Top Operations Manager Jobs in Edinburgh

Manage daily supermarket operations while deputising for the Store Manager. Lead and coach department managers, maintain food safety and legal standards, improve stock availability, use store data to drive sales, manage resources, and respond to customer feedback. The role requires leadership of a large, fast-paced retail store and focuses on building a safe, inclusive, high-performing team.

Leads Operations-focused change initiatives from impact assessment through implementation and stabilization. Responsibilities include operational readiness, milestone and workstream management, risk and dependency tracking, stakeholder coordination, regulatory considerations, communications, and process and control improvements. Partners with Operations, Technology, Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Controls teams to ensure procedures, training, support models, and sustainable outcomes are in place for new products, processes, and operating model changes.

Lead and oversee Workday HRIS strategy, operations, governance and releases. Act as L2/L3 escalation for HCM, Recruiting, Compensation, Absence and integrations; manage backlog, configuration decisions, supplier/SOW management, security/access governance, and BAU HR process delivery while leading and supporting the HRIS functional team.

Own the operational backbone of the People function across payroll, global mobility, PEOs, commissions, equity administration, HRIS, onboarding, employment changes, and offboarding. Build scalable multi-country processes, maintain accurate and audit-ready records, reconcile data with Finance, automate workflows in Humans and Ashby, and coordinate sensitive visa, payroll, and equity activities. This senior individual contributor role requires strong judgment, data literacy, and the ability to manage competing priorities in an office-first London environment.

The HR Operations Manager role supports employee operations within Canadian Solar, a global renewable energy company. The posting emphasizes employee growth, training, promotional opportunities, work-life balance, and flexible work options, but does not provide specific responsibilities or qualifications.

The HR Operations Manager role is with e-STORAGE, a renewable energy and battery storage company. The provided description emphasizes the organization’s mission, values, collaborative culture, sustainability focus, competitive compensation, bonuses, and benefits. Specific HR operations responsibilities and qualification requirements are not provided.

Lead 24/7 medical and travel assistance operations, overseeing frontline teams, workforce planning, complex case escalations, provider coordination, service quality, compliance, client relationships, incident response, reporting, and continuous improvement. The role manages critical cases involving evacuation, repatriation, transport, and insurance while ensuring service-level, cost, safety, and customer experience objectives are met. It also supports change delivery, audits, complaints, business continuity, and rostered on-call coverage.

Leads Team Leaders and oversees operational performance, client service-level agreements, financial targets, reporting, staffing, employee development, and client relationships. The role manages performance, resolves employee issues, coordinates with support functions, implements improvement plans, and participates in client business reviews to maintain service quality and achieve operational goals.

Leads daily fulfillment center operations across inbound, put-away, outbound, B2C, B2B, and returns. Manages Area Managers, operations leads, and warehouse associates while maintaining inventory accuracy, operational KPIs, staffing, payroll, budgets, and safety. Oversees WMS processes, ICQA, audits, launches, process improvements, and cross-functional collaboration. Requires experience leading large warehouse teams, technical operations, automation, and high-volume distribution environments.

Owns the strategy, design, implementation, governance, analytics, and continuous improvement of global sales compensation programs. Responsibilities include designing quotas, commissions, accelerators, and SPIFFs; configuring Xactly and Salesforce; managing launches, documentation, compliance, disputes, reporting, and training; and partnering with Sales, Finance, HR, and executive leadership to align incentives with business goals.

Leads multiple subsidence operations teams, overseeing claim progression, service quality, customer satisfaction, workflow, backlog, productivity, revenue, and lifecycle performance. Manages Team Managers, monitors operational metrics, identifies bottlenecks and risks, drives corrective action, and delivers continuous process improvement. The role also supports workforce planning, change initiatives, financial objectives, and consistent service delivery across client portfolios.

Lead design and implementation of control frameworks for personal investing operations. Identify, assess, and remediate operational and regulatory risks, monitor control effectiveness, produce executive reporting, collaborate with Compliance, Audit, Risk and Technology, and support CORE and control testing activities to ensure regulatory compliance and operational resilience.

Lead and manage APAC payroll and HR operations, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll cycles. Oversee multi-country teams and third-party vendors, implement SOPs and controls, drive continuous improvement, report on SLAs/metrics, support audits, and develop staff performance and processes across the region.

