Customer Service Advisor

**Description**:
Are you good at making people feel comfortable and reassured?

Are you looking for a career where you can learn and grow?

Fancy being part of the voice of ScS?

Then we think you’d love working with us as a Customer Service Advisor.

What’s the opportunity?

As part of the Customer Support team, you’ll be responsible for dealing with customer queries once a sale has been processed in store or online. These can include processing payments, updating customers on delivery schedules or any other queries they may have before their furniture have been delivered.

**What does the role involve?**:

- Speaking to customers over the phone, listening to their queries, including complaints and providing a friendly resolution to any problems they may have
- Answering high volume calls within a busy environment, putting the customer at the heart of everything you do
- Diagnosing product issues and arranging follow up appointments with relevant internal teams
- Demonstrate a passion for providing first class customer service
- Dealing with demanding calls in a calm and professional manner

**Who are we looking for?**:
We’re looking for someone who has brilliant communication skills and can make our customers feel comfortable knowing that you’ll do everything you can to help resolve their query.
- Experience within a customer service role - face to face or in a call centre environment
- Experience within an admin role (desirable)
- A good listener - the ability to listen to not only what our customers say but also what they don’t say
- Ability to make and influence decisions and the confidence to solve problems
- A real people person - the ability to build strong relationships with our customers and colleagues
- A team player
- Flexibility to work shift patterns
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- IT literate
- Strong work ethic, resilient, self-starter and a can do attitude

Hours and shift pattern:
We work hand in hand with our retail stores, so our operating hours often reflect their opening times. However we are happy to discuss shifts patterns which suit your needs as well as our customers.

**What’s in it for you?**:

- 33 days holidays including bank holidays
- Employee benefits platform - access to 100s of high street discounts and more - holiday discounts, gym discounts, cinema discounts, e-vouchers, cashback and more
- Colleague Discount
- Career progression
- Long service awards
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave
- Access to our dedicated Employee Assistance Programme - to give you free access to advice and information on a range of topics
- Medicash - low cost health plans
- Virtual GP - Access to a GP service 24/7
- Salary finance scheme
- Pension Scheme
- Death in Service
- Life assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Refer a friend scheme

**About ScS**:
We are one of the UK’s leading sofa specialists, and you can find us on numerous retail parks all over the country.

We have over 100 retail stores, serviced by 9 distribution centres, a Digital Hub based in Coventry and a support centre based in Sunderland. For over a century, ScS has been providing customers with an excellent customer experience, selling beautiful products with outstanding value, quality and choice. Our primary product focus helping customers to create the home they’ll love and that’s where you come in

At ScS, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We believe that diversity in our workforce strengthens our company, sparks innovation, and drives success.

**Our hiring process**:
**Stage 1**:Applied
**Stage 2**:Review
**Stage 3**:Interview
**Stage 4**:Hired