French & German Customer Service Manager
3 days ago
Lichfield
Job Title: Customer Service Manager (French & German) Location: Lichfield – must live within a 45-minute commute and have own transport Contract: Full-time, Permanent Hours: 8:30am–5:00pm (Mon–Thu), 8:30am–4:45pm (Fri) Salary: £40,000 per annum Travel: Occasional travel to sales meetings (around 3 times per year, including potential international travel) A leading organisation is seeking an experienced Customer Service Manager to supervise a busy UK Customer Service team and ensure excellent service delivery to a wide customer base. This role is ideal for a confident people manager with strong communication skills and a background in customer service leadership. You will be responsible for day-to-day team supervision, service quality, process improvements, and complaint management. You will also provide French and German language support to wider customer service functions when required. Key Responsibilities: • Lead, support and supervise a team of Customer Service Coordinators, • Oversee workflow, service levels, and daily team activity, • Manage escalated complaints and ensure corrective actions are implemented, • Train and develop team members, maintaining high performance and capability, • Set objectives, conduct regular 1:1s, and deliver constructive performance feedback, • Handle customer communication across phone, email, social media, and messaging platforms, • Ensure accurate order processing and timely delivery, • Liaise with internal departments to resolve operational issues, • Maintain CRM systems, documentation, order portals and customer records, • Drive continuous improvement in processes and customer experience, • Provide accurate product and technical information when required, • Manage allocated projects and support department workflows Essential Skills & Experience: • Native-level French (C1–C2) and fluent German (B2–C2), • Proven experience leading a customer service team, • Strong understanding of customer service standards and SLAs, • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, • Professional telephone manner and customer-focused approach, • Motivated, resilient, and adaptable, • Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office, • Process-driven with a continuous improvement mindset Desirable: • Leadership-related qualification, • Experience handling technical or product-related enquiries, • Complaint management experience, • Previous administration and CRM experience If you are a motivated leader with strong customer service expertise and the ability to inspire a team, we’d welcome your application