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James Edwards

Experience

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Current

Jaguar Land Rover

Head of Operations & Planning

I lead a multidisciplinary team across operational planning, financial operations, portfolio management, workforce strategy, analytics and compliance in a large, matrixed, global business. Day to day that means connecting what leadership wants with the resources, governance and information needed to make it happen.

My remit

  • Planning across the business, so priorities turn into a plan that can be resourced and run.

  • Financial and resource planning, and the operational finance that keeps plans and spend connected.

  • Prioritising investment and projects, with governance that keeps choices clear and challenge constructive.

  • Workforce and organisational planning that links capacity and capability to where the business is heading.

  • Analytics, automation and management information that make operations easier to see and steer.

  • Governance and compliance that protect the quality of decisions without slowing delivery down.

What the work involves

  • Operational planning
  • Portfolio and investment governance
  • Workforce strategy
  • Financial and resource planning
  • Decision support
  • Analytics and automation
  • Working across functions

Alongside

DRGNFLY Studios

Technology Consultant · independent studio

A small, independent studio I run on the side, exploring AI, automation and digital products. It keeps me close to what technology actually does.

DRGNFLY is unrelated to my responsibilities or any intellectual property at my employer.

Read the case studydrgnflystudios.com (opens in a new tab)

Foundations

Education

  • MSc Strategy and International BusinessAston University

    2012
  • BA (Hons) Management StudiesUniversity of Nottingham

    2008–2011