Customer Service Manager

Recruiter
Confidential
Location
Nottingham
Salary
Competitive
Posted
21 Jul 2021
Closes
18 Aug 2021
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Recruitment | Training | Business Advice & Consultancy

Vacancy profile

Job Title: Customer Service Manager

Location: Nottingham

Salary: GBP40,000 - GBP45,000 p/a

Type: Full-time, permanent

Our client is the leading European innovator of customer driven inventory-as-a-service solutions.

They are looking for a dynamic and highly experienced Customer Service Desk Manager, with excellent leadership and people management skills and who is used to managing changeable environments particularly during periods of company growth.

The Role

You will be responsible for managing the daily operations of the CTS Team, helping to ensure that the Customer Support Help Desk runs seamlessly and is constantly developing and improving

You'll be responsible for performance, ensuring all operational requirements are in line with agreed KPIs and SLAs

Build and maintain relationships with 3rd party suppliers/partners/vendors to ensure their performance is in line with Company standards and expectations

Act as a point of escalation, monitoring response rates and the progression of all services, managing and resolving any escalated issues

Manage emergency incidents, planned downtime and other service interruptions, effectively communicating updates to the business.

Act as the Helpdesk representative at internal and external meetings, producing reports and data as necessary.

Coach and develop team leaders and team colleagues in line with company values

Use systems to develop and identify reports to identify areas of change, development and improvement

Promote a culture of continuous improvement

Maintaining open and meaningful communication with internal and external stakeholders

As appropriate, lead, attend and participate in meetings with the senior leadership team, team leaders and team members

Make a positive impact on the business by always promoting best practice standards
The Candidate

Strong proven management, supervisory leadership experience in a Service/Help Desk and/or customer service environment is essential with the ability to lead and service others

Ideally, previous experience of working within the IT Solutions industry

Knowledge and understanding of relevant industry standards

Must be flexible and able to work outside of core office hours where the business needs require

Excellent organisation and time management skills with the ability to work to tight deadlines

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to persuade, influence, negotiate and quickly establish effective working relationships

Ability to identify problems, provide solutions and implementing the most appropriate actions.

You will have experience in performance managing a team, have strong motivational skills and be able to deliver quality outputs, including KPIs and objectives, within agreed timescales