Customer Support Manager

Peterborough
Logistics & Customer Services
Permanent
£50k - 60k per year + x
Holly Pattison
Holly@pod-talent.com
JOB-7172
06-Apr-2026

Customer Support Manager / Customer Service Manager
Location - Peterborough - In office Monday – Friday (potential flex to hybrid in the future) 9-5pm
Salary - up to £60,000

We’re supporting a well-known business in the search for a Customer Support Manager / Customer Service Manager to lead and develop their customer service function within a busy logistics operation.

This role sits within the logistics arm of the business and is focused on delivering a consistently high-quality customer experience. You’ll lead a small team, work closely with internal departments and 3PL partners, and ensure customer issues are resolved efficiently while maintaining strong service levels.

It’s a great opportunity for someone who enjoys improving processes, leading teams, and being the go-to person when it comes to resolving customer challenges.

What you’ll be doing as Customer Support Manager

  • Leading and developing the Customer Service team, including performance management, recruitment and day-to-day leadership
    • Acting as the key point of contact for regional and site teams, ensuring customer queries and issues are managed effectively
    • Working cross-functionally with commercial, production and logistics teams to resolve customer-facing issues
    • Managing escalations and ensuring customer communication is clear, professional and timely
    • Overseeing customer care orders to ensure delivery within required timeframes
    • Preparing weekly and monthly management reports and providing updates to senior leadership
    • Monitoring KPIs across the customer service function and driving improvements where needed
    • Ensuring best practice processes are followed when dealing with customer queries and complaints
    • Working with internal teams and external 3PL partners to ensure a seamless customer experience
    • Driving continuous improvement initiatives across processes and systems

What they’re looking for

  • Experience leading a customer service or customer support team
    • Strong communication skills – both written and verbal
    • A customer-first mindset with the ability to resolve issues quickly and effectively
    • Strong analytical skills and confidence working with performance data and KPIs
    • Ability to work autonomously and take ownership of the function
    • Experience working cross-functionally across operations, logistics or supply chain environments
    • Continuous improvement or Lean experience would be beneficial

Measures of success

  • Customer communications responded to within 24 hours
    • Customer care queries resolved within agreed SLAs
    • Strong KPI performance across customer satisfaction and service delivery
    • Positive feedback from internal stakeholders and site teams
    • High-quality performance management and engagement within the team

If this sounds like something you’d be open to hearing more about, please apply here or email holly@pod-talent.com for further details.

Holly Pattison

Principal Consultant - UK Logistics

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