Customer Service Representative
Job Description
Rewards and Benefits on offer:
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- You will only be working Monday to Friday, and from the hours of 09:00 – 19:00. Though only 8-hour shifts. \n
- You will also be required to work every other Saturday, from 09:00 – 13:00. \n
- A permanent contract from day one. \n
- Working with a friendly customer base. \n
- Superb team culture – everyone is very friendly, warm, and welcoming. \n
- An excellent training programme for the first 4 weeks. \n
- Option for hybrid working, following successful completion of probation/training period. \n
- Newcastle based offices. \n
- Car Parking facilities onsite. \n
- 25 days holidays + bank holidays increasing to 28 after 5 years \n
- Cycle to work scheme \n
- Free Flu Jabs around flu season for those that wish to have them \n
- Metro pass season ticket loan \n
- EAP – Employee Assistance Programme \n
- Company Pension Scheme \n
- A very secure, very well-established employer, with long term career progression. \n
Your New Career Opportunity:
\nMTrec Commercial is proudly representing our incredibly prestigious award-winning Newcastle based client with their plans for growth and expansion, for their state-of-the-art Customer Service operation.
\nThey are now looking to recruit a permanent Customer Service Representative as soon as possible to join their highly trained team and to work in an unbelievable office environment.
\nIf you have a background in customer services and you can provide a great customer experience, please apply for an immediate response. You must be IT literate, experienced in dealing with customers in a professional manner and be able to also respond to customer service calls and emails.
\nYou will be joining a truly expanding and dynamic company, a superb team-based culture, and huge opportunities to progress and advance your career. The company are looking for committed and hard-working customer service orientated individuals who are looking for a long-term permanent job opportunity.
\nThe job you will be doing:
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- Managing inbound telephone calls from clients and prospective clients. \n
- Offering appropriate quotations to customers using relevant procedures and systems. Relaying this information to the client in a durable and understandable medium. \n
- Responding to customer emails. \n
- Assisting with technical queries. \n
- Competent/compliant knowledge of all products and services offered to both commercial and retail customers ensuring all sales/files are processed in a compliant manner. \n
- First line response to incoming calls \n
- Accurately and speedily set up new claims \n
- Accurate recording allowing speedy closure and optimum settlement in accordance with targets and statutory limits. \n
- Professional handling of calls to ascertain liability and move forward in a positive manner. \n
- Record all relevant information to reduce potential costs and identify indemnity concerns. \n
- Makes outbound calls when appropriate \n
- Applies relevant notes to claims so that the next handler is fully aware of salient points of claim. \n
- Accurately setting up of new claims with all preliminary tasks completed. \n
- Proactively manages third party captures. \n
- Communicates with brokers where necessary. \n
About you:
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- Experience within a customer service type background – ideally, we are looking for someone who has worked in an office-based setting and received inbound calls. This could be from any office type environment; the business sector is completely open. \n
- An essential requirement is being able to demonstrate good longevity and tenure in your job roles. \n
- Experience of service-based sales, where you have crossed sold or up sold a product or service. The requirement is not out-bound sales or cold calling. \n
- Confident telephone manner and to be able to present to your customers in a clear and concise manner. \n
- Strong spoken and written communication skills. \n
- You must be IT iterate and be able to provide a customer service response via emails where required. \n
- Key qualities to possess for the role are a positive, friendly and customer orientated attitude \n
- High attention to detail \n
- Strong time management and organisational skills \n
- A pro-active attitude with a self-starter attitude \n
- You will be looking for a long-term career move \n
