Central Customer Service Advisor in Edinburgh

Our Customer Service Advisors are dedicated to delivering exceptional service and ensuring that all of our customers receive a WOW experience throughout their journey with us. We are looking for a talented individual to join our close-knit Edinburgh team on a 6-month fixed term contract, with the potential to become permanent.

You will be delivering excellent multi-channel customer service, responding to customers in a professional way that builds long-lasting relationships whilst meeting or exceeding individual targets. This role is based in our Central Support Office in Lasswade and will work on a 5 days out of 7 basis, with weekend days required on a rota basis.

• Engaging customers in conversations to understand their needs or issues and provide them with the best possible solutions or right first-time resolution.
• Complaint resolution that exceeds our customers' expectations.
• Maintaining and updating our records for members of our loyalty scheme.
• Reporting & analysis of issues in order to reduce contacts per order & cost of resolution.
• Reporting & analysis of returns & replacements to highlight/resolve quality issues & damages.
• Supporting store colleagues with home delivery.
• Replying and interacting with customers on social media.
• Resolving webchat queries.
• Liaising with delivery companies to ensure the smooth delivery of orders to customers.

• High level of computer literacy, including Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
• Previous experience of working in a contact centre or a similar retail customer service environment.
• Strong team player, working considerately with others.
• Customer obsessed.
• Calm, focused and able to work under pressure.
• Passionate about delivering the right experience for our customers.
• First class written, editing and communication skills.
• Can demonstrate our values at all times – we’re one team, getting better every day. We bring a smile. We live and breathe gardens. We make it work for our customers.

• Holiday – enjoy a well-deserved break with 33 annual leave days per year (pro-rata for part time).
• Discount – treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across our stores with 50% off in our Restaurants, 25% off in the Garden Centre and 10% off in our food halls.
• Pension – save for the future with our company contributed enhanced Group Pension Plan.
• Season ticket loans – spread the cost of travel with an interest free loan.
• Access to Stream – support your financial wellbeing, with ability to access earnings ahead of pay day, save for the future and financial advice.
• Access to Retail Trust – seek confidential support, access to a Virtual GP, free counselling service and discounted retail rewards with our employee wellbeing platform.
• Access to Dobbies Academy – continue your development with our eLearning platform and development programmes.
• Study assistance – invest in your professional development with funded courses and qualifications.
• The little things to keep you going through the day – free tea, coffee, and milk.
• Collaborative office space – with access to our wellbeing room, learning resources and even a book swap.
• Invites to our annual company conference, summer and Christmas social events.

At Dobbies, we are proud to have a history dating back to 1865. We were founded by James Dobbie and are the only garden centre retailer to have stores in every nation across the UK. Our passion and joy for gardens and plants is what makes us special. In our stores, we showcase this through own brand and branded products, concession partners and services. We champion garden living all-year-round. Many of our stores feature a restaurant or coffee shop, where customers can enjoy refreshments or meals in a relaxed and welcoming environment. We offer a calendar of events and experiences that bring people and communities together, and we have a national charity partner that both our colleagues and customers raise money for. We are committed to being a great place to work. We are one team and we encourage our colleagues to be the best version of themselves, every day; to share their wins and celebrate success. Together, we make it work for our customers.