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Phil Wiffen

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Engineering Manager at Co-op
📍 United Kingdom

Phil Wiffen is a people-first Engineering Manager at Co-op, where he leads the E-commerce team. With a background that includes a CCNA and certifications in Agile and Management, he focuses on creating supportive environments. Colleagues consistently describe him as empathetic, compassionate, a great leader, and a true team player passionate about continuous improvement.

He is passionate about mentoring, coaching, diversity, and inclusion, with a strong belief in fostering authenticity and vision. Phil values his role as a husband and father, having previously taken a career break to focus on full-time parenting and family life, which underscores his people-centric approach both in and out of the workplace.

Unique fact: He once published a curated list of completely free IT training resources to help others diversify their careers.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Engineering Manager
Job Level
Middle
Location
United Kingdom
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People-First Leadership
His profile headline is "I care about people, engineering, and product" and his introduction heavily emphasizes fostering supportive environments for his team.
E-commerce Engineering
He currently leads the engineering team responsible for building and supporting Co-op's e-commerce platform, shop. coop. co. uk.
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Career

Work history

6-2024
Engineering Manager
Co-op
7-2023 - 6-2024
Consultant: Interim Software Development Manager, Fractional Engineering Manager
Impellr
7-2023 - 9-2023
Software Development Manager
Cambridge Intelligence
2-2022 - 4-2022
Full-time parenting
Career Break
12-2020 - 2-2022
Technical Marketing Manager (Senior Technical Marketing Engineer)
Citrix
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Education
2003 - 2005
CCNA
Cambridge Regional College
2001 - 2003
AVCE
Cambridge Regional College
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