Sales Operations Team Leader

JLA Limited; Ripponden; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

JLA Limited is seeking a Dynamic Sales Operations Manager to lead the order processing function for Total Care, Machine Sales, and related services. You will oversee a team, drive continuous improvement, monitor metrics, and ensure timely mobilisations from order receipt to installs.

Collaborating with Sales, Finance, Supply Chain and Contracts Management, you will ensure accurate data, forecast volumes, and effective onboarding of new contracts while maintaining high-quality standards across

Qualifications

• Experience leading an administration/order processing team and driving performance improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Sales Ops order processing team to meet SLA objectives across all verticals.
• Coordinate with Sales, Finance, Supply Chain and Contracts Management to ensure smooth order processing.
• Mobilise new contracts and allocate resources to multi-functional teams for account setup on platforms.
• Develop talent within the team and drive high-quality delivery and data quality.

Skills

People management

Cross-functional collaboration

Continuous Improvement

Forecasting

Data-driven decisions

Effective communication

Delegation

Analytical skills

Tools

Credit checking systems

Operational platforms

Job description

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

• 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

• 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

(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