Who you are

*The successful candidate must reside within a commutable distance to our call center in Baltimore/Nottingham, Maryland. * 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 Your backpack is our wish list! If you don’t 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’s 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

About this work area

Deliver excellent experiences to remote customers and maximize the customer satisfaction by providing best possible solutions always with empathy, understanding of customer needs and strong will to create a better life at home for the customer.

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JOB TYPE: Full-time, Hourly BENEFITS ELIGBILE: Yes *The successful candidate must reside within a commutable distance to our call center in Baltimore/Nottingham, Maryland. * Salary Range: $17.03 - $21.85 per hour Whether you’re part-time or full-time, we offer competitive benefits and perks, such as medical and Rx*, dental, vision, 401k, meal deal, store discount, autism coverage, parental leave, pet insurance, education assistance, and more.