Customer Service Supervisor
- Salary Competitive
- Location Equity House Irthlingborough Road Wellingborough
- Contract Type Permanent
- Hours 38hours
- Closing Date
- Business Unit Booker Group
52.2984, -0.68079
Equity House Irthlingborough Road Wellingborough NN8 1LT
About the role
In conjunction with the Customer Service Manager, providing a full professional service for delivered customers and branches whilst ensuring tasks are completed accurately and efficiently, working within business SLA's. Leading and influencing a team of 15 customer service assistants whilst leading by example. Maintaining a good working knowledge of business operations and policies and ensuring a successful implementation of new company policies, procedures and changes to systems as required. .
Main Responsibilities
- Supervise and influence a team of Customer Services Assistants, whilst leading by example
- Ability to multitask and assist all team members
- Ensure the Customer Service teams daily tasks are completed accurately and efficiently
- Ensure successful and positive implementation of any new company policies, procedures and system changes
- Require excellent written & verbal communication skills due to continual contact with all aspects of the business
- In conjunction with Customer Service Manager, assist with completion of PDP’s / 1-2-1’s & JDI’s
- Ensure good knowledge of business operations and policies are maintained
- Ability to take ownership, showing resilience when dealing with difficult situations
- Be a good team player with a flexible working attitude
- Strong IT skills are essential
Accountable For:
- Successfully planning and managing team working patterns to meet the needs of the business in conjunction with the Customer Service Manager
- Implementing company policy and procedure changes
- Successfully landing company system changes positively
- Supervise, influence and coach the customer service team, ensuring calls / tickets are completed in compliance with system & company policy in conjunction with the Customer Service Manager
- Ensuring team members provide a professional & positive service, using 121 / PDP & JDI meetings and paperwork
- Provide weekly, monthly reports, identifying trends and suggesting changes as required
- Complete all mandatory training within timeframes given
- Ensure all mandatory training is completed for Customer Service team within timeframes given
- Work with the Customer Service Manager to find continual improvement
- Liaising with & Influencing BC & field Management teams
- Champion diversity and inclusion to ensure everyone feels welcome at Booker
- Build a culture which recognises the right behaviours and makes Booker ‘A Place to Get On’.
You will need
- Experience of leading and developing a team and own personal development
- Proven track record of achieving SLA's
- Strong organisational skills
- Strong operational knowledge and proven experience of Call Centre systems Deskpro / Microlise
- Positive in nature, and driven to exceed performance expectations
- Continuous improvement outlook including ways of working and processes
- Ability to take ownership & influence all aspects of the business
Provide timely updates, highlighting barriers to success to the customer service manager
What's in it for you
At Booker, along with being a great place to work and giving you an opportunity to get on in your career, we also offer the following fantastic package of benefits:
- A Booker colleague card with 10% off purchases at Booker and double discount events up to three times a year.
- After 3 months service, a Tesco colleague discount card with 10% increasing to 15% off most purchases at Tesco for a 4 day period after every four-weekly pay day, ie. thirteen times a year. In addition to 10% off at Tesco Cafe and 20% off all F&F purchases.
- 10% off pay monthly & SIM only deals with Tesco Mobile for yourself, along with further great deals through-out the year.
- Up to 30% off car, pet and home insurance at Tesco bank. Terms and conditions apply.
- Free eye test when you spend £50 or more. You can also save 30% when you spend £50 or more on glasses, prescription sunglasses and contact lenses.
- 50% off health checks at Tesco Pharmacy.
- Exclusive access to discounted RAC breakdown cover rates
- An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including a cycle to work scheme.
- After 3 months service, you can join our annual Save As You Earn share scheme which allows you to buy Tesco shares in the future at a discount.
- Retirement savings plan (pension) - save up to 5% and Booker will match your contribution.
- Life Assurance - You are covered for death in service life cover of up to three times annual pay
- Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
- A great holiday package