Customer Service Assistant

Animed; Diss; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading animal healthcare company in Diss is looking for a Full-time Customer Care Advisor. In this role, you'll provide exceptional service by answering customer queries and managing orders. You'll be working both on-site and from home, with various benefits including up to 7 weeks of holiday and access to professional development. Strong communication and IT skills are essential for this position.

Benefits

Up to 7 weeks holiday

Flexible benefits like GymFlex

Access to sharesave scheme

Enhanced parental leave

Heavily discounted pet healthcare

Qualifications

• Real people person, happy to engage with customers.
• High level of verbal and written service.
• Ability to listen actively and show empathy.

Responsibilities

• Answer customer telephone calls and Live chats.
• Strive for excellence in customer service.
• Record details of enquiries and feedback accurately.

Skills

Customer service skills

Active listening

IT skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Full-time Customer Care Advisor to join Animed on a permanent basis.

In this role, you will work as part of a contact centre team to ensure customer queries and orders are efficiently responded to and resolved.

Animed was established in 2010 and sells animal medicines, pet food and accessories to customers across the UK.

Responsibilities

• Being there for the customer when needed, answering telephone calls and Live chats through the day.
• Striving for excellence, offering the best level of service to each customer.
• Resolving customer issues in the most efficient time frame.
• Accurately recording details of enquiries, comments and constructive feedback so we can look to continuously improve customer journeys.

Qualifications

• You're a real people person, happy to engage customers through the day, often taking back-to-back calls or Live chats.
• Communication is key, so offering a high level of service, written or verbal, being clear and professional throughout.
• Active listener, understanding what the customer needs, and knowing when to show empathy.
• IT skills, we use multiple systems and being able to comfortably hop between these on calls is important.

This role is 40 hours per week (5 x 8 hour shifts). Preference for the successful candidate to work Monday - Friday, but working a Saturday is an option if this works best for you.

Location

The role will involve a mixture of working in our Diss office (2 days a week) and working from home. Initial Training, however, would need to be two full weeks on site in Diss office.

Benefits

• Up to 7 weeks holiday (with our buy/sell holiday scheme)
• 1 day extra holiday per year up to 5 years
• Access to our industry leading sharesave scheme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave
• Heavily discounted pet healthcare
• Continued professional development
• A range of flexible benefits such as GymFlex and Cycle to Work to suit your needs

If interested in this exciting opportunity, please specify the hours you would like to work on your application and click apply now!

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