B2b Customer Service Team Leader

4 weeks ago


Stroud, United Kingdom Ecotricity Group Limited Full time

**Location: Stroud**

**Salary Details: £24,000-£27,000**

**Advertising End Date: 31 Jan 2023**

**About The Role**

We’re excited to be recruiting for a new Team Leader to lead a team of up to 10 Energy Experts to deliver exceptional customer service, whilst driving performance across departmental, regulatory and contractual agreements within our exciting Business department. This is a new role to join out already existing two team leaders managing the Standard B2B Service space.

The department itself is a fast-paced & ever-changing environment, dealing with all aspects of the B2B energy supply world, from metering & billing, to business moves & customer front line service & complaints.

We’re looking for a self-starter to confidently manage a range of processes, help drive down the number of unbilled accounts, work items and subsequently reduce debt within the B2B space, and prevent and reduce complaints, whilst maintaining our excellent front line service through coaching and training.

In post, you’ll work closely with the existing Team Leaders and look to improve on our existing processes to reduce cost to serve within the team - we want you to get creative in the way in which we work today.

**About You**

You’ll have a ‘can do’ proactive attitude, be people centric and able to take a measured approach to workload management, enabling delivery of key targets.

In order to succeed in the role, you’ll be extremely organised and commercially aware, with the ability to foresee future challenges that may arise and plan to mitigate against them. You’ll have experience in people management and any experience in client or 3rd Party management will be advantageous.

Most importantly, you’ll be a great leader who works with their people to help better development them. You’ll also have a proven track record in being able to motivate a team and lead them through change.

**Behaviours**
- A strong leader and an exceptional team player who builds open and supportive relationships both internally and externally.
- Strong emotional intelligence - able to utilise a range of management techniques to get the best out of your team.
- Open, flexible and adaptable approach to work.
- Able to effectively prioritise and reprioritise.
- Solutions focused and resourceful.
- Committed to continual improvement.
- Engaging and motivating attitude and style.
- Methodical and organised at managing both own and team workload - self starter.
- Is receptive to feedback and acts accordingly.
- Creative and innovative.

**Core Responsibilities**
- Managing the ongoing development of the B2B team including managing staff performance against agreed objectives & skills levels.
- Ensure that under performance is managed through utilisation of the performance support scheme best practice, in line with our People team’s process and policy.
- Ensure regular 121’s are completed for all staff and ensure delivery of regular coaching sessions.
- Effectively recruit new team members and facilitate their training.
- Ensure the team delivers exceptional customer experience to all customers.
- To reduce the number of complaints that we receive and to identify areas that need to be improved and facilitate training to support.
- To deal with complaints in the company SLA periods and to uphold both the internal and external reporting processes.
- Oversee a range of operational processes to ensure bill timeliness and customer retention.
- Create and maintain strong relationships with the wider business, recognising and delivering improvements for our customers and/ or staff.
- Work closely with our Onboarding, Sales & Strategic teams to improve our customer relationships and service.
- Work with our business debt team by ensuring we bill our customers on time to reduce debt.
- Ensure we are industry compliant within our area and adhere to agreed deadlines and regulation.
- Produce regular reports to agreed timescales and to complete any other reporting or monitoring of workload as requested.
- Work closely with our team of Analysts to help gain insight into our performance as business across an industry, team and departmental point of view.

**Knowledge, skills and experience**:

- Experience of team leadership with a proven track record.
- Ability to multi-task and run multiple workstreams, using own initiative.
- Ability to assess, analyse and make commercially aware decisions.
- Numerate with excellent attention to detail and problem-solving ability.
- High level of computer literacy, ideally with experience of Excel, SAP and Salesforce.
- Excellent planning and organisational skills.
- Strong verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work dynamically and accurately under pressure.
- Proven track record in meeting agreed KPIs and adhere to Project timelines.
- Ability to engage with external regulators and 3rd party organisations.
- Energy industry literate would be advantageous.

**About Us**

**What's in it for you...**



  • Stroud, United Kingdom Juice Recruitment Ltd Full time

    Juice is delighted to be supporting a leading organisation within the green energy industry in their search for a Customer Service Team Leader to support their busy, B2B service team. Working alongside two additional team leaders, you will be tasked with managing a team of up to 10 advisors, to deliver exceptional customer service, whilst driving...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom JUICE RECRUITMENT Full time

    Juice is delighted to be supporting a leading organisation within the green energy industry in their search for a Customer Service Team Leader to support their busy, B2B service team. Working alongside two additional team leaders, you will be tasked with managing a team of up to 10 advisors, to deliver exceptional customer service, whilst driving...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom JUICE RECRUITMENT Full time

    Juice is delighted to be supporting a leading organisation within the green energy industry in their search for a Customer Service Team Leader to support their busy, B2B service team. Working alongside two additional team leaders, you will be tasked with managing a team of up to 10 advisors, to deliver exceptional customer service, whilst driving...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom GB Solutions Full time

