Customer Service Advisor
Are passionate about delivering first-class customer service whilst reaching a resolution for our customer's complaints and are eager to contribute to business success?
We usually respond within two weeks
Mon–Fri | Daytime and evening shifts available | No regular weekends
We’re looking for enthusiastic Customer Service Advisors to join our team and deliver exceptional support to customers across phone, email and live chat channels. This role is customer-facing and detail-focused: you’ll resolve enquiries, share product knowledge and help customers make confident purchase decisions while maintaining our high standards of service.
What you'll get:
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Competitive salary and performance-related bonus
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Mon–Fri opportunities with rota stability and limited weekend cover only where operationally necessary
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Pension scheme provided by Legal & General
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Life assurance and access to Medicash for health and wellbeing support
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Employee discounts on products and services
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Comprehensive induction, product training and ongoing development
The role:
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Provide friendly, efficient and accurate customer service across multiple channels including phone, email and live chat
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Use your product knowledge to advise customers on features, availability and suitability to meet their needs
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Resolve enquiries, complaints and order issues promptly, escalating when necessary to maintain excellent customer outcomes
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Record customer interactions and maintain accurate notes in the CRM to ensure continuity and quality of service
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Work to performance targets such as response time, first contact resolution and customer satisfaction scores
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Identify opportunities to improve processes and feedback customer insights to product and operations teams
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Maintain up-to-date product knowledge through training and self-directed learning
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Support colleagues by sharing best practice and contributing to a positive team environment
Who we’re looking for:
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Experience: Proven experience in a customer service or contact centre role, comfortable handling high volumes of enquiries
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Product knowledge: Quick to learn and confident explaining product features and benefits; previous experience in retail or e‑commerce is desirable
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Customer service: A strong service mindset with a track record of achieving high customer satisfaction
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills with clear, polite phone manner and accurate typing/CRM skills
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Strong attention to detail with ability to follow processes and maintain accurate records
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Comfortable working to targets and performance metrics in a busy environment
Personal qualities:
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Resilient – able to remain calm and effective under pressure
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Positive attitude – personable and friendly with customers and colleagues
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Passionate – committed to delivering great service and continuously improving
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Attention to detail – thorough when recording information and following procedures
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Motivated – self‑driven, with a proactive approach to workload and development
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Empathetic – able to understand customer needs and respond appropriately
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Adaptable – flexible to changes in process, systems and customer demand
Working hours, location and flexibility:
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Full-time and part-time roles available, shift patterns to be agreed
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Role based at our customer service centre with occasional hybrid working options dependent on business needs
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Some out-of-hours cover may be required for peak trading periods
Benefits of joining our team:
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Competitive salary and bonus opportunities
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Medicash cashback scheme for health and wellbeing support
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Unum income protection
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Pension scheme and employee discounts
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Learning and development programmes and clear internal progression pathways
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Recognition and reward schemes including long service awards
If you’re customer‑focused, motivated and passionate about helping people, we’d like to hear from you. Apply today to join our customer service team.
- Division
- Customer Service
- Department
- Customer Service
- Role
- Customer Care Specialist
- Locations
- Kingsway House Customer Service Centre
- Full or Part Time
- Full time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Weekly Hours
- 37.5
- Annual Salary
- 261150
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About Bensons for Beds
At Bensons for Beds, we’re driven by one purpose - to help more people get a better night’s sleep. And with 70 years in retail, and 100 years in manufacturing, we’ve got plenty of experience in making this mission a reality.