Handle customer questions and technical issues across email, chat, and phone, guide tradespeople through key workflows, and use support insights to improve the product and customer experience.
Senior Customer Service & Operations Coordinator (Home & Living)
π Description
- Provide operational guidance to team members and cover daily priorities and workload when the Customer Service Manager is absent.
- Coach the team on clear communication and consistent issue resolution.
- Resolve complex complaints, delivery issues, and warranty matters; handle customer enquiries across phone, email, and digital channels.
- Support quotes, sales orders, returns, and exchanges, and negotiate practical resolutions within company policies.
- Maintain Gorgias macros, workflows, tags, and knowledge-base content; use ticket data to identify service improvements.
- Coordinate with warehouse, sales, eCommerce, suppliers, and logistics partners, keeping accurate records and escalating service risks.
π οΈ Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of customer service experience in retail or eCommerce
- Demonstrated experience in senior support, mentoring, or team leadership
- Proven ability to manage difficult conversations and complex escalations independently
- Strong understanding of retail, online orders, inventory, and returns processes
- Experience using a cloud phone system in a customer service environment
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
- Certification in eCommerce or Customer Service Management
- Experience using NetSuite and Shopify
- Strong hands-on capability with Gorgias including macros and workflows
- Practical experience using AI tools like Claude to improve response quality and team efficiency
β¨ Benefits
- βPermanent work-from-home set-up
- Dayshift (Australian business hours)
- Full-time job
- Annual leave
- Christmas Bonus equivalent to 1 month's wage (pro-rata)
Full job description
Our client is an Australian family-owned retailer specialising in unique home furnishings, architectural hardware, and period-authentic renovation fixtures. They provide high-quality products and bespoke solutions to residential and commercial customers across the country.
They are now seeking to hire a Senior Customer Service & Operations Coordinator to act as the second-in-charge to the Customer Service Manager and drive operational excellence. This role is essential for leading complex issue resolution, guiding the support team, and maintaining high service standards to ensure a seamless customer experience.
Job Responsibilities
Operational Leadership and Support
- Act as the first point of operational support for team members and provide guidance on complex matters
- Step in for the Customer Service Manager during absences to coordinate daily priorities and workload
- Coach and guide the team in effective communication and consistent issue resolution
Customer Service and Issue Resolution
- Manage complex customer complaints, delivery issues, and warranty matters directly
- Respond to customer enquiries via phone, email, and digital channels during peak periods
- Negotiate practical and commercially appropriate resolutions in line with company policies
- Support retail administration tasks including quotes, sales orders, returns, and exchanges
Process Improvement and System Management
- Maintain and improve Gorgias macros, ticket workflows, tags, and knowledge-base content
- Review recurring enquiry types and ticket data to identify efficiency and quality improvements
- Partner with management to develop and implement practical workflow improvements
- Ensure accurate recording of order numbers and resolution types to support reporting
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Coordinate with warehouse, sales, eCommerce, suppliers, and logistics partners
- Escalate material concerns and service risks to the Customer Service Manager
- Maintain clear and accurate records of decisions, commitments, and order details
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of customer service experience in retail or eCommerce
- Demonstrated experience in senior support, mentoring, or team leadership
- Proven ability to manage difficult conversations and complex escalations independently
- Strong understanding of retail, online orders, inventory, and returns processes
- Experience using a cloud phone system in a customer service environment
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Certification in eCommerce or Customer Service Management
- Experience using NetSuite and Shopify
- Strong hands-on capability with Gorgias including macros and workflows
- Practical experience using AI tools like Claude to improve response quality and team efficiency
Benefits
- βPermanent work-from-home set-up
- Dayshift (Australian business hours)
- Full-time job
- HMO
- Annual leave
- Christmas Bonus equivalent to 1 month's wage (pro-rata)
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