization results.
• Building Relationships & Partnerships – developing and leveraging relationships within and across teams to achieve results.
• Building Trust – operates with integrity, discloses own positions, remains open to ideas and supports others through dignity, respect and fairness.
• Diverse Mindset – making decisions and initiating action to ensure that policies and procedures leverage the capabilities and insights of individuals with diverse backgrounds, cultures, styles, abilities and motivation.
• Communication – conveying information and ideas clearly and concisely to individuals or groups in an engaging manner that helps them understand and retain the message. Listening actively to others.
• Negotiating Skills – must have confidence and the ability to be persuasive and assertive.

Education and Experience:

• Relevant Degree or minimum of 12 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.