My client, a new homes developer with incredible growth plans are seeking an experienced Customer Liaison Manager to cover their South Yorkshire region.

We have ambitious growth plans and are looking for passionate individuals to help us achieve them. Our mission is to provide affordable yet aspirational homes to our communities, ensuring that new homes are accessible and attainable for all with a product suitable for everyone.

We are proud to employ local people across our developments and within our regional offices, teamwork is key to everything that we do.

We are looking for people who want to be a part of something special, so why not start the foundations and build your career with us today?


The Role

Are you a customer service focused individual? Do you take pride in building relationships and providing an excellent customer experience?

If the answer is yes, then look no further, your next career could be with us!

Joining our team as our Customer Liaison Manager, you will be our customers key point of contact from the moment they are introduced to their home onwards, managing the customer relationship, ensuring quick and effective resolutions to defects in order to meet and exceed our customers expectations.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has a keen focus on face-to-face customer service and experience with a keen eye for problem solving, strong organisational skills and the ability to communicate at all levels.

As this is a mobile role covering the North Yorkshire operating area, therefore a full UK driving licence is required.

Key duties and requirements

You will also be responsible for but not limited to;
• Acting as the dedicated point of contact for our customers from the point of legal completion for up to 20 weeks, ensuring the successful execution of the customer journey policy and the New Homes Ombudsmen regulations.
• Actively be involved with Site/Sales teams to ensure an awareness of the properties that are due to complete.
• Hosting the first in home visit for our customers, one week post legal completion, resolving any issues or queries raised.
• Responsibility for all first stage customer escalations.
• Managing Customers expectations, meeting and communicating promptly and effectively to qualify, rectify and resolve defects.
• Liaising with all Trades, Sub Contractors to ensure completion of agreed defects.
• Maintaining reasonable timescales for customers for any remediation works and ensure that customers are kept informed throughout any process taking place in their home.
• Developing good and lasting relationships with customers and ensure all communication is uploaded onto COINS.
• Monitoring re-occurring defects and raise any issues to Head of Customer Service, Technical & Commercial departments.
• Taking our customers through their home demonstration prior to handover and attending legal completions as and when required.
• Attending NHBC claim investigation meetings when required.

Who are we looking for?

To be successful as our Customer Liaison Manager, experience of working within a similar role for a housebuilder, housing association or local authority is essential along with some knowledge of new build construction.

You will also need to be highly organised and possess the following;
• A full UK driving licence
• Good knowledge of the Construction and Technical processes is essential.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing requirements.
• A natural and engaging communication style, demonstrating a passion and excellence for customer contact, developing trusting relationships both internally and externally.
• Convey excellent project management skills along with the ability to provide an excellent customer experience.
• Ability to work independently, remain calm in a crisis, prioritise work, take initiative and make informed decisions.
• Previous experience of using the COINS ERP system is desirable yet not essential.

What will you get in return?
• Discretionary bonus
• Company car plan/cash allowance
• Buy, sell and accrual holiday scheme
• Private Health care
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Other Benefits including our exclusive discount platform

This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Approach Personnel Ltd that is operating as an employment business. We recruit temporary to permanent labour surrounding the UK. If this job isn't suited to your specifications, please contact the number 0115 9003 171 to leave your details, we will then contact you when a job arises which best suits your skills.