Leads EMEA claims operations across the UK, EU, and broader regional markets. Manages claims leaders and assessors, ensures SLA, audit, regulatory, and delegated-authority compliance, and oversees insurer and vendor relationships. Drives AI-enabled claims automation, workflow redesign, partner onboarding, launch readiness, loss-ratio performance, fraud detection, quality improvement, training, and operational change across multiple insurance lines of business.

Leads Financial Crime Change and Run teams through a major banking integration, coordinating workstreams that combine processes, systems, data, and controls. Manages staff, delivery plans, resources, risks, dependencies, governance, and senior reporting. Partners with Operations, Risk, Compliance, Technology, Transformation, Finance, and Workforce Planning to deliver sustainable, auditable, and regulator-ready economic crime controls while driving accountability and continuous improvement.

Own and scale the operating backbone for Semble’s product organization. Establish product cadences, track OKRs, centralize feedback, build dashboards, manage release operations, identify process bottlenecks, and deploy AI-powered workflows and automations. Partner with Product, Engineering, Design, Data Analytics, Applied AI, and go-to-market teams to improve decision-making, operational efficiency, compliance, and product delivery.

Manages consulting engagements and consultant teams delivering client projects in asset and wealth management. Responsibilities include project planning, client workshops, deliverable quality, mentoring, business development, thought leadership, client relationship management, and practice contributions. The role requires expertise in middle-office operations, operating model design, post-trade processes, investment platforms, and financial services transformation.

Leads technical strategy and operations supporting industrial decarbonization in textile manufacturing. Coordinates climate technology research, utility and process engineering evaluations, methodology development, knowledge management, strategic communications, workshops, and cross-functional execution. The role translates complex technical information into frameworks, presentations, documentation, and actionable initiatives while improving technical decision-making and collaboration among internal teams, consultants, and external partners.

Leads Team Leaders and oversees service-level performance, revenue goals, operational reporting, staffing, client relationships, coaching, and continuous improvement. The role manages direct reports, conducts performance reviews, resolves employee issues, supports client business reviews, and ensures operational and financial expectations are achieved while maintaining company standards.

Leads daily fulfillment center operations across inbound, put-away, outbound, B2C, B2B, and returns. Manages Operations Managers, Area Managers, leads, and warehouse associates while overseeing KPIs, staffing, scheduling, payroll, budgeting, inventory accuracy, client launches, coaching, and operational issue resolution. Partners with engineering, HR, safety, customer service, and implementation teams to improve performance and support a highly technical, automated warehouse environment.

Drives sales enablement, commercial operations, and strategic program management within Wood Mackenzie’s consulting practice. The role develops sales strategies, rolls out initiatives globally, tracks performance, facilitates senior consultant training, manages cross-functional programs, supports leadership communications and commercial planning, and analyzes business data. It requires consulting experience, stakeholder management, facilitation, Salesforce familiarity, commercial judgment, and strong communication and collaboration skills.

Owns Business Development operations systems, including Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM deployment, data governance, reporting, workflow improvement, and project management tools. Leads user testing, migration, training, adoption, and post-launch optimization. Produces fundraising dashboards and Board reports, tracks proposals and deadlines, supports gift reconciliation, coordinates cross-functional processes with Finance and Programs, and manages the Business Development Operations Associate.

Oversee warehouse and logistics operations covering receiving, picking, packing, shipping, inventory, safety, quality, budgets, and contractual P&L. Lead warehouse team leaders, optimize facility performance through data-driven insights, manage customer and vendor relationships, ensure regulatory compliance, and implement continuous improvement initiatives to increase throughput and reduce costs.

Leads operations across 5+ hospitality stores, managing and developing General Managers, maintaining service standards, owning area P&L, planning labor and inventory, driving sales and KPI performance, managing talent pipelines, launching new stores, and implementing initiatives. Requires regular travel between stores and availability for 50 hours per week, including two peak weekend days.

Leads cross-functional analytical projects and owns a finance operations domain. Responsibilities include defining business metrics, investigating performance drivers, evaluating sales and marketing funnels, managing external specialists, automating finance workflows, and improving operational and compliance processes. The role requires strong quantitative reasoning, systems thinking, vendor management, organizational skills, and the ability to learn accounting or other specialized domains quickly.