Jon Blackwell

Background

About Jon Blackwell

A customer-centric Leader and Senior Manager with extensive experience in a £7bn turnover organisation with nationwide UK and International operations serving a large B2B and B2C customer base, that transformed from public sector to FTSE100 PLC in 2014. Ongoing organisational change and transformation in a regulated and highly competitive sector. Track record supporting executive leadership teams and senior leaders create and execute strategy, business plans and major change initiatives. Proven expertise in thinking strategically whilst maintaining a strong focus on tactical detail, planning and programme-managing change initiatives and orchestrating progress tracking and performance reviews to drive operational excellence. Skilled in networking and relationship building at all levels, with a sound knowledge of business operations gained from working across core business functions of Strategy, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Customer Experience, Operations, Technology and Corporate Affairs. Possesses excellent stakeholder management, collaborative and analytical skills in a highly matrixed environment. Passionate about empowering and supporting people and teams to be the best they can be and creating value through operational excellence. I have undertaken a series of progressive roles throughout a successful career with Royal Mail. Key strengths include: • Synthesising ideas, insight and information into working strategies and plans. • Strong decision making, problem solving, communication and planning skills. • Leading organisational change in complex environments. • Developing, coaching and supporting teams and individuals to achieve goals and objectives.