Job Description
Job title
Sales Ops Team Leader
Function
New Business Delivery
Location
Ripponden
Reports to
Head of New Business Delivery
About our business
JLA is a mission critical infrastructure solutions business offering services Laundry, Catering, Heating, Fire Safety, Infection Control and Air Conditioning.
The company offers an end-to-end, on premise, machine supply and breakdown service proposition under the name Total Care, and additional products and services. JLA is driven by a world class Sales & Marketing engine, owns and maintains all assets, and has an efficient on-site operations team working with daily with customers.
Role overview
Manage the creation of customer orders across Total Care, Machine Sales, SCONs, Service Replacement and Detergent Pumps including all mobilisation, from receipt of order through to Installs or CMT, order type dependant.
Manage a Sales Ops order processing team and develop a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence, measured by and managed to clear performance metrics.
Collaborate with Sales, Finance, Supply Chain and Contracts Management colleagues to meet business and customer order processing expectations.
Collaborate with the Install team leaders to ensure smooth running of the wider New Business Delivery Team.
Act as an ambassador, demonstrating our values and commitment to our vision through behaviours and people leadership.
Key tasks
Manage your team to deliver customer orders within SLA objectives across all assigned verticals and segments, proactively driving efficiency in collaboration with Sales, Installs and Supply Chain colleagues.
Manage develop and improve the QC roles and requirements within the team.
Lead the mobilisation of new contracts, assigning resource to coordinate multi-functional teams to ensure effective order processing and account set-up on operational platforms.
Develop talent within your team, fostering a culture of high-quality delivery and commitment to excellence, demonstrated through high-quality standards e.g. data quality, rejection rates, etc. Guide, coach, develop, empower and motivate the team.
Communicate effectively with sales on order expectations for week, month and year end targets. Including forecasting order volumes and dependencies / impacts on other teams.
Criteria
Essential (attributes required for candidate to be considered)
Desirable (attributes can be trained or developed)
Knowledge and Skills (what you know and what you can do)
- People management including performance management, coaching and development
- Collaboration skills across multiple teams including supply chain, sales, finance and contacts Management.
- Understanding of JLA propositions, sectors and segments
- Understanding of Continuous Improvements methods to drive operational excellence across Order to Cash process
- Understanding forecasted orders to ticking them to the board
- Understanding of JLA systems utilised in credit checking
Experience (what you have done)
- Coaching, leading, developing and inspiring direct reports
- Experience of performance management including managing under-performance as well as developing and empowering talent.
- Proven experience of managing an administration team
- Ability to demonstrate analytical skills, with the capability to maximise use of management information to drive order processing, process efficiencies and operational improvement
- Demonstrated experience of challenging the status quo and pursuing innovation and continuous improvement in operating processes
- Experience of being focused on leading a team to achieve business objectives including team performance monitoring and management e.g. corrective actions, etc.
- Experience of operational excellence
Personal qualities
(the way you think and act)
- Strong communication and cooperation with peers and senior key stakeholders, along with interpersonal skills to inspire cross-functional teams and align objectives
- Confident in delegating when required and an ability to empower staff members to create ideas and solutions
- Detail focus with an ability to understand individual order performance and relate this to team performance
- Ability to make decisions which may impact your team, order process or order outcome
- A focus on hitting business results and deadlines including the ability to be agile and create corrective action plans
Sales Ops Team Leader in Yorkshire employer: JLA Limited
JLA is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in Manchester or Ripponden where employees can thrive in their roles as Quality Managers. With a strong focus on employee development, a culture of compliance, and a commitment to continuous improvement, JLA provides ample opportunities for growth and advancement while ensuring a supportive atmosphere that values teamwork and innovation.
