Customer Service Advisor

GB Recruitment (England, Scotland, Wales); Hardingstone; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

33 days annual leave

Employer pension contribution (8%)

Employee pension contribution (4%)

Free confidential GP consultations

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Loans and mortgage advice

Job summary

DHL Supply Chain in Northampton is seeking a Customer Services Advisor for a 6-month fixed-term, full-time contract. You will handle customer enquiries, resolve issues, maintain records and generate reports to support continuous improvement and KPI achievement.

The role requires at least 3 years UK residency for DBS checks, experience in logistics or similar, and strong English communication skills. A professional, organised approach is essential for handling multiple requests and deadlines.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years UK residency for DBS check.
• Experience in logistics, warehousing or supply chain.
• Confident communicator with relationship-building skills.
• Organised and able to manage multiple enquiries, priorities and deadlines.
• Experience using CRM systems and producing accurate reports.
• Strong English communication skills and secondary education standard.

Responsibilities

• Manage and resolve customer enquiries through CRM systems, ensuring accurate and timely responses.
• Liaise with customers and internal departments to coordinate issue resolution and maintain service standards.
• Produce customer, supplier, and operational performance reports within required timescales.
• Support customer projects and process improvement activities to meet contractual KPIs and account plans.
• Proactively communicate service changes, contingency plans, and business updates to customers and stakeholders.

Skills

Customer service

CRM systems

Report production

Communication skills

Time management

Education

Secondary education

Job description

6-Month Fixed-Term Contract Opportunity Grade: RCS O Contract Type: Temporary, 6 months (Full-Time) Shift patterns: Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm Location: Northampton, NN4 7BW Are you passionate about delivering excellent customer service? Do you enjoy solving problems and building strong relationships with customers and internal teams? As a Customer Services Advisor, you will act as a key point of contact for customers, managing enquiries, resolving issues, maintaining customer records, producing reports, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives to ensure outstanding service delivery across the operation. A TYPICAL DAY MAY INVOLVE

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and resolve customer enquiries through CRM systems, ensuring accurate and timely responses.
• Liaise with customers and internal departments to coordinate issue resolution and maintain service standards.
• Produce customer, supplier, and operational performance reports within required timescales.
• Support customer projects and process improvement activities to meet contractual KPIs and account plans.
• Proactively communicate service changes, contingency plans, and business updates to customers and stakeholders.

This role would suit people who

• A minimum of 3 years UK residency for DBS check.
• Someone with previous customer service experience, ideally within a logistics, warehousing, or supply chain environment.
• A confident communicator who enjoys building relationships and resolving customer issues.
• An organised individual who can manage multiple enquiries, priorities, and deadlines effectively.
• A candidate with experience using CRM systems and producing accurate reports.
• Essential: Strong English communication skills and education to secondary school standard or equivalent.

Why join us

• Free parking and on-site canteen
• 33 days annual leave
• Join our generous pension scheme and benefit from an 8% employer contribution, alongside a 4% employee contribution
• Free confidential 24/7 GP consultations
• Hundreds of retail and lifestyle discounts
• Affordable loans, savings schemes and free mortgage advice
• Visit https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/working-at-dhl-supply-chain to learn more

Who we are

We're the global leaders in supply chain management with 188,000 people in over 50 countries. Our expert teams work together to deliver for our customers across a range of industries including retail, automotive, healthcare and more.

Building an inclusive workplace

At DHL, we're all about creating a workplace where everyone's skills and experiences matter, and where you can be your true self every day. As proud supporters of the Armed Forces Covenant, we value the skills and experience of ex-service personnel and are dedicated to helping our veterans find jobs.

Please be aware that interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place during the week commencing 23rd November. Applications received after this date may not be considered but will be added to our talent pool for future opportunities, subject to your consent. Please also be aware that we review applications continuously and where we have a large number of applications the application period may close ahead of the provisional interview date. To ensure your application is considered we recommend submitting it as early as possible.