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Aneesa Quan-Soon

Penwortham,Preston

Summary

Senior Contact Centre Operations Leader with deep experience overseeing large-scale, multi-site and multi-channel operations across the UK and international regions. Proven ability to drive operational strategy, workforce transformation, commercial performance and customer experience improvement. Skilled in embedding Target Operating Models, leading complex organisational change and translating transformation programmes into high-performing, scalable BAU operations. Adept at partnering with senior executives across Digital, Product, Compliance, Finance and Technology to shape customer strategy, optimise service delivery and strengthen regulatory alignment. Widely recognised for building engaged, future-ready teams and delivering sustainable performance uplift across service, sales and digital contact environments.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work history

Head of Contact Centre Operations

AO.com
2022.01 - 2026.02
  • Accountable for multi-site operational leadership across UK and offshore centres spanning Sales, Service, QA, CI, Resource Planning and Digital Contact Channels. Responsible for embedding the Target Operating Model post-consolidation of three contact centres, ensuring operational stability, workforce readiness and consistent customer delivery. Oversight of large-scale workforce planning, capacity modelling and performance management for 450+ colleagues. Led operational governance, FCA-aligned compliance, risk management and service quality frameworks. Partnered cross-functionally with Product, Digital, Technology, Compliance and Finance to shape customer strategy, regulatory alignment, and continuous improvement roadmaps. Built a high-performance culture through leadership development, coaching excellence, succession planning and engagement programmes.

Group Head of Quality

AO.com
2020.01 - 2022.01
  • Directed group-wide quality assurance initiatives across UK and Germany to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
    Championed continuous improvement efforts by strengthening quality capabilities across multi-site operations.
    Played a key role in cultural transformation and capability enhancement of operational teams.

Senior Sales Manager

AO.com
2016.01 - 2020.01
  • Led a high-performing sales operation across inbound, outbound, live chat and digital channels with full ownership of revenue delivery and sales strategy. Developed capability across teams, enhanced coaching frameworks and drove scalable performance and growth.

Senior Sales Manager (Outbound Financial Services)

AO.com
2014.01 - 2016.01
  • Managed multiple outbound sales teams, exceeding KPIs consistently through strong leadership, coaching and performance management.

Education

GCSEs - 8 GCSE's including Mathematics and English

Preston, UK
Preston, Lancashire

Skills

  • Operational Strategy & Leadership
  • Contact Centre Management
  • FCA Compliance & Risk Control
  • Customer Experience (CX) Improvement
  • Continuous Improvement & QA Governance
  • Workforce & Capacity Planning
  • Commercial Performance Management
  • Agile Ways of Working
  • Digital & Multi-channel Operations

Languages

English (fluent)
Gujarati (conversational)

Interests

Leadership development & mentoring, Trail running, hiking, endurance sport

Accomplishments

  • Achieved 20% uplift in sales conversion through coaching, optimisation and digital enablement.
  • Contributed to operational delivery enabling over 600k additional customer conversations annually, supporting a reduction of 132k repeat contacts and an 8% uplift in NPS.
  • Partnered with Transformation to embed Agile methodologies, contributing to over £3.9m FY24 efficiency savings, including a 25% reduction in AHT while maintaining service quality across multi-channel operations.
  • Supported operational engagement initiatives contributing to Employee NPS improvement from -54 to +17, reducing employee attrition by 70% through culture transformation and leadership development programmes.
  • Improved audit performance by 15% through strengthened quality governance and assurance frameworks.

Timeline

Head of Contact Centre Operations

AO.com
2022.01 - 2026.02

Group Head of Quality

AO.com
2020.01 - 2022.01

Senior Sales Manager

AO.com
2016.01 - 2020.01

Senior Sales Manager (Outbound Financial Services)

AO.com
2014.01 - 2016.01

GCSEs - 8 GCSE's including Mathematics and English

Preston, UK
Aneesa Quan-Soon