Customer Service Administrator - Fixed Term

Carrs Billington Agriculture (Sales) Ltd.; Yarnfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural company based in Yarnfield is seeking a Customer Services Representative to ensure customer needs are met and deliver exceptional service. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and experience in customer service. This role offers competitive pay, annual reviews, and a comprehensive benefits package, including health assistance and a pension scheme.

Benefits

An attractive salary package

Generous annual leave

Health Cash Plan for healthcare expenses

Staff Discount on products

Enrollment in pension scheme

Qualifications

• Ability to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working in a customer service environment.
• Ability to adopt a flexible approach to work and be able to adapt to unexpected demands.

Responsibilities

• Ensure customer needs are met efficiently.
• Deliver excellent customer service and recommendations.
• Establish positive working relationships with team members.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience working in a customer service environment

Flexible approach to work

Patience and empathy

Highly organized

Confident IT user

Practical problem solver

Tools

Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

About Us

Every day we provide rural and agricultural communities with the support they need to succeed. Whether they are after a healthier herd or flock, increased yields, faster growth rates, a decent return on their land or even just a helping hand. We have the people, products, and services to help our customers get from where they are now to where they want to be. This is why every role at Carr's Billington is hugely important to our shared success and why we welcome talent from across all different backgrounds to work across our retail, feed, machinery, fuel and central support divisions.

Carr's Billington Agriculture is a subsidiary company of The Billington Group, who are also the proud owner of Criddle & Co., English Provender Company and Billington Foods.

The Job

To take responsibility for ensuring customer needs are met in a professional and efficient manner to ensure the effective operation of the Customer Services function. Work closely with all colleagues, sites, and branches to ensure appropriate support to the wider business is provided in compliance with the Company policy. Ensure customer service is of the highest standard to actively promote the products and services offered by the company.

• To portray a positive image of the company and its values in a professional manner.
• To deliver excellent customer service to customers by understanding their needs, provide recommendations with integrity, and deliver first rate solutions, taking into account costs and operating efficiency constraints.
• To help team members achieve team success and assist with the induction of new employees as/when required.
• To actively establish positive working relationships with all team members and adopt a proactive approach to taking on additional responsibilities to support other colleagues and functions across the business.
• To interact with external suppliers with product enquiries/sales and coordinate purchase and sale agreements in a professional manner.
• To act on feedback from customers to improve customer service and use customer problems as opportunity to improve and adapt by informing the complaints division and all relevant colleagues.
• To observe and ensure that you comply with all Company and Group policies and procedures, those relating to Safety, Quality and Health and Environmental.
• To ensure all relevant legislation and approved codes of practice are adhered to in respect of ongoing compliance, including but not limited to UFAS, FIAS, and NOPS assurance schemes.
• To comply with site security arrangements and report any security risks to the Site Manager. Ensure all visitors, customers and contractors to the site are dealt with courteously and that they comply with site safety requirements.

Essential: Skills, Experience and Qualities

• Ability to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working in a customer service environment.
• Ability to adopt a flexible approach to work and be able to adapt to unexpected demands.
• Demonstrate patience and empathy.
• Highly organised approach to work.
• Confident IT user, including a working knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Be a practical problem solver.

Desirable

• Experience of working within agricultural.
• Experience of D365 or other customer ordering programs.

Benefits

As part of The Billington Group we offer a wide range of employee benefits including:

• An attractive salary package.
• Annual salary reviews in September each year.
• A minimum of 25 days annual leave.
• Opportunity to work for a well-established family-owned business with ambitions for growth and innovation.

Your Health

• Health Assured: Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which offers counselling and health and wellbeing advice.
• Sick pay: Generous company sick pay entitlement.
• Health Cash Plan: A health cash plan allowing colleagues to claim back money spent on everyday health care such as optical, dental, physiotherapy and much more.

Your Lifestyle

• Staff Discount: Colleagues are eligible for a generous staff discount on selected products at our Country Stores.
• Cycle to work scheme: A salary sacrifice scheme saving you tax on the purchase of a new bicycle and associated equipment.
• Flexible life assurance and critical illness cover: Choose to increase the level of life assurance cover already provided to you by the company or add critical illness cover, all at preferential rates.
• My Savings Hub: Access to an exclusive member's discount website with over 3,500 brands where you can save money and earn cashback on spends from grocery shopping to holidays.
• Salary finance benefits: Savings schemes, preferential rate loans and wage advances all through payroll as well as tools for financial education.

Your Future

• Pension: Enrolment into the Company pension scheme after 3 months of employment.
• Training & Development: Role specific training and ongoing training and development opportunities identified through our annual appraisal process.