We are looking for a Customer Service Team Leader to join Team OB in our Support Office on a 10 month fixed term contract. This role will be working 30 hours a week across 4 days - Monday - Thursday. As a Customer Service Team Leader at OB you will support the Managers with the day-to-day guidance and operations of the department. You will be a key part in helping the team to achieve performance targets and provide our customers with a seamless customer journey and experience. Working collaboratively with other Team Leaders, Senior Advisors and the management team to help distribute workloads within department, you will assist with the development of the team and its structure, helping to identify areas of improvement. Our Support Office is based in Tolworth, near Chessington, only a 30-minute journey from London Waterloo. We offer hybrid working with a split of office home working per week, and are open to having conversations about working flexibly. More about the role An OB Customer Service Team Leader will: Provide structure for the day with ticket management- streamlining customer contacts and identifying urgent messages, trends and issues. Check in with the daily team rota and provide flexible solutions where need be and re-allocate tasks to ensure customer needs are met. Work with the Senior Advisors to support the team throughout the day to ensure customers are responded to, quickly and effectively. Support the management team with customer and business escalations. Analyse and take an interest in all CS systems to make sure they are running effectively on a daily basis. Be confident to lead and support the CS Team independently when need be. Point of escalation for customer complaints. Be flexible within the Customer Services team working within a shift pattern that may include overtime, weekend and evening work. With support of the CS Managers, run the quality control programme for our team of advisors, analysing their performance and providing regular feedback. Assist the CS Managers with one to ones, performance reviews and appraisals. Support and lead training of all new Customer Service Advisors and provide ongoing coaching and after care. Work closely with the CS Managers to ensure department KPIs are met and exceeded. Keep up to date with all Customer Service, delivery, fulfilment and data processes. Highlight any new trends within the retail environment and help to push the boundaries within our business. Assist with sending regular system and customer trend reports to the business. Use existing reports to identify areas of improvement for escalation. Bonas Benefits: Generous employee discount up to 50% off all OB products Free access to our 24 hour employee assistance programme with Care First offering financial, emotional and vocational support Flexible holiday 30 days (including bank holidays) increasing to 35 days with length of service Annual discretionary profit related bonus scheme Free membership for our Westfield Health Cash Plan or Private Medical What we look for: Ability and confidence to identify problems and trends and take own initiative to provide and implement solutions with guidance. A quick thinker with a positive, flexible approach and a can do attitude. Methodical worker with an organised and structured approach to work. Excellent written English and communication skills Great people skills with the ability to manage, train and mentor others to ensure they have the knowledge and skills to perform effectively. Computer literate with confidence and an interest to learn and explore systems. A passion for OB as a brand and for leading Customer Service. Ability to prioritise, juggle and deliver to tight deadlines, whilst maintaining attention to detail. Previous Senior Customer Service experience and people/team supervising. Knowledge of or an interest in Consumer Rights. An independent worker with an excellent work ethic.