Customer Service Representative

Location: 

Perth, GB, PH1 3UF

Position Type:  Professional

Location : Perth
Salary : to £28,000 (dependent upon skills and experience)
Position type : Full time - Permanent

Volvo Trucks is renowned for delivering high-quality commercial vehicles and outstanding customer service. Our Perth site is committed to maintaining this reputation by providing superior support to our customers. We are currently seeking a dedicated and customer-focused Customer Service Representative (CSR) to join our team and be the first point of contact for our valued clients.


 

What will you be doing?

As the first point of contact for our valued customers, you'll play a pivotal role in managing the reception area, creating a welcoming environment, and ensuring customers feel well-informed and supported at every stage of their journey with us.

  • Customer Relations & Reception Management:
    Offer exceptional service by managing the reception area and acting as the main point of contact for customers. Your friendly and professional demeanor will set the tone for every interaction.
  • Service Scheduling & Planning:
    Take charge of the planning and scheduling of customer service appointments, ensuring smooth operations by coordinating the workshop planner and customer service plans with precision.
  • MOT and Service Coordination:
    Handle the seamless booking of MOTs and both planned and unscheduled work in compliance with VOSA requirements, ensuring that every detail aligns with industry standards.
  • Communication & Updates:
    Keep customers in the loop by providing timely updates before, during, and after any work is completed. Maintain accurate records in the workshop planner and relevant systems to ensure smooth communication across teams.
  • Contract & Service Details:
    Update customers and workshop teams on contract types and work progress, proactively liaising between the two to ensure all incremental work is authorised promptly.
  • Job Documentation Accuracy:
    Ensure the accuracy of job documentation received from the workshop, reviewing it meticulously to ensure smooth billing and service completion.
  • Administrative Support: Support the depot with various administrative tasks, contributing to the efficiency of the operation and ensuring every detail is managed with care

Who are you?

 

  • Organised & Methodical:
    You excel at staying organised and working efficiently, even in a fast-paced environment. You know how to prioritise tasks and keep everything running smoothly.

  • Customer-Centric Attitude:
    With your friendly, approachable nature, you're driven to deliver exceptional customer service. You take pride in making sure every customer feels valued and supported.

  • Effective Communicator:
    Whether it’s a customer or a colleague, you communicate clearly and confidently. You understand the importance of keeping everyone informed and building strong relationships.

  • Solution-Oriented:
    You have the ability to quickly assess customer needs and offer the right solutions. Your problem-solving skills ensure that no issue is too big to handle.

  • Attention to Detail:
    Accuracy matters to you. You spot the small things that make a big difference, ensuring that every task is completed to the highest standard.

  • Strong Negotiation Skills:
    You know how to navigate discussions with tact and professionalism, ensuring positive outcomes for both the customer and the business.

  • Calm Under Pressure:
    In a fast-paced, dynamic environment, you stay calm and composed. You’re able to manage stress effectively while delivering top-notch service.

  • Flexible & Positive Mindset:
    You're adaptable and thrive when priorities change. You approach new challenges with a positive, can-do attitude.

  • Team Player:
    You understand the power of collaboration and enjoy working as part of a team to achieve shared goals.

  • Tech-Savvy:
    Basic knowledge of Word, Excel, and Outlook, along with general computer literacy, will help you thrive in this role.

What’s in it for you?

  • Pension scheme.
  • Access to salary sacrifice EV car scheme.
  • Generous holiday allowance: Start with 25 days and watch it grow to 30 days with length of service, plus bank holidays.
  • Enhanced family-friendly policies: We value work-life balance and offer enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity leave with 6 months full pay and 6 months half pay, as well as 5-week paternity leave.
  • Health Cash Plan.
  • Employee Assistance Programme: Take advantage of our wellness, mindfulness, and counselling services to support your overall well-being.
  • Discounts on various purchases: Enjoy savings on shopping vouchers, cinema tickets, holidays, and travel.
  • Fitness perks: Access MyGym Discounts and MyActive Discounts.


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Who we are and what we believe in 
Our focus on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity allows each of us the opportunity to bring our full authentic self to work and thrive by providing a safe and supportive environment, free of harassment and discrimination. We are committed to removing the barriers to entry, which is why we ask that even if you feel you may not meet every qualification on the job description, please apply and let us decide.


Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, across the globe, our trucks, buses, engines, construction equipment, financial services, and solutions make modern life possible. We are almost 100,000 people empowered to shape the future landscape of efficient, safe and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents with sharp minds and passion across the group’s leading brands and entities. 

 

At Volvo Trucks you will be part of leading the way towards a sustainable transport industry. For nearly a century we have been innovating for people – to make life easier, better and safer. Driving progress is our promise to customers, to the industry and to society. At Volvo Trucks we share a curiosity to learn, we work with passion and we embrace change to stay ahead. Join us, together we move the world we want to live in. 

Job Category:  Sales & Services
Organization:  Volvo Trucks
Travel Required:  No Travel Required
Requisition ID:  16078

Do we share the same aspirations?

Every day, Volvo Group products and services ensure that people have food on the table, children arrive safely at school and roads and buildings can be constructed. Looking ahead, we are committed to driving the transition to sustainable and safe transport, mobility and infrastructure solutions toward a net-zero society.

Joining Volvo Group, you will work with some of the world’s most iconic brands and be part of a global and leading industrial company that is harnessing automated driving, electromobility and connectivity.

Our people are passionate about what they do, they aim for high performance and thrive on teamwork and learning. Everyday life at Volvo is defined by a climate of support, care and mutual respect.

If you aspire to grow and make an impact, join us on our journey to create a better and more resilient society for the coming generations.