    £30,000 - Stroud - Sales - Contract **Customer Service Team Leader** **£30,000** **12 month FTC** **Stroud** We are seeking a Customer Service Team Leader to join our well-known, friendly client, in Stroud. The successful Customer Service Team Leader will be supporting a small team of administrators, helping set their day-to-day tasks, and ensuring...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom Juice Recruitment Ltd Full time

    Juice Recruitment are thrilled to be supporting a leading green energy company in their search for a B2B Customer Relationship Manager. If you are someone that is passionate about providing excellent customer service for important business customers andlooking to broaden your skills and management knowledge further, then this is the perfect role for...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom Ecotricity Group Limited Full time

    Our Energy Experts are a one stop shop for any customer query, we are using cutting edge technology to get our customers talking to the right person - first time. We don’t give our people scripts we want you to be yourself while helping our customers at the same time. The role will have a mixture of inbound work but also outbound for any assigned...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom Ecotricity Full time

    About The RoleOur Energy Experts are a one stop shop for any customer query, we are using cutting edge technology to get our customers talking to the right person - first time. We don’t give our people scripts we want you to be yourself while helping our customers at the same time.The role will have a mixture of inbound work but also outbound for any...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom Ecotricity Group Limited Full time

    As we move into a rapid period of growth within the Ecotricity B2B arena, we are looking for a Quality Administrator to join our B2B Teams. As the Quality Administrator, you will be responsible for assessing the accuracy and performance of both customer lead interaction and industry core tasks across the B2B and Microtricity department, to ensure a positive...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom Ecotricity Full time

    About The Role Our Energy Experts are a one stop shop for any customer query, we are using cutting edge technology to get our customers talking to the right person - first time. We don’t give our people scripts we want you to be yourself while helping our customers at the same time. The role will have a mixture of inbound work but also outbound for any...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom Ecotricity Full time

    About The RoleIf you would like to know a bit more about this opportunity, or are considering applying, then please read the following job information.Our Energy Experts are a one stop shop for any customer query, we are using cutting edge technology to get our customers talking to the right person - first time. We don’t give our people scripts we want you...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom Ecotricity Full time

    About The RoleOur Energy Experts are a one stop shop for any customer query, we are using cutting edge technology to get our customers talking to the right person - first time. We don’t give our people scripts we want you to be yourself while helping our customers at the same time. The role will have a mixture of inbound work but also outbound for any...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom Ecotricity Full time

    About The Role Our Energy Experts are a one stop shop for any customer query, we are using cutting edge technology to get our customers talking to the right person - first time. We don’t give our people scripts we want you to be yourself while helping our customers at the same time. The role will have a mixture of inbound work but also outbound for any...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom Ecotricity Full time

    About The RoleOur Energy Experts are a one stop shop for any customer query, we are using cutting edge technology to get our customers talking to the right person - first time. We don’t give our people scripts we want you to be yourself while helping our customers at the same time. The role will have a mixture of inbound work but also outbound for any...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom Ecotricity Full time

    About The RoleOur Energy Experts are a one stop shop for any customer query, we are using cutting edge technology to get our customers talking to the right person - first time. We don’t give our people scripts we want you to be yourself while helping our customers at the same time. The role will have a mixture of inbound work but also outbound for any...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom Ecotricity Full time

    About The RoleOur Energy Experts are a one stop shop for any customer query, we are using cutting edge technology to get our customers talking to the right person - first time. We don’t give our people scripts we want you to be yourself while helping our customers at the same time. The role will have a mixture of inbound work but also outbound for any...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom Ecotricity Full time

    About The RoleIf you would like to know a bit more about this opportunity, or are considering applying, then please read the following job information.Our Energy Experts are a one stop shop for any customer query, we are using cutting edge technology to get our customers talking to the right person - first time. We don’t give our people scripts we want you...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom Ecotricity Full time

    About The RoleIf you would like to know a bit more about this opportunity, or are considering applying, then please read the following job information.Our Energy Experts are a one stop shop for any customer query, we are using cutting edge technology to get our customers talking to the right person - first time. We don’t give our people scripts we want you...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom Ecotricity Full time

    About The RoleOur Energy Experts are a one stop shop for any customer query, we are using cutting edge technology to get our customers talking to the right person - first time. We don’t give our people scripts we want you to be yourself while helping our customers at the same time. The role will have a mixture of inbound work but also outbound for any...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom Ecotricity Full time

    About The RoleOur Energy Experts are a one stop shop for any customer query, we are using cutting edge technology to get our customers talking to the right person - first time. We don’t give our people scripts we want you to be yourself while helping our customers at the same time. The role will have a mixture of inbound work but also outbound for any...


  • Stroud, United Kingdom Ecotricity Full time

    The Customer Relationship Manager is the day to day contact at Ecotricity for our high value/strategic business customers. You will own a portfolio of customers and will be their go to person to get things done.The role itself is hands on, managing the entire service journey for your customers, from registration of new sites, to ensuring their bill is sent...