Customer Service Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 5 May 2026
LOCATION
Stoke-on-Trent
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Retail
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SKILLS

Customer Service Team Management Staff Scheduling Performance Management Training & Development Relationship Building Resource Planning Communication

FULL DESCRIPTION

Customer Service Manager

[Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] is hiring a Customer Service Manager for their Stoke-on-Trent store. The role involves leading a team to deliver outstanding customer service, managing people routines, training, and ensuring availability. The role is permanent, full-time (40 hours/week) with competitive salary and benefits.

About this role

Stoke-on-Trent, Retail (Stores) Team Management, Competitive salary, plus excellent benefits, 40 Hours per week, Permanent, Closing date: 29 May 2026

We Make [Employer hidden]… From a Bradford market stall to the UK’s fifth largest supermarket we are proud to be the Yorkshire food retailer serving customers across the UK over almost 500 stores and an online home delivery service. Our business is mainly food & grocery and, uniquely, we source & process most of the fresh food that we sell through our own manufacturing facilities.

We’re recruiting for a high performing Customer Service Manager to help our business to continue to grow and succeed. Customers are always at the heart of everything we do. Which is why we need the best, always leading by example and showcasing exceptional customer service.

Reporting into the Store Manager, you will also:

  • Lead and empower colleagues to always put the customer first and deliver outstanding customer service
  • Listen and respond to our customers feedback and react accordingly
  • Ensure market leading availability across the store.
  • Work with the other Managers in store to lead a supportive and performance driven department
  • Efficiently manage all people routines, taking accountability of department(s) scheduling, absence, performance and talent conversations
  • Deliver training to ensure team have the capability and confidence to deliver their role
  • Enable colleagues to work with confidence across various departments
  • Identify and develop talent within the department
  • Build effective relationships with other operating departments
  • Lead colleagues to work with purpose, delivering outstanding performance against all relevant targets across the department(s)
  • Take a leadership role within the store
  • Ensure resource is planned thoroughly

About you

Whether it's previous experience working in the retail industry or you have experience in hospitality, the service industry or travel & tourism, if you have a passion for delivering exceptional customer service then we want to hear from you.

What do we need from you?

  • Experience of managing a team in a fast paced environment
  • You will need to be a great communicator who can share knowledge, experience and best practices
  • You will need to have the ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across all areas whilst remaining flexible
  • You must be adaptable to change, whilst being able to challenge effectively
  • As a Manager, you will actively listen to and respond effectively to customers and colleagues

Rewards and Benefits

How do we say thank you? You will play a vital role in our business and have a huge impact on our success so not only will you receive excellent training, support and continued development but we will also offer a competitive salary and superb benefits package. Our benefits package not only includes a generous bonus but you will also receive an attractive pension scheme, private healthcare as well as a colleague discount that we encourage you to share with your friends and family. We also offer a range of family friendly policies, including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave.

Location

Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, ST1 5NY

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