We are recruiting a Customer Service Supervisor/Team Leader in Luton for an international company that operates a well-known brand, providing services across the breadth of the UK.  Working at their regional headquarters in Luton where their contact centre of circa 30 staff is based, the Customer Support Supervisor will be responsible for assisting with the operation of the multi-channel contact centre through effective people management and exceptional customer service.  We are seeking candidates with previous customer service and team leading experience from within a contact centre or customer service department.

This is a full time, permanent Monday-Friday position

Duties to include:

• Demonstrating exemplary standards of performance for advisors to emulate
• Delivering on KPI's and SLA's daily
• Managing a team of Customer Service Advisors (multi-channel including social media)
• With proven leadership skills you will be expected to drive performance/resolution through others.
• Drive first time resolution of customer queries and complaints wherever possible
• Ensuring a highly efficient and professional level of responses that reflects the vision and promotes a positive view of the organisation across all channels
• Proactively monitoring and scheduling workload and workflow daily within the department to ensure delivery of agreed service standards across all channels
• Acting as the first point of contact for advisors needing assistance with contact resolution
• Being the point of contact for any escalated customer queries/complaints
• Implementing and carrying out quality control checks ensuring all customers interactions are of the highest standard
• Ensuring any staff issues are dealt with in accordance with company procedures
• Manage Director escalations in the CRM and provide/draft suitable responses
• Actively using customer concerns and feedback to enable learning and improved ways of working
• Managing the training and development for new and existing staff
• Corporate Social Responsibility - Upholding, safeguarding and promoting the reputation and values of the organisation throughout all internal and external business relationships and activities

Candidate requirements:

• Current contact centre experience and demonstrable experience of being comfortable in a fast-paced environment
• Previous experience in a senior (team leader, supervisory) position within a contact centre / customer services environment
• Excellent people management skills
• Excellent communication, organisational, motivational and planning skills
• Ability to provide excellent customer service in a contact centre environment and in line with the organisational vision
• Ability to handle complaints and difficult situations in a calm, patient and effective way
• A strong understanding of the use of technology in a contact centre to how technology can aid the customer services process
• Experience of managing change effectively to meet organisational goals
• Ability to interpret the organisational vision for the team and develop performance measures in line with the vision

Looking for the next step in your career? Think Specialist Recruitment.

Think Specialist Recruitment is an independent support staff recruitment agency based in Hemel Hempstead and working across the Herts, Beds and Bucks area. We specialise in permanent, temporary and contract recruitment with areas of expertise including: administration, customer service/call centre, PA/secretarial, human resources, accountancy and finance, sales admin/sales support, marketing and IT Helpdesk/IT support. 

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