Example sentences of "an operations [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Lastly , I would simply say that for weeks before the war was over , General whom I would like to call your attention to , was an Operations Officer and during the night when we were laying on missions we 'd say to each other , when this thing 's over we 're gon na get stinking drunk .
2 Now it has to be a software engineer who rocks , an operations chief who scuba dives or the bank president who knows a Scandinavian folk song when he hears one .
3 An operations director , for example might be expected to understand the characteristics of a world-class manufacturing operation — stage four — while a shift manager may be required to understand thoroughly his or her own process — stage one .
4 The Combined Staff ( OVS ) of the Joint High Command , the supreme military organ , to this day appears to be without rear services ( logistics ) directorates , an operations department and a transport department .
5 A line manager is one who has direct authority over a subordinate : by this definition , any manager , whether he works in an operations department or an advisory department , will have line authority over his subordinates .
6 From an operations district manager from a large retail chain .
7 As he explains : ‘ If I can successfully transfer what I believe to be management skills applicable to any discipline , then I would hope to follow a career path that will ultimately lead to directorship within an operations environment . ’
8 Whether you be a district sales executive , a vice-president finance or an operations manager , you must strive to be the best in your chosen area .
9 Mr Mowatt agreed to write an Operations check-list , outlining routine procedures , and how to carry them out , and listing actions needed in the event of problems occurring .
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