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Deputy Director of Operations

Remote: 
Full Remote
Contract: 
Full time
Experience: 
Expert & Leadership (>10 years)
Work from: 
Spain

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Higher education in technical areas, ideally Industrial Engineering., At least 10 years of experience managing teams in an industrial sector., Knowledge of quality standards such as ISO9001., C1 level proficiency in English..

Key responsabilities:

  • Manage Purchasing, Logistics, Production, Quality, and Facilities areas.
  • Coordinate reporting activities between Operations and Finance departments.

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Alén Space Scaleup https://alen.space/
51 - 200 Employees
About Alén Space
Staffed by a highly qualified team of engineers with more than twelve years’ experience in developing CubeSats, combined with state-of-the-art technology and processes based on European sector standards (ESA-ECSS), Alén Space is firmly positioned at the forefront of the small satellite sector in Spain, Europe and Latin America. At Alén Space we have the technology and know-how to help your company or start-up take your business into space based on the design, manufacture and operation of small satellites for the applications you require. We offer the quality and technology that have been the hallmarks of our work since 2008. The Alén Space team has worked on a number of projects with some of the world’s leading space organisations and agencies. The ESA, NASA, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB in its Brazilian initials) and the Spanish National Aerospace Agency (INTA) have all backed a number of our projects, producing unbeatable results. All the satellites developed by the Alén Space team have successfully completed their missions, enabling us to boast a 100% success rate.
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Job description

Job Description

Reporting to the Operations Director, the selected candidate will lead the areas of Purchasing and Logistics, Production, Quality, After-Sales, and Facilities at Alén Space.

Position Tasks and Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

  • Management of the Purchasing and Logistics, Production, Quality, and Facilities areas, with a team of 13 people.

  • Implementation of process and tool improvements globally (resource tracking, project/order management, tool unification, etc.).

  • Coordination between the Operations and Finance departments for reporting activities.

  • Support in budget preparation.

  • Development of the strategy for the assigned areas.

  • Strategy, objectives, budgeting, and oversight of the Quality team.

  • Establishment of objectives, budgeting, and performance tracking for managers.

  • Assistance and support to the Operations Director in daily operational management and identification of improvement needs.

  • Determination of stock levels and authorization of purchase requests.

  • Coordination and monitoring of after-sales incidents with various departments within the organization.

  • Supervision of corrective and preventive maintenance plans for the company’s facilities and instrumentation.

  • Recruitment of personnel for the assigned areas.

Candidate qualifications and skills

Desired Profile:

Minimum Requirements:

  • Higher education in technical areas, ideally Industrial Engineering with a specialization in Organization or similar.

  • Proven experience in a similar role for at least 10 years, managing teams in an industrial sector.

  • Excellent communication skills and accustomed to teamwork.

  • Knowledge and application of quality standards such as ISO9001 or similar.

  • English proficiency at C1 level.

  • Availability for national and international travel.

  • Residence in the Vigo area or southern Pontevedra.

Desirable Requirements:

  • Master’s degree in Operations or Production Management, or an MBA.

  • Previous experience in electronic production environments.

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About us
About Alén Space
Alén Space is a New Space company focused on the development of missions based on Nanosatellites as well as products and services related to them. Our mission is to help our clients to develop their business plan designing, manufacturing and operating satellites in order to execute the application they need.
While Alén Space is a new company, our team has been involved in several complete nanosatellite missions, from specification to delivery, during the last 15 years. Alén Space technical team is composed of systems engineers, electronic engineers, AIV engineers, software and operations engineers and project managers; with a large experience on IOD, communication, commercial and scientific missions, with private and public institutions such as the European Space Agency.
Alén Space’s value proposition resides in the flexibility and expertise of our team. We utilize our design and testing methodologies, which allow the use of components from various suppliers, to create the most suitable platform for the requested mission. During more than a decade, all our nanosatellites missions have been fully designed in-house, following the same multi-provider approach, resulting on a 100% success rate in orbit, for all launched missions.
At Alén Space, quality and flexibility in the design, manufacturing and testing are hallmarks of the company. The quality of the process is achieved through meticulous testing and verification processes, keeping traceability of all the executed activities. The flexibility is achieved thanks to the proximity relationship with our clients and to our supplier agnostic approach. This relationship aims not only at easing the communication process, but also at allowing our commercial clients to take an important role on the design aspects. In this line, we design the most flexible spacecraft platforms, to accommodate subsystem suppliers’ changes without heavily impacting the overall mission. Our systems and AIV engineers work closely with the client, in order to take decisions and involve them in the process.
Our team has enhanced a work method that applies the strict quality standards set by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS). All of our management, system engineering and AIV processes are based on those standards.
Quality, Flexibility, Scalability, Proximity, Expertise and Success define all Alén Space values.
Do you want to orbit with us?
We offer the opportunity to join a challenging space project together with a self-motivated team with great experience in the design and manufacturing of small satellites!

Conditions
We offer a indefinite full time contract

If you are a proactive person and want to commit yourself to a present and future project, we hope to receive your CV.
For any other position you are interested in, you can check the following URLs:
[English] https://alen.space/careers/
[Spanish] https://alen.space/es/trabaja-con-nosotros/

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Experience

Level of experience: Expert & Leadership (>10 years)
Spoken language(s):
English
Check out the description to know which languages are mandatory.

Hard Skills

Operations ManagementLogistics ManagementQuality ManagementPurchasing ManagementProcess ImprovementAnnual Budget PreparationProject ManagementISO 14644Mbaas

Other Skills

  • Team Management
  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving
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