Prior operating role · Abcam/Danaher · Global customer and commercial operations

Better customer performance at materially lower operating cost.

Led a 250-person operation across four continents, improving NPS from −20 to +70 while reducing cost to serve by 45%.

The situation

A 250-person customer and commercial operation served customers across four continents in an environment supporting approximately £450 million in delivered revenue. Performance depended on the whole system: order flow, service design, data, handoffs, accountability and measures.

The decisive change

  • Connected operational measures to the customer and commercial outcomes that mattered
  • Simplified and standardised work where inconsistency created cost or failure
  • Used digital and automation to remove friction
  • Built ownership and operating routines that exposed performance quickly

The result

  • NPS improved from −20 to +70
  • Cost to serve reduced by 45%
  • The operation worked across four continents with clearer control of performance

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