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Customer Service Supervisors

Customer service supervisors oversee operations and directly supervise and coordinate the activities of a customer services team dealing with the responses, complaints or further requirements of purchasers and users of a product or service.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£17,201
£30,172
£50,451

New workers start around £17,201. Normal pay is £30,172 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £50,451.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 64,008 vacancies for this type of job

5.27%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Discusses customer responses with managers with a view to improving the product or service provided and to resolve operational problems.

  • Establishes and monitors work schedules to meet the organisation's requirements.

  • Develops and plans training for their teams.

  • Liaises with clients and handles more complicated or sensitive complaints and queries.

  • Directly supervises and coordinates the activities of a help and advisory services to provide support for customers and users.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Invoicing

  • Customer Relationship Management

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  • Data Entry

  • Administrative Support

  • Finance

  • Order Processing

  • Marketing

  • Stocking Merchandise

  • Warehousing

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Customer Service

  • Communication

  • Sales

  • Problem Solving

  • Detail Oriented

  • Leadership

  • Management

  • Honesty

  • Organizational Skills

  • Microsoft Excel

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Business Enterprise

University College Birmingham

FdA · 2 Years · Full-time · Birmingham · 02/02/2026

Tariff points: 32/56

Business Studies

University of Worcester

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Worcester · 09/2025

Tariff points: 64/64

Business and Data Analytics

Richmond American University London

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · London · 09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Business with foundation year

Sheffield Hallam University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Sheffield · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 64/64

Travel and Tourism

Middlesbrough College

FD · 2 Years · Part-time · Middlesbrough · 09/2025

Tariff points: 48/48

Business

Northeastern University London

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 01/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Business Administration

SP Jain London School of Management

BBA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · London · 09/2025

Tariff points: 120/120

Fashion Business

Istituto Marangoni London

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 02/2026

Tariff points: 80/80

Business

SGS (South Gloucestershire and Stroud College)

HNC · 1 Year · Full-time · Bristol · 09/2025

Tariff points: 48/48

Business

University of Portsmouth

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Newport · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 48/56

Business

Harlow College

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Harlow · 08/09/2025

Tariff points: 64/64

Business Administration (Top-up)

University of Central Lancashire

BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Preston · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Business (Management)

University Centre St Helens

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · St Helens · 01/09/2025

Tariff points: 32/32

Business

Petroc

FdA · 3 Years · Part-time · Barnstaple · 09/2025

Tariff points: 48/48

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