Lead Customer Operations Manager

Job reference number 341038

Lead Customer Operations Manager

London £51,624 - Mid: £56,212plus £2,101potential 10% bonus, 25 days annual leave and generous pension
Full time, Permanent

Hounslow Delivery Office, 9 Holloway Street, Hounslow, TW3 1AA

At Royal Mail we deliver more.

We believe great things are possible and we make them happen. Royal Mail impacts people and businesses in more than 71 million ways, daily.

The only company that delivers to every address in the UK, we bring people closer together, help independent businesses grow and make large corporations work better, connecting companies and customers worldwide.

We're driven to take people further; to empower our customers and colleagues to make their futures whatever they want.

5 days out of 6 Monday to Saturday with rotating day off, Office hours are 06:30 to 15:00, flexibility is required due to operational needs.

As a Lead Customer Operations Manager, you'll be responsible for leading and developing a team of Customer Operations Managers (COM) to take ownership and accountability to deliver results across a balance scorecard. Whilst at the same time deploying significant transformational changes.

You’ll be the point of contact for external stakeholders and hold the responsibility through delegation, coaching and support to ensure all COMs complete tasks to time and quality, delivering the scorecard performance.

You’ll produce the weekly resourcing plan and ensure all COMs deliver towards this. Leading on safety will be key, ensuring each COM completes their safety tasks and the unit's specific PIC tasks are accomplished, alongside confirming each COM is managing their fleet, and the unit hits overall targets.

Furthermore, you’ll also have full accountability for your Delivery team, you’ll work through the morning and into the afternoon and ensure the smooth running of all deliveries. You’ll lead and inspire a team of front-line colleagues to work efficiently and provide excellent service at the doorstep. Being a great leader means creating a positive and engaging work environment, promoting inclusivity, and being a role model by living our values.

To ensure we reach our best with people management, resource planning and specialist project activity, you’ll also partner with Trade Union, taking the lead for the unit, to keep raising the bar as you coach your team to drive performance improvement. Delivering every item accurately and on time is crucial to who we are, you will play a major part in the trust customers have in us.

We're asking for a lot, but you'll get a lot in return. First, there's the 10% on target bonus, generous holiday allowance, flexible working options, a pension scheme and an excellent parental leave policy. You'll also benefit from enhanced family friendly support, including enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave. As part of our commitment to your wellbeing, you'll receive supportive and generous company sick pay, and eligibility to a level of employer funded dental insurance
* and a health assessment every two years*. You'll have access to your personalised benefits account through our MyBundle+ platform, where you can choose from more than 800 retail offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills as well as employer provided and voluntary benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Your wellbeing matters to us, which is why you and your family have 24/7 access to tools, services and advice supporting your physical, mental, financial and social health-completely free. And of course, there are all the exciting career opportunities that come with leading a team and shaping key decisions. All this comes with the great sense of pride you'll feel from being part of one of the world's most recognisable brands as we undergo a historic transformation from a letters business to a parcels business.

Are you looking for a job that delivers more? When you join Royal Mail, you join an organisation that achieves something extraordinary every day. We've been trusted by the nation for more than 500 years.…