Customer Service Apprentice (West London)

Summary

Chain Logistics Services is a logistics company. As we continue to grow, we are excited to offer an apprenticeship opportunity for a Customer Service Specialist in Park Royal, London. The programme builds the specialist knowledge and skills needed to influence the customer experience and their satisfaction with the organisation.

Wage

£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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The annual wage listed reflects the starting salary for this apprenticeship. Upon successful completion of the first year, the salary will increase. We’re looking for someone who will stay with the company beyond the apprenticeship and grow with us

Training course

Customer service specialist (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 July 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Learners will develop important customer service skills and behaviours alongside product/service knowledge, enabling them to effectively handle a range of customer interactions, whether face-to-face, on the phone, by post, email or text, or through social media.

Skills gained:

Business strategy and processes in relation to your customers and organisation
Customer experience and challenges to its success
Understanding internal and external customer behaviour
Understanding what drives loyalty, retention and satisfaction
Analysing information to provide customer insight

Where you'll work

37 UNIMIX HOUSE
ABBEY ROAD
LONDON
NW10 7TR

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED

Your training course

Customer service specialist (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Business focused service delivery: Demonstrate a continuous improvement and future focussed approach to customer service delivery including decision making and providing recommendations or advice
Business focused service delivery: Resolve complex issues by being able to choose from and successfully apply a wide range of approaches
Business focused service delivery: Find solutions that meet your organisations needs as well as the customer requirements
Providing a positive customer experience: Through advanced questioning, listening and summarising negotiate mutually beneficial outcomes
Providing a positive customer experience: Manage challenging and complicated situations within your level of authority and make recommendations to enable and deliver change to service or strategy
Providing a positive customer experience: Use clear explanations, provide options and solutions to influence and help customers make choices and agree next steps
Providing a positive customer experience: Explore and interpret the customer experience to inform and influence achieving a positive result for customer satisfaction
Providing a positive customer experience: Demonstrate a cost conscious mind-set when meeting customer and the business needs
Providing a positive customer experience: Identifying where highs and lows of the customer journey produce a range of emotions in the customer
Providing a positive customer experience: Use written and verbal communication to simplify and provide complex information in a way that supports positive customer outcome in the relevant format
Working with customers/customer insights: Proactively gather customer feedback, through a variety of methods. Critically analyse, and evaluate the meaning, implication and facts and act upon it
Working with customers/customer insights: Analyse your customer types, to identify or anticipate their potential needs and expectations when providing your service
Customer Service performance: Maintain a positive relationship even when you are unable to deliver the customer’s expected outcome
Customer Service performance: When managing referrals or escalations take into account historical interactions and challenges to determine next steps
Service Improvement: Analyse the end to end service experience, seeking input from others where required, supporting development of solutions
Service Improvement: Make recommendations based on your findings to enable improvement
Service Improvement: Make recommendations and implement where possible, changes in line with new and relevant legislation, regulations and industry best practice

Your training plan

The training will take place at work

Requirements

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative

About this company

Chain Logistics Services is a team of dedicated professionals having distinct experience in Maritime, supply chain and logistics industries. It has been our constant endeavour to provide first class, highly competitive services to our clients. By monitoring and responding to our client’s needs, Chain Logistics Services is constantly developing the scope of its expertise which has made us a fast growing logistics service provider. Our comprehensive range of services and solutions, cover every single need of Importers & Exporters. Chain Logistics Services develops customised logistics solutions to meet the priorities of each client, with a responsible, ethical approach. Chain Logistics Services is a stable, independent and fast growing freight forwarder. Our excellent customer service, In-House expertise and our global logistics network has placed us at forefront of our industry.

After this apprenticeship

Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, there are several potential routes for progression within the company. Depending on your strengths and interests, you could move into a permanent full-time role as a Customer Service Specialist. From there, you’ll have the opportunity to advance into more senior positions, take on leadership responsibilities, or even specialise in areas that align with your career goals. We’re committed to helping you grow and succeed long-term within the business.

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