Customer Service Planner

South East England

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Morgan Sindall Property Services Limited
Ref
71594
Vacancy title
Customer Service Planner
Function(s)
Social Housing/Repairs & Maintenance
Contract type
Full time permanent
Region
South East England
Location(s)
Wood Street
Description

Benefits:

23 days holiday plus bank holidays, Accident Cover - B&CE Scheme, Life Assurance – B&CE Scheme, Company van if required (work use only), Career progression with our Training and Development programme, Company Uniform, Cycle to Work Scheme, Oracle benefits; including Cashback, voucher codes, shopping vouchers, reloadable cards, discount holidays etc., Eye Care Vouchers, Share Save schemes, 1 Professional Subscription per annum, Paid voluntary work, we will consider requests for flexible working where possible

About the company

At Morgan Sindall Property Services (MSPS) we believe that talented people are key to our success. There’s nothing that excites us more than finding and developing talent and empowering people to be the best they can be.

We are the leading provider of building maintenance services within the public sector; providing repairs, planned & void refurbishments and compliance services to over 200,000 properties nationwide.

As a company we love pushing boundaries, challenging the status quo and doing things differently to provide the best possible outcomes for our employees and customers. Whether it’s investing in new technology, developing the careers of our people or creating last legacies within the communities we work; we love knowing that we keep moving forward.

About the team

MSPS operates a decentralized philosophy. This means that while we maintain a strong and consistent approach to the way we work our teams and contracts have the flexibility to tailor and adapt their delivery to meet the needs of our customers.

With over 30 different contracts nationwide, our teams are empowered to make decisions based on what is right for the project, ensuring our customers always comes first.

About the Role

Purpose:

To manage the future schedule of appointments. Work with clients, customers, sub-contractors, suppliers and supervisors to schedule appointments and make promises that you know we can keep.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Take ownership and responsibility for identifying the customer’s needs and use appropriate questioning, listening and diagnosis skills to identify the issues and offer appropriate solutions.
  • Take ownership of the forward schedule to ensure that future jobs are appointed in a way that will meet our contractual Service Level Agreements (SLAs), the customer’s preferences and Operational constraints (i.e. make a promise to the customer that you are confident we can meet).
  • Take ownership for and manage unscheduled jobs.
  • Effective use of the MSi system to actively schedule available Operatives and Sub-Contractors to jobs.
  • Deal with complex repairs, demanding customers and those who have suffered service failure, to contain issues and maintain customer satisfaction.
  • Oversee the jobs allocated to Sub-contractors to ensure the customer receives the same level of service as they would if a MSPS operative was delivering the work.
  • Work with the Commercial team and Operatives to ensure materials are ordered and collected from suppliers promptly and work is planned to ensure we can provide a first time fix to residents wherever possible.
  • Handling calls and emails from the client to log issues, deploy Operatives and monitor completion of the work, providing updates at regular intervals.
  • Ensure that the system is updated in a timely manner so that the client and the Operations are in receipt of the most up to date information.
  • Ensure the scheduling process is delivering maximum productivity.
  • Where first time fix is not possible, manage the effective scheduling of follow-on works
  • Understand the case workload and alert the Team Leader to issues requiring intervention.
  • Understand the contractual KPI’s, then plan, allocate and operate to exceed client expectations.
  • Develop and maintain effective working relationships with Operatives, clients, customers (internal and external) and suppliers
  • Take a strategic view of demand (jobs being raised) and the supply of resources (Operative and Sub-Contractor skill mix) and make recommendations to the Partnership Manager and Supervisors about optimising the available resource mix.
  • Adopt a continuous improvement mindset and proactively seek ways to improve the way you and Morgan Sindall operates and serves its customers.

About You 

  • Good working knowledge of the following IT packages:
  • Microsoft Office, Word & Excel
  • Excellent administration skills
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • Excellent organisation skills
  • Good knowledge of repairs and maintenance sector or trade based background
  • Good problem solving skills
  • Proactive, and able to multi task
  • Good attention to detail
  • Collaborative team player

To be part of a successful team and build your future career with Morgan Sindall please apply now.

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This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the leading industry sector companies where we recognise the value of diversity, flexible working and that talented people are key to our success

 


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