Closing Date
2025-11-02
Job Title:WholesaleCase Advisor
Location:Durrington (2-3 days onsite)
Contract Type:Perm
Hours:37
Salary:£28,000-31,000 per annum DOE
Are you passionate about building strong relationships with communities and ensuring successful project delivery in the water industry?
Job Overview
At Southern Water,we’recommitted to delivering water for life. As a Wholesale Case Specialist,you’llplay a vital role in supporting our Business Retail Market (BRM) operations by managing and resolving retailer enquiries with precision, empathy, and professionalism.
You’llbe responsible forassessing work requests, coordinating site visits, and ensuringtimelyupdates across multiple channels. This is a dynamic role that requires excellent communication skills, a customer-first mindset, and the ability to manage multiple cases to successful resolution within agreed service levels.
Your key accountabilities
1. Assess retailer work requests,determiningvalidity andidentifyingthe need for site inspections or system updates
2. Plan and coordinate site visits with field technicians and third-party contractors
3. Ensuretimelyupdates and completion of data sets within mandatory SLAs
4. Manage inbound and outbound communications with retailers to gather and provide information
5. Provide regular updates on case progress, major actions, and scheduled works
6. Support the Wholesale Service Desk Manager and Retailer Relationship Manager in resolving escalated issues
About You
Whatyou’llbring
- Proven experience in customer service, ideally in a call-handling environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong IT skills, withproficiencyin case management and scheduling tools (desirable)
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to work to targets and SLAs
- Experience in a data-driven environment
- Adaptability and efficiency in managing multiple case files
- Strong negotiation and persuasion skills
- Ability to engage and empathise with commercial customers
- Eagerness to learn and grow
Qualifications & experience
- GCSEs in English and Maths (or equivalent)
-Experience in a commercial customer service environment
- Full UK Driving Licence (desirable)
- Experience managing commercial customers in autilitiesenvironment (highly desirable)
Why join us?
We’retransforming how we serve our customers and communities. Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and a shared commitment to making a difference.
Ready to dive in? Apply now and help us shape the future of water for life.
Package
This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approachbetween our Durrington officeandworking fromhome.
We are offering a salary of up to £31,000per annum as well as other benefits including:
•Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
• 25 days annual leave
• Life assurance equal to 4x salary
• Salarysacrificeelectric car scheme (after 6 months service)
• Health Cash Plan
• Full funded eye tests
• Two paid volunteering days a year
• Occupational health service
• Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
• Digital GP service
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
• Cycle to work scheme
Join ourWholesale servicesTeamand see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers,and the environment.
Does this opportunity excite you butyou’renot 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hoursaren’tpossible given your personal circumstances? Whilst wecan’taccommodate every flexible working request,we’lltry to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?
If this roleisn’tquite whatyou’relooking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water, you can register your details here:Introduce Yourself (myworkdaysite.com)
Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All ouremployees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority.That’swhy our peoplejoin togetherand support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family meansyou’llbecome part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.
Privacy Statement:
Please note: If you are an existing Southern Water employee, you will need to confirm within your application that yourManageris aware of your application.
All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. You will need to provide evidence of eligibility (e.g. a passport or long birth certificate and proof of NI) and current proof of address (dated within the last 3 months), will berequiredas part of the recruitment process. If you do not meet these criteria, your application will not be considered.
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