Head of Customer Service

6 days ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom Glu Recruit LTD Full time

**Ref: 158**

**Role:Head of Customer Service**

**Salary: £45,000-£60,000**

**Location: Sheffield**

Our client is a team of 55 and the three founders are still fully involved and leading their continued growth. They are transitioning from a start-up to a scale-up environment and growing the team to enable continued success.

They are a progressive SME who is passionate about developing their technology and offerings to amplify their target market. Having doubled in size in the last 18 months and have a continued growth trajectory, they have huge ambitions for the future makingthis is a very exciting time to join their team.

**The role**:
The Customer Service Team is responsible for supporting all our customers with any queries or issues they may experience. They handle a large volume of contact and orders throughout the year with a peak period over the Summer when the majority of our studentsmove into their new homes for the next academic year.

We are looking for a Head of Customer Service to head up the Customer Service Team with line management of three Team Leaders and in-direct management of approx. 18 Customer Service Advisors. You will be accountable for the successful handling of all customercontact and the management, training, development, and recruitment of the team.

You will enable the team to deliver against business objectives, ensuring each function within the department is operating cohesively. You’ll create and improve processes, collaborating with other departments to ensure processes are fit for purpose, understoodby other departments, and designed with both the customer and commercials in mind.

You’ll report on quantitative and qualitative performance and be expected to deliver to agreed performance indicators. You’ll spot issues and adapt processes quickly to improve efficiency and the customer experience.

As part of the Management Team, you will bring a wealth of experience to influence the wider business strategy.

You’ll report to the Director of Customer Operations and be part of the wider Operations Team.

**Key responsibilities**:

- You will design and write complex processes and training guides, communicating changes effectively to other teams and collaborating on changes which impact multiple teams
- Coach and develop the Team Leaders and manage the team to ensure both the quality and service level targets are met, looking to improve both efficiency and customer experience
- Resource plan for the year based on expected customer numbers and recruit accordingly
- Ensure the team are trained effectively and clear on their role and responsibilities and tasks are clearly allocated
- Collaborate with the other departments to deliver against business objectives cohesively
- Present key stats and performance to the Directors, taking ownership for the success of the department Skills and experience
- 3 years’ minimum experience in a customer service management role, leading a team
- A people person, a leader and someone who knows how to get the best from your team
- You know what good customer service looks like and how to measure it
- You are a problem solver who is proficient in process analysis and design
- You are experienced in training and coaching a team, and managing Customer Service Team Leaders
- You are a great communicator and can make complex processes clear and easy to digest
- You are a collaborator who is comfortable working with a wider team to agree changes and improvements which work for all
- You are proficient in working with data, presenting key performance stats and interpreting data trends
- You understand the commercial considerations when making decisions
- You are a team player who is happy to support others
- You remain calm under pressure - there are peak times when the majority of our student customers move into their homes creating large volumes of account
- Experience of the Energy/Utilities industry is beneficial but not essential. Full training will be given

Glu Recruit LTD are an equal opportunities employer and are acting as a recruitment agent in the hiring of this role.



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