Customer Service Manager – Distribution

Salary: £26,000 per year

The Role

At Jewson we pride ourselves on our ability to provide a great welcome to our customers, being proactive when helping them, being trusted, and recognised for our ‘customer first’ approach. If you enjoy a busy role that includes managing people and having the autonomy to make your own business decisions, this Customer Service Manager (Distribution) role could be a great opportunity for you.

This Customer Service Manager (Distribution) role is working in our Jewson Branch in Ipswich. Jewson is the biggest employer in the UK Saint-Gobain business, with over 500 branches.

What will I be doing in this role?

The Customer Service Manager position is central to the performance of the whole branch network. It demands someone who can manage and lead a team of engaged colleagues to continually improve the customer experience for our Roofing customers in particular and branch performance.

Key day to day duties include:

Ensuring all branch activity is centred around the customer and ensuring they have the best possible experience
Management and leadership of a team of colleagues
Ensuring the team check incoming products against Proof of Delivery and complete all required documentation
Realising full potential of all customer interactions and build effective relationships with customers and suppliers
To ensure the safe and efficient management of daily operationsWhat skills are we looking for?

First and foremost, we always want to recruit talented people that align well with our values and way of working; this means that we are open to applications from all Saint-Gobain businesses and would welcome you to apply if you can demonstrate the following key skills:

A customer-focused approach and the ability to develop and maintain excellent relationship with customers and suppliers
Strong leadership and people management skills – the ability to engage colleagues to help achieve the branch goals whilst ensuring all health and safety standards are upheld
Excellent business acumen and commercial understanding – the ability to understand Sales and Margin data
Experience of or a background in Roofing products – highly desirable.
The ability to evolve in a fast-paced and ever-changing busy work environment
A full driving liscencePlease note that product and system training can be provided where applicants may lack this knowledge. We encourage applications from all background if you can demonstrate the skills highlighted.

The world of work is changing, and at Saint-Gobain we are open to new ways of working in order to attract talented people to our business. We understand that everyone has different needs and commitments. Therefore, we are very open to discuss any flexible requirement or need that you may have for this role. We can’t guarantee to meet all requests for flexibility when we are recruiting. But, we promise to listen.

Requirements

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