Customer Service Specialist

• Contract Type: Permanennt / 37.5 hours per week
• Salary: Up to £25,073.55 per annum depending on experience
• Location: Smethwick B66 1BY
• Days of Work: Monday to Friday plus some weekends
• Hours of work: Between the hours of 8-18.30 M-F, 8-4 Sat, Sun

Join us on our journey as we aim to be the UK’s most sustainable delivery company, whilst ensuring our customers continue to receive a world class service. You will be in a busy and fast paced business, with a turnover of nearly £2 billion, that can offer you great benefits and plenty of opportunities to progress your career.

DPD are passionate about creating an environment that is open, ethical, inclusive and socially responsible.

Along with job security, the tools to do the job and a competitive salary, you’ll receive fantastic benefits starting on day one, including never working on your birthday ever again!!!

DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer

• Contract Type: Permanennt / 37.5 hours per week
• Salary: Up to £25,073.55 per annum depending on experience
• Location: Smethwick B66 1BY
• Days of Work: Monday to Friday plus some weekends
• Hours of work: Between the hours of 8-18.30 M-F, 8-4 Sat, Sun

Join us on our journey as we aim to be the UK’s most sustainable delivery company, whilst ensuring our customers continue to receive a world class service. You will be in a busy and fast paced business, with a turnover of nearly £2 billion, that can offer you great benefits and plenty of opportunities to progress your career.

DPD are passionate about creating an environment that is open, ethical, inclusive and socially responsible.

Along with job security, the tools to do the job and a competitive salary, you’ll receive fantastic benefits starting on day one, including never working on your birthday ever again!!!

DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer

Our Team Manager is currently recruiting for a dedicated Customer Service Specialist, to strengthen our high performing and friendly customer services team who put our customers at the heart of everything they do.

Your primary responsibility will be to deliver the best customer service to our customers, internally and externally with their collection and delivery needs, taking accountability to resolve any issues or complaints. You will be working as part of a team to deliver the best customer centric service in the industry. Communication is essential in this role as you will need to build relationships across the business internally and with our customers.

You’ll also be focussed on;

• Answering any queries with relation to delivery status.
• Being able to identify problems quickly and resolve them.
• Ensuring all KPI’s are met
• Delivering the key measures of success

• Average Handling Time and Call Service
• Response Times
• Right 1st Time Resolution
• Quality and Compliance

To succeed in this role you will have proven and demonstrable experience of working in a fast paced customer service environment with the ability to work well under pressure. Your outstanding communication skills , both verbal and written, and confident telephone manner will be fully utilised in this role. We would also expect you to have;

• The ability to listen to a customer and to build a quick rapport.
• Be polite and professional at all times and have a willingness to go the ‘extra mile’ to exceed customer expectations.
• Excellent administration skills with the ability to use Microsoft Office, Google Workspace and Salesforce
• Demonstrate high levels of self-motivation and initiative to effectively problem solve.
• Demonstrate the core DPD DNA values of Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Caring and Accountability.

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