Job Description

Who you are

We believe your backpack consists of:

• Ability to understand customer needs and to offer relevant solutions that build customer satisfaction as well as to handle and de-escalate potential conflicts
• Passion for meeting customers, connecting with them and providing empathic solutions to their needs
• Energized by providing great customer service and reaching individual as well as team goal
• Enjoy working with technology that enable distance engagement in a remote fast-paced and future-oriented environment
• High level of data/computer proficiency
• Motivated by sharing and living the IKEA culture and values
• Ability to communicate correctly, confidently and clearly in local language(s) across channels
• General knowledge of remote customer behavior across channels as well as of remote customer engagement
• Enjoy working in a team with common goals in a sharing and open culture
• Strong customer focused mindset, thus steering conversation in a polite, friendly and trustworthy way
• Passion for home furnishing and people\'s life at home
• Strong customer service skills and ability to adapt communication depending on channel
• Ability to work with others in a team and open to exchange of knowledge and insights
• Ability to work with modern tools and systems in a dynamic retail environment, handling more than one task at the time
• Strong knowledge of IKEAs corporate identity, core values and vision of creating a better everyday life for the many people
• For internal: Very good knowledge of the IKEA product and service range
• For internal: Extensive knowledge of IKEA tone of voice and the prerequisites of communication across channels
• For internal: Strong knowledge about relevant Ingka processes, systems and tools

Your backpack is our wish list! If you don\xe2\x80\x99t recognize yourself in all these points, you might still be an excellent candidate for the role. We like to think long-term and invest in people\xe2\x80\x99s development together with us.

Your responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Provide qualitative customer support in all remote channels (phone, chat, mail, video, social), to secure a great customer experience, thus building trust in IKEA brand.
• Offer great and convenient solutions, demonstrating a customer-centric and truly empathic approach in every customer interaction, in order to maximize customer satisfaction
• Make use of conflict management techniques in the customer contact to contribute to smooth and positive interactions that drive customer retention
• Take responsibility to decide in which cases to go the extra mile, prioritizing customer experience while understanding cost consciousness
• Contribute with input to set, and responsible for reaching, personal goals that align with and contribute to the unit, function and team goals
• Actively seek information about the IKEA products and services to stay up to date with commercial priorities and activities thus maintaining ability to contribute to sales directly and indirectly
• Provide feedback on improvement needs, thus contributing to all co-workers having the knowledge required to meet customer needs
• Capture and share relevant customer insights to enable other parts of Ingka to improve the customer experience

Together as a team

At IKEA it\xe2\x80\x99s all about our customers, and in Customer Relations we build and retain long-lasting relationships with new and existing customers in a multichannel retail environment. We\xe2\x80\x99re a diverse team that work together to ensure a positive and joyful experience for all IKEA visitors and customers: we set up services, gather feedback and make things right! Our modus operandi is to connect to people by listening to their personal needs and to create genuine interactions. We\xe2\x80\x99re a bunch of people who are truly passionate about people!