Customer Service Representative

Job DescriptionWorking hours are Monday - Friday, rotational shifts of 8am-4pm, 9am-5pm or 10am-6pm.The purpose of the role is to be the first point of contact for any customer communication coming into Eurofins, including interco partners; to ensure the customers get a timely response or are directed to the appropriate business area quickly and efficiently. • To act as the first point of contact for email or telephone communication from our customers in a professional manner.• To ensure customer enquiries are responded to at first point of contact where this is possible.• To ensure initial responses to all customer enquiries are made within the agreed service level.• To achieve a minimum number of request closures per day, as agreed with your line manager.• To ensure that the customer is seamlessly transferred to the appropriate person within the business to be able to answer their query where response at first point of contact is not possible.• Responsible for maintaining a high level of professionalism with clients and working to establish a positive rapport with every caller• Update customer information in the customer service database during and after each call• Provide accurate, valid and complete information by using the right methods and tools• To be the first point of contact for customer complaints and ensure complaints and customer queries are raised appropriately within the quality management system• To work with our subcontracting partners in the management of all subcontracted testing, including inputting of results, chasing the performing laboratories, and keeping our customer updated• To support the sales team and account managers in the identification of customers’ needs and potential new business opportunities• To ensure all orders are completed through to invoicing, through the management of the revenue reporting• Delivering customer satisfaction by listening to and exceeding customer expectations• Provide a high level of internal and external customer care.QualificationsEducated to GCSE levelStrong communication skillsExperience with Customer Service - ideally within a call centreComputer literateResilientCan-do attitudeAdditional informationBenefitsAt Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:Life Assurance (4 times annual salary)Holiday Purchase SchemeEnhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay Scheme Company Pension PlanEmployee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.Free car parkingWorldwide career opportunitiesEveryone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.What Happens NextOur people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths. Your data As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations. Closing DateWe reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/