Customer Service Agent
| Posting date: | 13 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £24,440 to £24,440 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Benefits, Pension, Holidays |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 October 2024 |
| Location: | Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1 4JS |
| Company: | Europcar Group UK Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | CUSTO00254_1726227717 |
Summary
Europcar is looking for Customer Service Agents
You've probably heard of Europcar. You probably think we just rent cars at the airport. We do so much more!
Main purpose of the role:
The Business Services Department based at Europcar's Leicester Support Centre focuses on providing a professional reservation, rental management and complaint handling service to our consumer and key account customers, as well as providing administrative support to other business units. Our Customer Service Agents will be required to manage inbound and outbound enquiries from a variety of consumer and corporate customers, at all stages of the rental journey. Managing a wide variety of contact methods and using various systems and customer platforms, the multi-skilled, cross-functional Customer Care Agent will ensure an exceptional level of service is provided to all internal and external customers, whilst working in line with Europcar's policies and procedures.
What we can offer you:
- Competitive Basic Salary
- Starting on 6 weeks holiday (including bank holidays), increasing with length of service
- Free on site car parking
- Pension and a life insurance scheme
- Enhanced Maternity Leave (subject to service and earning qualifications)
- Discounted car hire rates across our network
- 20% discount on EE mobile phone contracts*
- Discounted hotel rates through the Accor Group after 12 months service*
- Cycle2Work*
- Free annual eye tests
- Confidential legal and support service through BUPA
- Career progression and development
*forms part of current non contractual benefit offering
Main duties of the role:
- To maintain a high quality of Customer Service recognising the Company's One objectives.
- Establish and maintain a good working relationship with all of our internal and external customers
- Placing reservations via phone or email utilising multiple applications and/or providing reservation support to those using direct hire sites
- Assisting our customers during their live rental
- Providing post rental support through proactive complaint management
- Provide technical support where necessary
- To act as the day-to-day liaison for the Customer and Europcar branches to ensure smooth running of our services
- Ensuring contractual SLAs are exceeded as specified within our T&Cs and Corporate contracts
- Complete security of all Europcar policies and rental rates
- Ensure any system issues / contract discrepancies are brought to the attention of the Team Leader / Line Manager at the earliest opportunity
- Ensure that a professional and courteous image is portrayed at all times, both personally and in attitude and appearance in the work area
- To complete any other reasonable duties requested by your Team Leader and/or Line Manager
- The ability to demonstrate excellent customer service approach and work with strong organisational and prioritisation skills
Key skills and attributes required:
- Excellent administrative skills, communication and attention to detail
- High quality standards
- First class IT - knowledge of all Microsoft and Google packages
- Able to work using own initiative as well as ability to work within a team
- Highly results driven
- Customer centric approach
- Confidence to work across all levels of the business
- Practically minded: able to roll sleeves up and get stuck in
- Available to work overtime when requested
- Work well under pressure and achieve deadlines: excellent time management
- Take ownership - for all tasks and duties designated to you
Working hours: 40 hours per week: Monday - Friday 08.00-18.00 and Saturdays 08.00 - 13.00 (rotating shift pattern).
Agencies - Please do not send any speculative candidates or CVs in response to this advert. The Company will not accept any terms and conditions based on a speculative applications being sent.
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