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Customer Support Team Leader

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IKEA

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Location:
New Zealand, Auckland

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Category:
Customer Service

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Contract Type:
Employment contract

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Salary:

Not provided

Job Description:

As a Customer Support Team Leader (Resolutions) your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Resolutions team, ensuring a seamless and exceptional customer experience across all service channels including live chat, email, social media, phone, via our cloud-based contact platform, Dialog. You will lead, coach, and support your team through regular performance check-ins, fostering a strong team culture, building capability, and driving accountability, engagement, and results. You will support change initiatives and system integration projects, ensuring a smooth transition and keeping your team informed and engaged throughout. You will support IKEA to exceed customer expectations in New Zealand by delivering high-quality, efficient, and customer-centric service across all remote contact points. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to share customer insights, support service strategies, and ensure a consistent and seamless customer journey. You will ensure your team maintains up-to-date product knowledge and consistently applies IKEA’s tone of voice and communication standards. You will support continuous improvement by identifying gaps in processes, communication, or systems, and leading initiatives that enhance the overall service experience.

Job Responsibility:

  • Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Resolutions team, ensuring a seamless and exceptional customer experience across all service channels including live chat, email, social media, phone, via our cloud-based contact platform, Dialog
  • Lead, coach, and support your team through regular performance check-ins, fostering a strong team culture, building capability, and driving accountability, engagement, and results
  • Support change initiatives and system integration projects, ensuring a smooth transition and keeping your team informed and engaged throughout
  • Supporting IKEA to exceed customer expectations in New Zealand by delivering high-quality, efficient, and customer-centric service across all remote contact points
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to share customer insights, support service strategies, and ensure a consistent and seamless customer journey
  • Ensure your team maintains up-to-date product knowledge and consistently applies IKEA’s tone of voice and communication standards
  • Support continuous improvement by identifying gaps in processes, communication, or systems, and leading initiatives that enhance the overall service experience

Requirements:

  • Minimum of 3 years’ experience in customer service leadership, with a proven track record of managing high-performing resolutions or service teams, ideally across both online and offline channels
  • Proven ability to lead and motivate a team, with a track record of coaching for performance and growth
  • Strong problem-solving skills with experience managing escalations and complex customer enquiries
  • Advanced communication skills, written and verbal, with a high level of emotional intelligence
  • Experience working with customer platforms and using data to track and report on team performance
  • Organised, solutions-focused and able to thrive under pressure during launches, peaks and promotional periods
  • A commitment to creating an inclusive, engaging workplace where everyone feels they belong
  • Alignment with IKEA’s values and a passion for leading through people
What we offer:
  • 5 weeks of Paid Annual Leave, Parental Leave Pay, and more!
  • 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program for health and wellbeing support
  • 15% discount for co-workers
  • Provided Co-worker uniforms

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
July 12, 2025

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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