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Head of Planning, Customer Service Group

Employer
Sky
Location
Livingston
Salary
Negotiable
Closing date
15 Jul 2021

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Sector
Customer Service & Call Centres
Hours
Full Time
Flexibility
Set hours
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 6 countries, make your mark at Europe's leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

 

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Head of Planning to join our Colleague and Customer Planning team and take our forecasting, scheduling, colleague engagement and customer service to the next level.

 

As Head of Planning you'll be leading a team of up to 50 specialists managing the end to end planning for over 5000 colleagues delivering exceptional service to our customers

 

You'll be working in an ever-changing environment where we are continuing to develop our workforce planning tools, processes and systems to keep delighting our customers. You'll be accountable for forecasting and scheduling for a complex multi-skilled operations team, designing best in industry tools and processes that support scaling quickly to manage customer demand whilst providing a great work environment for our operations team

 

We are looking for hands on, data driven leader with excellent engagement skills; who can bring fresh thinking and ideas to inspire the team to build and deliver service excellence and industry leading planning practices

 

What you'll do:

  • Lead and motivate team of specialists to support Customer Operations, ensuring we have detailed plans, strategy and control to enable us to have the correct resources available to support our customers.Accountable for forecast accuracy, value add insight and driving continuous improvementSeek out and maximise best in class planning systems to efficiently manage scale planning operationsAccountable for tools and support required for fast paced and rapidly evolving customer facing operations ensuring the delivery of industry leading customer and colleague experience across voice, retail, field and digital / social channelsDevelop strong working partnerships with our Commercial, Operational and Finance teams to ensure we have aligned and robust plans that maximise value in all our customer interactionsHave a strong voice and direct influence into the Sky Customer Service Group Strategy & DesignDrive Employee engagement scores ahead of channel average and available and ensure relevant PDPs for self and team

What you'll bring:

  • Have a background in complex contact centre or field management forecasting and planning with in-depth knowledge of planning cycle & disciplinesExcellent engagement and communication skills in order to break down complex models into stakeholder languageProven experience of large Workforce Management systems, including optimisation to ensure most efficient use of resourcesTake a data-driven approach to problem solving and decision makingAble to operate both strategically and tactically in a high energy fast paced environmentStrong influencing skills, with ability to take the initiative and drive changeProven leadership abilities, with strong influencing and decision making skillsHave an appreciation of Sky's wider business and prioritiesRelentless focus on continuous improvement to drive improvement initiatives in customer experience and operational efficiency

Customer Service GroupWe enable our people to offer the best service in the country by creating epic experiences. Creating communication and learning experiences to support the most important customer and colleague moments across CSG. Most of all, we are an excitable bunch of creative people with specialist skills in five key areas; planning, idea generation, creative development, experiential and events.

 

The Rewards:There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

 

  • Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one placeA generous pension packagePrivate healthcareDiscounted mobile and broadbandAccess a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences

Where you'll work:Newcastle, Leeds, Dunfermline or LivingstonInclusion:Recognised as an 'Inclusive Top 50 Employer' and a 'Times Top 50 Employer for Women', we're working hard to ensure we're a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and the potential you'll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, So we're happy to discuss flexible working.

 

And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

 

Why wait? Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can't wait to hear from you.

 

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

 

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

 

 

Company

Sky is the operator of the leading multichannel television platform in the UK and Ireland with viewers in 8.6 million households.

Sky was the winner of the Overall Top Employer Award for the 2016 Workingmums.co.uk Top Employer Awards. It was praised by the judges for the strong evidence of its support for diversity, female career progression across the board and family friendly working which was backed up with strong evidence and case studies.

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