Customer Care Co-ordinator

Barratt Redrow; Northampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Competitive Bonus Scheme

Private Medical Cover

26 days’ holiday

Choice of Flexible Benefits

Enhanced Family Friendly Policies

Job summary

A leading housebuilder in Northampton is seeking a Customer Care professional to support home buyers after their purchase. The role entails ensuring compliance with customer care policies, managing customer issues, and providing administrative support. Ideal candidates will have experience in customer service, strong communication skills, and proficiency in MS Office. Competitive salary, bonus, and benefits such as private medical cover and a pension scheme are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in a professional secretarial/administration role.
• Previous experience in a fast-paced customer service environment.
• Self-disciplined with excellent time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with safety policies.
• Handle customer issues professionally and efficiently.
• Coordinate administrative support for the department.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Intermediate to advanced MS Office proficiency

Ability to manage multiple priorities

Team player

Customer service experience

Assertiveness

Time management skills

Job description

What you’ll be doing

The Customer Care team make sure home buyers receive the very best care following their home buying experience.

Being in a customer-facing role with us is a little bit different than most businesses. Our customers expect their homes to be of the highest standard, and you’ll make sure they are, by being on hand with answers and practical help. Because of the things you’ll be dealing with we look, ideally, for construction or building experience. More importantly than that though, is your passion for quality and professionalism.

Reporting to either the Head of Customer Care or Customer Care Office Manager, to support the Head of Customer Care in managing all customer-related issues through to resolution, by direct communications with our internal and external customers, coordinating the administration of the department to ensure it operates efficiently and effectively.

Responsibilities

• Ensure personal and team compliance with all relevant SHE policies and procedures, putting the safety of our teams as first priority.
• To fully adhere to the Barratt Redrow standard Customer Care policies and procedures, ensuring that all issues raised by our customers are dealt with professionally, quickly and to their complete satisfaction.
• Ensure all contacts (calls, emails, online, Social Media) received are handled professionally and courteously, with all issues appropriately recorded in the Company’s IT system.
• Coordinate with colleagues to ensure the department provides continual telephone cover throughout the working day.
• Arrange the inspection of remedial enquiries where necessary to agree valid warranty issues.
• Liaise between Site Management teams, Customer Care Technicians and external Sub-contractors to ensure all remedial works are completed efficiently, in accordance with the NHBC Buildmark Warranty (or any other warranty provider) and in line with the company’s stated Service Level Agreements.
• Communicate with the Head of Customer Care to ensure all defects are dealt with by the appropriate personnel and in a cost-effective manner.
• Utilise the IT system and associated reporting to manage resolution of defects and identify to the Head of Customer Care where performance is falling below expected levels.
• Liaise with the Commercial/Buying departments to order materials in accordance with arrangements made for defect resolution and complete contra-charges where applicable.
• Liaise with all other departments to ensure customer enquiries or concerns are addressed professionally and efficiently.
• Provide administrative support for the Department, to include handling and responding to all customer correspondence, electronic and paper filing, production of reports, record Action Logs (a record of minutes or actions arising from a meeting/project) for internal meetings.
• Attend appropriate internal meetings to represent the department and be the voice of the customer, promoting improvements in service delivery across functions.
• Undertake post-completion satisfaction calls to customers.
• Manage customer complaints and resolve legacy issues, where appropriate, efficiently and effectively.
• Ensure subcontractors and suppliers perform in adherence with our company SLA, and utilise the Contra Charge Process where applicable.
• Update weekly reports and distribute to relevant personnel.
• Promote and act in accordance with all Group values, systems, policies and procedures.
• Carry out other appropriate ad hoc duties as and when required.

What You’ll Need

• Experience of working in a professional secretarial/administration role.
• Previous experience in a demanding and fast paced customer service environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Intermediate to advanced level of proficiency with MS Office programs, with excellent keyboard skills.
• A strong team player, supportive of colleagues.
• Assertive, tenacious, with an ability to influence others and be resilient to challenging customer demands.
• Self–disciplined, with excellent time management skills and the ability to coordinate a number of priorities.
• Ability to multi-task, and work efficiently and accurately under pressure.
• Professional, assertive and pleasant manner in dealing with internal and external customers and contacts.

Benefits

We’ve been nationally recognised as a 5 star housebuilder since 2010 for supplying high-quality homes for all generations. That’s more than any other major housebuilder. It’s because we combine the brightest minds, the latest technology, and a genuine commitment to putting customers first. We want the best people in the industry to help us shape the future of building.

• Competitive Salary
• Competitive Bonus Scheme
• Private Medical Cover – Single Cover
• 26 days’ holiday (increase by 1 day for every 3 years’ continuous service up to 29 days)
• Choice of Flexible Benefits
• Enhanced Family Friendly Policies

Private medical cover

Private healthcare support is available for timely access to a virtual GP, for diagnosis, treatment and more — including physio and talking therapies. You can even add family members.

Pension

First-class pension schemes with the option of up to 10% employer contributions.

Annual Health Assessment

All colleagues are able to access a fully funded annual health assessment, helping you to proactively manage your health and wellbeing.

Financial Benefits

As well as a competitive salary, we offer many ways to make life more affordable – from access to employee loans and savings accounts, to house purchase discounts.

Lifestyle Benefits

Cycle to Work scheme, reduced hotel rate, discounts at major retailers… These make a massive difference to the quality of your lifestyle.

So much more…

From death in service, paid volunteer and study leave, enhanced family friendly policies (including our Parents and Carers leave) to a share buying scheme, we have an incredible range of additional benefits.