Customer Service Representative
| Posting date: | 19 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £12.82 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 September 2025 |
| Location: | Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE11 0TX |
| Company: | GI Group Main Account |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | MW250919245916_1758291397 |
Summary
Role: Customer Service Representative
Report to: Customer Service Manager
Location: Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Working pattern: Full Time - 08:30 - 16:30 Monday - Friday (flexibility required)
Rate: £12.82ph
This is a temp to permanent role after 13 weeks
Salary when perm £25000pa
As a valued member of the team, you'll play an integral role in providing first-line support to customers every day. Using your initiative and consultative approach, you'll have the tact and confidence to juggle queries, provide updates, solve problems, manage administrative tasks and liaise with both internal stakeholders and suppliers to achieve timely outcomes for customers.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Respond to customer product and service queries via phone and email
* Update customers with delivery dates and information related to their appointments or orders
* Produce and confirm paperwork for pending and delivered services such as quotes, purchase orders, invoices and delivery notes. Experience using SAGE required
* Liaise with suppliers and partners to raise orders, agree and chase delivery dates
* Maintain database systems with accurate customer and order information
* Support stock control and management
* Provide ad-hoc support to service planners
* Other administrative tasks as required by the Business.
KEY ATTRIBUTES
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Strong initiative and resilience to get the job done
* Self-motivated to work on own and as part of a team
* Polite and friendly manner
* Enthusiastic and hardworking
* Good organisational and time management skills
* Effective multi-tasker with high attention to detail
* Working knowledge of Office applications
* Sage and Excel experience are desirable but not essential
If you are interested please apply
Should you require any support or assistance on your application, please contact your local Gi Group office directly.
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