Customer Operations Manager

IKEA
$70,164 - $88,843 a year
Sydney, New South Wales
Full time
1 day ago
  • Job ID: 299824

  • Date posted: 19/07/2025

  • 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.

    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
    • Bonus programme (where eligible)
    • Benefits Membership (savings and discounts on everyday expenses, entertainment, retail and well-being offers across hundreds of retailers and service providers)
    • Co-worker Loyalty programme (extra contribution to your superannuation fund where eligible)

  • Additional Information:
    • This role is Permanent Full-time, 76 hrs/fortnight.
    • Applications close Friday 15 August 2025
    • You must have the availability to work a rotating roster with a mix of day and evening shifts between the hours of 8am and 10pm. 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:
    • Securing operational excellence and a customer friendly, efficient and cost-effective execution of the payment and returns processes.
    • Lead, coach and develop your team of Customer Co-workers and Team Leaders, building competence and high performance, identifying talent, and securing succession
    • Lead a customer-focused culture throughout the unit and ensure an overall inspiring shopping journey.
    • Proactively share customer insights for business and customer experience improvements.
    • Analyse customer related financial KPIs and act with relevant stakeholders on the root causes of customer dissatisfaction and other efficiency drivers - including accountability of the customers and compensations budget.
    • Implement the global solutions, services and tools that support the daily operations within the customer function
    • Provide family friendly environment that converts more visitors to happy customers

  • As Customer Operations Manager you are/have:
    • Experience building a high performing team and securing succession. You resonate with the IKEA values and lead by example, supporting and developing your team with a continuous improvement mindset.
    • Experiencing influencing stakeholders and leading a customer-centric culture.
    • Experience leading the business through your people and securing operational excellence with flexibility, simplicity, and speed.
    • Able to be adaptable in a constantly changing, fast-paced retail environment.
    • A highly developed skillset in analysing data, being able to derive insights, identify pain points, create solutions, and influence across the business to drive customer satisfaction.
    • Strong communication and a highly collaborative approach.
    • Able to effectively create and execute action plans that deliver business results.

  • We need people like you

    At IKEA, work is so much more than a job. Come join us!
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