Service Advisor Southampton Service & Support

HGVTraders LTD.; Southampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive retail group in Southampton is looking for a Service Team Manager to establish strong customer relationships and support customers throughout their experience. The role requires prior customer service experience and attention to detail, with comprehensive training provided. This position offers a competitive salary and various benefits including a pension scheme and life assurance.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Life assurance

Employee discount scheme

Client referral program

Qualifications

• Previous customer service experience is essential.
• Passionate about the customer journey.
• Ability to manage customer expectations.

Responsibilities

• Establish and manage customer relationships.
• Support customers throughout their journey with Marshall.
• Complete all administration duties related to the customer.

Skills

Customer service experience

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Tech savvy

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

Marshall Motor Group • Southampton, SO18 2RZ, GB

Service Team Manager
Location: Mercedes- Benz of Southampton
Hours: 46.25 hours per week, including Saturday mornings on a rota basis
Salary: Competitive Basic Salary Including an uncapped OTE
Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, life assurance, pension scheme, wellbeing support, employee discount for servicing and popular retailers, as well as a purchase discount scheme
Bonus Schemes: Includes an uncapped OTE and bonus scheme which can be discussed further at interview

The role

As a Service Advisor, you play a vital role in the store, being the point of contact between the customers and our workshop. You will be based front of house in the showroom, so need to be passionate about helping customers. Full training is provided, so you don’t need to have worked in a car dealership before. Your first couple of weeks will include our Marshall Customer Journey induction programme, shadowing opportunities and a buddy system, all designed to help you settle into your new role.

Who you are

• Previous customer service experience is essential
• You will be passionate about the customer journey and giving a great customer experience
• You are comfortable working to deadlines and managing customer expectations with regular communication and updates
• You will have strong attention to detail and organised as you will manage your own customer base and workload
• Feel confident supporting with complex customer issues professionally and leaning on management for guidance where necessary
• Tech savvy, ideally having used CRM systems in the past

What you’ll do

• Establish and manage the customer relationship ahead of their booking, greeting them on arrival
• Supporting the customer’s experience through their Marshall journey in a positive and proactive manner
• Act as an advocate for the business and the customer as the subject matter expert, supporting their decision making to achieve desirable outcomes
• Complete all administration duties linked to the customer in an accurate and sympathetic manner
• Proactively supporting the customer with future requirements
• Working as part of a team to drive outstanding customer service and retention

If you would like to know more about this opportunity for a career at Marshall Motor Group, apply online and one of our recruitment specialists will be in touch.

Our policy is to employ the best qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief, or disability.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Work Location: In person

• Company pension
• Life insurance
• Referral programme

Additional Benefits

• Company Pension
• Bonus Scheme

About the Company

Marshall Motor Group was established in 1909 by David Gregory Marshall, in a small lock-up garage in Brunswick Gardens, Cambridge and we are now the UK's 7th largest motor retail group (AM100 11/24).

We operate 130+ car, van, truck and bike franchise stores across the UK.

Our vision is to be the UK’s premier automotive retail group as recognised by our colleagues, customers and business partners. To achieve our vision we will create a people centric culture, as well as operate as retailers who deliver retailing excellence and are regarded as an employer of choice.

We are part of the Constellation Automotive Group which is the largest vertically integrated digital used car marketplace in Europe giving you peace of mind and transparency that you are dealing directly with a trusted company.

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