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Customer Service Advisor

Absolutely Recruitment
Posted 12 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Surbiton, Surrey KT6 6HL, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position is for a Customer Service Advisor based in Chessington, Surrey, offering a salary between £25,000 and £27,000 per annum.
  • This is a permanent, full-time office-based role requiring 37.5 hours of work per week.
  • Candidates should have 1-2 years of experience in a call center or customer-facing role, along with strong communication and IT skills.
  • Key responsibilities include managing customer communications, handling inquiries via various channels, and performing general administrative tasks.
  • The ideal candidate should be committed to providing excellent customer service and be a flexible, multi-tasking team player.

Customer Service Advisor

Salary: £25,000 - £27 00 per annum

PERMANENT Full time, office -based role - 37.5 Hours per week

Based in Chessington, Surrey

IMMEDIATE ROLE !

We are currently recruiting for a Customer Service Advisor on behalf of our client, a well- established and highly successful organisation based in the Chessington area. The role of the Customer Service Advisor is to primarily manage customer communications and provide a high quality of customer service

Key Responsibilities:

The Advisor is in the front line of customer communication, a professional understanding of what makes first-class customer service is also important, as are flexibility, multi-tasking, and problem-solving skills.

  • To handle customer enquires via incoming calls, post, email, and webchat in a friendly, prompt, accurate and sufficient manner
  • To efficiently manage general administrative tasks, updating customer accounts and dealing with correspondence
  • To work across other sections within Operations where workload, scheduling and skillsets require. These include but are not limited to order processing, payment processing, returns, and collating personalised items ready for packing as well as other general administrative tasks
  • A good understanding of the computer enquiry screens is required. To be fully conversant with the Customer Service menus and know how to quickly obtain the information needed
  • All telephone calls are priority and should be answered as quickly as possible. Ensuring there is adequate phone cover when leaving the workstation for any reason.
  • When speaking to a customer on the telephone, always be polite and professional; aiming to answer their query as quickly and efficiently as possible without making them feel rushed.
  • All postal correspondence and emails should be answered within 24 hours of receipt. Ensure that all answers to questions raised in the communication follow the guidelines laid out by the Customer Service Supervisor. Seek advice from colleague or Supervisor if unsure, particularly where legal issues are concerned
  • Ensure that all requests from the customer are actioned accurately and sufficiently
  • Raise awareness of repetitive complaints or potential problems, with the Customer Service Supervisor
  • Be aware of and aim to meet the department’s targets

Person Specification:

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

  • A commitment to providing good customer service
  • Excellent telephone manner
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Focused and self-motivated
  • Patient and tactful
  • Enthusiastic team player
  • Keen to learn
  • Strong IT skills
  • The ability to enter information and supply information quickly and accurately
  • Good numeric skills and capable of multi-tasking
  • 1-2 years’ experience of working in a call centre or in a customer facing role
  • Stable work history

It is preferred that candidates live within an easily commutable distance from Chessington.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.