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Customer Service Manager
KP Snacks
📍 Kegworth
Job description
<p><p style="text-align:start;"><strong>Customer Service Manager</strong><br><strong>East Midlands Gateway</strong><br><strong>On-site | Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 16:00 </strong></p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p style="text-align:start;"><strong>Join our snack-loving team</strong><br>We’re looking for a Customer Service Manager to join us at KP Snacks. If you’re ready to bring your ideas to the table, grow your skills and be part of a team that values what makes you, you – this could be your next big move.</p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p style="text-align:start;"><strong>About the role</strong></p><p>As Customer Service Manager, you’ll play a vital role in delivering our promise of Great Service Every Day. You’ll lead a high-performing Customer Service team that sits at the heart of our Supply Chain, ensuring accurate order processing, smooth execution and strong collaboration with our customers, sites and 3PL partners.</p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p>This role blends people leadership with process excellence. You’ll create clarity and consistency across order management, drive continuous improvement and automation, and build a confident, capable team who take pride in what they do. As a key member of our Supply Chain Extended Leadership Team, you’ll also shape how we work cross‑functionally to support growth and create Happy Snacking Moments.</p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p style="text-align:start;"><strong>What’s in it for you?</strong><br>We believe in rewarding our colleagues and helping them thrive. Here’s a flavour of what we offer:</p><ul><li><p>Competitive annual salary, alongside an annual bonus scheme, with a strong track record of overachievement</p></li><li><p>£6,000 car allowance </p></li><li><p>Comprehensive healthcare support – including Medicash Health Cash Plan or Private Healthcare, Digital GP, Best Doctors second opinion service and specialist cancer care</p></li><li><p>KP Pension Plan – contribution matching up to 7% of your salary</p></li><li><p>25 days holiday, plus the option to buy more</p></li><li><p>KP4ME – our online platform for benefits, discounts, wellbeing tools and more</p></li></ul><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p style="text-align:start;"><strong>What will you be doing?</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Leading day-to-day Customer Service operations</strong><br>Ensuring accurate, timely order receipt, processing and release to warehousing and transport partners, while translating S&OE priorities into clear execution</p></li><li><p><strong>Owning service performance with our 3PL partners</strong><br>Acting as the primary contact for DHL operations, monitoring KPIs, resolving issues quickly and strengthening ways of working across warehouse and transport planning</p></li><li><p><strong>Driving continuous improvement and automation</strong><br>Identifying root causes, improving processes and progressing system enhancements to deliver greater efficiency, accuracy and consistency for KP Snacks and our customers</p></li><li><p><strong>Supporting change across the business</strong><br>Playing a key role in NPD launches, SKU and pack changes, promotional activity, stock allocation and volume challenges, ensuring confidence and clarity throughout</p></li><li><p><strong>Leading, developing and engaging your team</strong><br>Building a strong and inclusive team culture through coaching, development planning, succession management and clear performance expectations</p></li></ul><p style="text-align:start;min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p style="text-align:start;"><strong>Who are we?</strong><br>We’re KP Snacks, part of the Intersnack family. Across more than 30 countries, over 15,000 of us work together to make the snacks people love – from Hula Hoops to McCoy’s. In the UK, we’re a team of around 2,400 colleagues, based across seven sites and our Slough HQ. We’re proud of our close-knit culture, where we speak up, celebrate differences and push boundaries together.</p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p style="text-align:start;"><strong>We’re committed to inclusion</strong><br>We’re building a workplace where everyone belongs. If you don’t tick every box, we’d still love to hear from you – your unique perspective could be just what we need. And if there’s anything we can do to make the process easier for you, just let us know.</p></p><p><p style="text-align:start;"><strong>We’d love to hear from you if you can bring:</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Experience in FMCG or 3PL customer service or order management</strong><br>With strong understanding of ERP-driven processes and how service excellence supports business growth</p></li><li><p><strong>Proven people leadership capability</strong><br>Including team engagement, development, performance management and building future talent</p></li><li><p><strong>A continuous improvement mindset</strong><br>With experience moving processes from manual to automated and driving standardisation</p></li><li><p><strong>Strong technical capability</strong><br>Confident using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Outlook, with working knowledge of JDE or a similar ERP system</p></li><li><p><strong>Excellent collaboration and communication skills</strong><br>Able to balance day-to-day execution with longer-term thinking, influencing confidently across functions and with external partners</p></li></ul><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p>#LI-SC1 #LI-ONSITE</p></p>
Benefits
25 days holiday, Pension, Bonus, Private healthcare, Car allowance