Position: Customer Services Administrator/Inbound Call Agent
Department: Customer Services
Term of Employment: Permanent – Full Time
Hours: 37.5 hrs. per week, Monday to Friday between the hours of 8.00am-5.00pm
Salary: £10.91 rising to £11.24 after probation period
Reporting to: Customer Services Manager
About Us:
Gas Direct (formerly Dixons Gas) have been supplying Northeast Businesses with cylinder gases for over forty years and in this time have grown from a small family run company to one of the largest independently run cylinder gas suppliers in the UK and now continues to thrive as a subsidiary for Air Products PLC but with a stand-alone business identity and development plan backed up with robust financial strength.
We have an excellent reputation within the industry which has been achieved by remaining true to our core values:
- An excellent customer experience is our primary aim.
- Quality is a given at a good price for the customer.
- Always provide the best value solution for our customers.
- Our employees are our main asset.
Role Description:
Reporting to the Customer Services Manager, this position is the first point of contact for our customers when contacting Gas Direct by phone or e-mail. The role will be responsible for providing an excellent service to our customers, taking ownership of issues and seeing them through to resolution.
This role will be required to interact with agents and customers, by phone and e-mail, and to liaise with numerous other departments such as Operations, Scheduling and Credit Control therefore effective communication skills are essential. A high-level of organization, accuracy and attention to detail are also critical.
Role Responsibilities:
- Responding to customer orders by phone or e-mail, ensuring the order is placed in SAP and the customer is given accurate information about when to expect their delivery.
- Responding to customer enquiries by phone or e-mail, ensuring the customer is provided with a satisfactory response in a timely manner.
- To ensure all measurable KPIs are adhered to for example lost calls and email response times.
- Maintaining and updating customer account master data, or engaging the Customer Master Data team when changes cannot be made locally.
- Taking card payments via telephone.
- Logging customer disputes and resolving them where possible or engaging with other teams as required to ensure resolution.
· Providing other support within the Sales Administration team as required to ensure customer expectations are met.
· To operate safely within the work environment using BSP to maintain safety standards and look for improvements.
Ideal Candidate:
· A strong telephone manner
· Good communication skills
· Attention to detail
· Calm, respectful and professional in sometimes challenging situations
· Brings a positive and can-do attitude to the team.
Essential Experience / Skills:
- Computer literate
- Ability to complete set admin tasks
- Reliable / Flexible to change
- Able to organize and prioritize workload in a busy office
- Provide full admin support to your team members
Preferred Experience / Skills:
- Excellent communication skills
- Previous SAP experience
- Good knowledge of general administration work
- Ideally 1 year + experience in a similar role but flexibility exists for enthusiastic intelligent candidates who can demonstrate an ability to learn quickly and adapt.
Interview Process:
Initial interviews will be notified by email and conducted by telephone
Second round of successful candidates will be invited to our Newcastle office for further discussions.
Job Types: Temporary contract, Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6/12 months
Salary: £10.91-£11.24 per hour
Expected hours: 37.5 per week
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Loyalty bonus
- Yearly bonus
COVID-19 considerations:
All required PPE will be supplied to employees
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 1NF: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Customer service: 1 year (required)
- Administration: 1 year (required)
- SAP: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
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