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Universal Business Team

Family-business consulting, training, and group purchasing

Customer Service Executive

Full-Time
£30k/yr
Mid
Croydon, UK
In Person

About the job

Requirements
  • Previous experience in customer service, order processing, sales support, or administration.
  • Excellent communication and telephone skills.
  • Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
  • Confidence using customer relationship management, order processing, or business systems.
  • Ability to multitask and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.
  • A proactive, adaptable, and customer-focused approach.
  • Positive attitude and willingness to learn and develop.
Responsibilities
  • Process customer orders received via telephone, email, website, customer relationship management systems, and other communication channels.
  • Manage customer enquiries relating to orders, product availability, deliveries, and account information.
  • Ensure order accuracy and maintain high service standards throughout the customer journey.
  • Coordinate deliveries using third-party carriers and internal delivery resources.
  • Proactively contact customers to confirm delivery schedules and provide updates where required.
  • Maintain accurate customer relationship management records and capture customer insights.
  • Identify upselling and cross-selling opportunities during customer interactions to support business growth.
  • Collaborate with colleagues to ensure orders are dispatched efficiently and customer expectations are met.

About the company

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Universal Business Team

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UBT helps family-owned businesses grow and run more efficiently by providing advisory, coaching, training, and accounting services, plus a group purchasing program. Its training courses cover finance, HR, leadership, marketing, and sales and are delivered through on-site workplace visits and online sessions; the group purchasing service uses the client network to secure better prices for various products and services. UBT differentiates itself with a social mission that reinvests profits into education and charitable work, funding initiatives like OneSchool Global and the Rapid Relief Team, alongside its consulting and training offerings. Its goal is to help clients increase profitability, improve liquidity, and reduce debt across about 3,000 clients in 19 countries with a global team of around 700.

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • UBT's 2026 Dayforce rollout improves hiring visibility across Australia, New Zealand, North America, and the UK.
  • The company still markets active growth across 19 countries and 3,000 clients.
  • UBT's education and charitable reinvestment strengthens brand appeal among purpose-driven employers.

What critics are saying

  • UBT's model depends on founder-led trust and family-business referrals, concentrating revenue risk.
  • The Precinct and group-buying offerings face replication by niche consultancies and procurement platforms.
  • If consulting margins weaken, UBT's reinvest-all-profits mission limits capital for acquisitions.

What makes Universal Business Team unique

  • UBT serves 3,000 family businesses across 19 countries, unusually focused on family firms.
  • The Precinct combines consulting with coworking in Sydney, Auckland, and the UK.
  • Dayforce adoption in 2026 shows UBT operates a globally centralized people platform.

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Leave

Life Insurance

Meal Benefits

Profit Sharing

Performance Bonus

Wellness Program

Professional Development Budget

Training Programs