Lead Customer Operations Manager in Peterborough

Salary starting from £45,888 plus £350.20pm allowance, potential 10% bonus, 25 days annual leave and generous pension.

Full time Permanent. Orton Southgate DO, Peterborough, PE2 6BZ.

About Us: 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.

Shift Pattern: Monday to Saturday, 06:30 - 14:42 or 07:00 - 15:12, with a rolling day off.

The Role: As a Lead Customer Operations Manager, you’ll be responsible for leading and developing a team of Customer Operations Managers (COMs) to take ownership and accountability to deliver results across a balance scorecard, whilst at the same time deploying significant transformational change. You’ll be the point of contact for external stakeholders and hold the responsibility through delegation, coaching and support to ensure the COMs complete tasks to time and quality, delivering the scorecard performance. You’ll produce the weekly resourcing plan and ensure the COMs delivers towards this. Leading on safety will be key, ensuring the COMs completes their safety tasks and the unit’s specific PIC tasks are accomplished, alongside confirming the COMs are managing the 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.

What You’ll Get: 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, pension scheme and an excellent parental leave policy. Then there are all the excellent benefits that come with your role, such as free health and wellbeing support for you and your family through our Help@Hand service and a private medical assessment. MyBundle provides benefits such as the Cycle2work scheme, and corporate discounts including retail vouchers, travel & attraction discounts, gym membership and more. There are also all the exciting career opportunities that come with leading a team and driving key decisions in one of the UKs largest employers. And that’s before we’ve even mentioned 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, and transition from a letters business to a parcels business.

About You: 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. You’ll be at the heart of your community, vital to your team, and part of an organisation that delivers for the nation. This is a role packed full of influence, challenges and responsibility, so we need someone who is flexible and can excel under pressure. Customer focussed, team player, results driven, inspiring leader – you know how to get the best out of our people and deliver the best to our customers. You can empathise, motivate, coach, and collaborate, and will relish the opportunity to be part of our historic transformation from a letters business to a parcels business, whether that’s through reduced cost, innovative work practices or data driven ideas. We’re looking to you to bring your skills and experience to make brilliant things possible.

Next Steps: Ready to apply? Then complete your application online and submit your CV. If successful, you’ll be invited to a face-to-face assessment where you’ll have the chance to showcase your abilities and passion. You’ll also take part in a capability-based interview and a short management scenario exercise – more details will be provided on the day. Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we’ll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.

Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.

For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/

Closing Date: Tuesday 10th February 2026. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.