Overview
Our team within IKEA.
At IKEA, our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people.
We believe that everything we do comes with the responsibility to create a positive impact on people, society and the planet.
We are passionate about home furnishing, creating a positive life at home and sharing our tasty responsibly sourced food with the many people across the world.
We are guided by our cultures & values, creating a great place to work.
We stand for equality, diversity and inclusion.
We care about people & planet and promote health & wellbeing.
We nurture your development and provide career opportunities to unlock your potential.
Are you ready to help create a better customer experience for the many people?
In this role, you'll lead and support a diverse team of leaders, helping them grow while creating a seamless experience for our customers.
You'll be responsible for customer satisfaction, operational excellence and delivering strong business results in a fast-paced retail environment.
This is an opportunity to lead a large and key part of the IKEA business, where your decisions will make a real difference for customers, co-workers and the business.
You'll gain valuable experience leading a complex function at scale, broaden your leadership journey and continue developing your impact as a leader within one of the world's most loved home furnishing retailers.
What you need to know
Working at IKEA has its benefits and rewards:
5 weeks' Paid Annual Leave, Paid Parental Leave, Family & Community Leave and much more
24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program for health and wellbeing support
15% Co-worker discount




Low-cost nutritious meals including complimentary drinks in our Co-worker restaurant
Co-worker uniform provided
Free Co-worker parking
Free benefits membership (savings and discounts on everyday expenses, entertainment, retail and well-being offers across hundreds of retailers and service providers).
Bonus programme (where eligible)
Co-worker Loyalty programme (extra contribution to your superannuation fund where eligible)
Additional information:
This role is Temporary Full-time, 76hrs/fortnight for 12 months
The internal job title for this role is Customer Operations Manager
As our store operates 7 days per week, you must have the availability to work a rotating roster with a mix of day and evening shifts.
You also have the availability to work alternating weekend shifts (both Saturday and Sunday).
About this work area
As Customer Operations Manager your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Contribute ideas and insights to the creation and operations implementation of the local customer relations action plan
Execute and follow up a customer-focused culture throughout the unit and ensure an overall inspiring shopping journey
Build business competence and lead, coach and develop the full team promoting individual growth and securing a high performing team
Implement the global solutions, services and tools that support the daily operations within the customer function




Analyse customer related and financial KPI's and act with relevant stakeholders on the root causes of customer dissatisfaction and other efficiency drivers including accountability of the customers and compensations budget
Provide family friendly environment that converts more visitors to happy customers
Ensure a customer friendly, efficient and cost-effective execution of the payment process
Maintain relations with external and internal partners and provide input to the service agreements and contracts with internal/external partners and support co-workers in execution and follow up
Secure operational excellence in daily operations in order to enhance the customers shopping journey
Identify and develop the many talents in the unit and within the department to secure succession planning
Support proactively with customer insights for business and customer experience improvements.
As Customer Operations Manager you are or you have
Incredible people management skills and being able to identify, support and nurture talent to see them grow and develop.
A strong ability to inspire the team to prioritise the customer experience through leading by example.
An adaptable mindset, being able to reflect and remain agile in a constantly changing retail environment.
A highly developed skillset in analysing data, being able to derive insight, identify pain points and create solutions to drive customer satisfaction.
Collaborative by nature and can influence and inspire colleagues, internal and external to align to your vision.
We need people like you
At IKEA, work is so much more than a job.
Come join us!

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📌 Customer Service Manager (New South Wales)
🏢 Ikea Gruppe
📍 New South Wales