Hire Desk Controller

Nationwide Platforms Ltd.; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Assurance

Westfield Health Cash Plan

Auto enrolment pension

Job summary

Nationwide Platforms Ltd. is recruiting a Hire Desk Controller for our Customer Service Team at our Birchwood offices. This is a fixed-term contract for 6 months, 34 hours per week (Mon to Thu).

You will drive high-quality service and sales through effective enquiry handling and end-to-end hire management. You’ll be the first point of contact for customers, building strong relationships, quoting accurately, onboarding new clients, and working closely with colleagues to maximise revenue and

Qualifications

• Experience in inbound/outbound telephone-based account management, telesales or customer service in a B2B environment.
• Hard working with a high level of customer focus.
• Excellent telephone manner with the ability to stay calm under pressure and build rapport with customers.
• Ability to negotiate to secure business on viable, competitive terms.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with colleagues and customers at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Own all inbound customer enquiries through to resolution.
• New account opening and onboarding of new customers.
• Providing quotations and identifying cross/up-selling opportunities to customers using a sales-through-service approach.
• Follow up of open quotes to drive revenue within the allocated region.
• Capture of accurate data in the order entry process to ensure seamless service.
• Understand and articulate product range to ensure the customer gets the right machine for the job.
• Build and maintain strong interdepartmental relationships to support a collaborative customer-focused environment.
• Deal with all customer queries quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively.
• Respond/Resolve/Escalate customer problems or service issues through to resolution.

Skills

Inbound/Outbound sales

Customer service

Telephone manners

Negotiation

Communication

Team player

Job description

We are currently recruiting for a Hire Desk Controller to join our Customer Service Team at our offices in our Birchwood.

This role is a Fixed Term contract for 6 months working Monday to Thursday. 34 hours per week.

Reporting to the Hire Desk Manager you will be responsible for actively contributing to the region's performance through effective sales, customer service and administration. You will be the first point of contact for our customers, ensuring great relationships are built and a high level of service is always achieved. Through effective end to end hire management, you will contribute to maximising revenue, achieving profit targets, and ensuring customer retention is maintained.

In return you will receive a Competitive Salary, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, Life Assurance, Westfield Health Cash Plan, Auto enrolment pension scheme & Lifestyle Benefits - discount on selected high street stores.

Responsibilities include:

• Own all inbound customer enquiries regardless of the enquiry type seeing them through to resolution.
• New account opening and onboarding of new customers
• Providing quotations and identifying any cross or upselling opportunities to customers using a sales through service approach.
• Follow up of open quotes to drive revenue performance within the allocated region
• Capture of accurate data within the order entry process to ensure a seamless service for our customers and to minimise disputes
• Understand and articulate product range (customer gets the right machine for the job).
• Build and maintain strong interdepartmental relationships, to ensure a collaborative customer focused working environment is achieved resulting in a positive customer experience
• Deal with all customers queries quickly, efficiently and cost effectively.
• Respond/Resolve/Escalate customer related problems or service issues owning through to resolution.

The ideal candidate will have/be:

• Experience of inbound and outbound telephone-based account management, telesales or customer service in a business-to-business environment
• Hard working with a high level of customer focus
• Excellent telephone manner with the ability to keep calm under pressure and build rapport with customers
• Ability to establish credibility act decisively, but able to recognise and support preferences and priorities of the customer
• Proactive, high energy team player, ability to work closely with colleagues at all levels.
• Able to demonstrate effective negotiation skills to ensure business is won on viable and competitive commercial terms
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, who can work will with colleagues and customers of all levels

Part of the Loxam Group, Nationwide Platforms are the UK's leading specialist provider of Powered Access rental equipment, with the largest and broadest fleet, local depots spread across the country and our wealth of experience partnering with companies in a variety of sectors including Construction, Warehouse & Distribution, Aviation, Facilities Management, Industrial Services, Telecoms and Media, our customers can depend on us to provide the right solution to support their every working at height need.

At Nationwide Platforms, your safety is absolutely our priority. Our award winning BlueSky Solutions and Training division offer our customers access to the latest and safest ways to work and through long standing partnerships with our manufacturers, we will always provide equipment that will lead the way to a safer industry. Some of our innovations include the award-winning secondary guarding systems and Harness ON, a range of pioneering Material Handling Attachments (MHAs), and the SkySentry control and monitoring system.

At Nationwide Platforms, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We recognise that a variety of perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is crucial to our success in the Powered Access industry. Our commitment is to ensure that every employee feels respected, valued, and supported in their work environment