/Customer Service Manager

Customer Service Manager

Bedfordshire, England, GBgbvia direct
// Job Type
Full Time
// Salary
Not disclosed
// Posted
1 month ago

About the Role

Are you a passionate leader who thrives on delivering outstanding customer experiences and driving operational excellence? We’re looking for a dynamic Customer Services Manager to lead a high-performing team and shape the future of customer engagement within a fast-paced environment.

On offer:

  • Competitive salary + bonus
  • 25 days + bank holidays
  • Enhanced company pension
  • Excellent learning and development opportunities

The Opportunity
This role offers the chance to take ownership of a customer services function, enhancing performance, strengthening relationships, and leading transformational change. You’ll play a key role in improving processes, developing people, and ensuring customers receive a consistently exceptional service.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Lead, coach, and develop a customer services team, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
  • Act as the primary escalation point for customer and internal queries, ensuring swift and effective resolution
  • Drive service transformation initiatives, introducing smarter and more efficient ways of working
  • Collaborate closely with internal teams including Supply Chain, Production, and Commercial functions
  • Oversee export processes and documentation, ensuring compliance and readiness for audits
  • Manage onboarding, training, and ongoing development to build a multi-skilled, high-performing team
  • Maintain and improve systems and data accuracy across CRM and order processes
  • Monitor budgets and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and add value
  • Develop and track KPIs, providing insights and performance updates to leadership
  • Support customer account management alongside commercial and finance teams
  • Ensure smooth processing of customer orders from receipt through to delivery
  • Analyse feedback and performance data to identify trends and enhance service delivery
  • Represent the business in customer meetings and visits, strengthening long-term partnerships
  • Champion a customer-first culture, ensuring the voice of the customer is heard across the organisation

What We’re Looking For

  • Proven leadership experience within customer service, supply chain, or a similar environment
  • Strong understanding of order-to-cash processes and customer experience principles
  • Experience driving change and implementing new processes or systems
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail
  • Ability to motivate and inspire teams to deliver high performance
  • Experience with CRM systems and data management
  • Knowledge of export processes and compliance requirements
  • Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-moving environment
  • Willingness to travel for customer engagement when required

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