Customer Support Coordinator

Job Summary

The Customer Support Coordinator is responsible for taking ownership of customer issues, tasks and complaints once customers have settled into their new homes and been handed over from the Customer Relations Managers, managing resolution through to completion. This includes correctly identifying what action needs to be taken, allocating the correct resource in a timely manner, and where appropriate, ensuring the necessary parts and supplies have been ordered to enable remediation works to be carried out.

They should also ensure customers are kept up to date with progress towards the resolution of their issue or complaint.

• Acts as an inspiring role model across the team in the delivery of great customer service
• Always demonstrates positive behaviour when discussing or interacting with customers
• Always engage with customers in a professional manner so they are assured we have understood their problem and trust that we will act to resolve this quickly
• Ensures reputational risk is minimised by ensuring complaints, social media contacts, and 3rd party claims and cases are managed in the most appropriate way
• Role models Taylor Wimpey’s values by always behaving with integrity and professionalism, acting in a positive, collaborative and encouraging style with everyone

• Works independently to resolve issues, tasks and complaints within the required SLA timeframe
• Works in an organised and well-planned manner, so that customer issues, tasks and complaints can be resolved within SLA time frames and customers are fully informed of progress
• Looks for solutions when blockers to remedying issues for customers arise and ensures the Customer Support Manager is made aware when factors may not enable the resolution to happen within SLA
• Ensures issues, tasks and complaints have quality notes for reference so there is an accurate record of all customer interactions and so that further clarification isn’t required with the customer by another person
• Builds relationships with other functions and works collaboratively with them to resolve issues, tasks and complaints
• Builds relationships with subcontractors and suppliers to ensure they understand our expectations of their customer commitments and provide feedback where appropriate to ensure continuous improvement of their service offering

• Takes responsibility for their own development by asking for feedback on their performance to ensure ongoing performance
• Identifies gaps in their customer engagement ability (verbal and written) and takes responsibility for the continuous improvement of these
• Identifies ways of working that could be more efficient and/or cost effective and puts forwards ideas for improvement
• Keeps up to date with house type ranges, products, specifications and new technology in the home to ensure informed conversations with customers

• Previous experience of working in a fast-paced Customer Service environment
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
• Proven ability to work collaboratively
• Proven ability to work independently, prioritise work and take initiative to find solutions to problems
• Proven ability to remain calm, measured and resilient in challenging situations
• Experience of working in the house building industry

At Taylor Wimpey, we are committed to enabling you to make a home with us. Our work is not just about building homes; it’s about doing work that matters, making a positive impact on the lives of our customers and the communities we serve.

We enjoy many benefits as standard, including excellent retail discounts, company funded life insurance and private healthcare, and access to a quality pension scheme with company contributions. We also offer our discounted house purchase scheme, car leasing scheme and share plans, as well as the opportunity to tailor your benefit package to suit your needs with options such as buying extra annual leave or adding dependants to your benefit cover.

Our total reward offer works perfectly with our culture; we are a…