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Customer Care Manager

Southampton
Posted 3 days ago
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Role & Responsibilities

At Dandara, we're proud to build homes that stand the test of time — places defined by quality, precision, and craftsmanship. For over 30 years, we've been setting the benchmark for excellence in UK housebuilding.

The Customer Care Manager will lead and manage the customer care function, ensuring homeowners receive a high-quality aftersales service and that defects are resolved efficiently and professionally. The role is critical to customer satisfaction, brand reputation, and compliance with warranty and consumer code requirements.

Working closely with Construction, Technical, and Customer Care teams, you will oversee the end-to-end customer care process from handover through the warranty period.

Main Duties And Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage the customer care team, including Coordinators and Technicians, setting clear standards and performance expectations.
  • Oversee the management of customer care cases, ensuring issues are logged, prioritised, and resolved within agreed service levels.
  • Act as the senior escalation point for complex or high-risk customer care issues.
  • Work closely with Construction and Site teams to address recurring defects and improve build quality.
  • Ensure compliance with warranty provider requirements (e.g. NHBC, LABC, Premier) and consumer codes.
  • Monitor and manage customer care budgets, costs, and subcontractor spend.
  • Coordinate defect inspections and quality reviews where required.
  • Manage relationships with subcontractors and suppliers supporting customer care works.
  • Track and report on customer satisfaction metrics, defects trends, and performance KPIs.
  • Support handover processes to ensure a smooth transition from Construction to Customer Care.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce defects and improve customer experience.
  • Ensure health & safety compliance across all customer care activities.
  • Provide regular reporting to senior management on performance, risks, and improvement actions.

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Key Skills and Experience:

  • Proven experience as a Customer Care Manager or Senior Customer Care / Aftercare professional within housebuilding or residential construction.
  • Strong understanding of new-build warranty processes, defects management, and customer service best practice.
  • Experience managing and developing teams.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Commercially aware with experience managing budgets and subcontractor costs.
  • Calm, professional, and solutions-focused approach to customer issues.
  • Strong organisational and problem-solving skills.
  • Relevant construction or customer service qualifications are advantageous.

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What's in it for you:

  • Competitive salary per annum depending on experience
  • Discretionary bonus
  • 33 days' holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
  • Health Hero digital GP and Health Assured Wisdom App
  • Competitive parental leave
  • 3x salary life assurance (option to increase to 4x)
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Employer-matched pension up to 5%
  • Flexible benefits including shopping vouchers, airport parking, and reduced gym memberships

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Skills

Customer Care Management
Defects Management
Team Management
Communication Skills
Stakeholder Management
Budget Management
Problem-Solving Skills
Organizational Skills
Construction Knowledge
Warranty Processes
Customer Service Best Practice
Health & Safety Compliance
Continuous Improvement
Quality Reviews
Relationship Management
Performance Tracking

Location

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

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