Ollie was born with the mission of improving the lives of pets and pet parents nationwide. We make human-grade pet food, tailored for each dog's nutritional needs, and deliver directly to our customers' doors. Through Ollie's carefully crafted meals and health services for members, dogs can truly live their healthiest, happiest lives.As a member of our growing team, you'll take part in a company culture that cares deeply about its work and its team members.
Come join the Ollie Canine Care team! Ollie is driven to make pets' lives healthier by making freshly-cooked, human-grade food for dogs that are delivered right to our customer's doorsteps. And our customers want the very best for their dogs. Together, we're hoping to embark (no pun intended) on some very long healthy journeys for our dogs powered by good fresh food. That's where you come in... We're looking for an experienced Shift Manager to join our Canine Care Customer Experience team, a small pack of exceptional humans that serve Ollie's favorite pups and their parents to our high-quality standards. We make sure that, from box to bowl, all our dogs (and their parents) have the best experience possible. The Customer Experience Shift Manager will lead a recently formed team of customer experience sales associates and will report to the Director of Customer Experience.
This is a remote position, but we are only seeking candidates in the Nashville, TN, or Salt Lake City, UT areas.What You'll Do:
- Lead and manage the Canine Care Advocates and Sales team within the Customer Experience department.
- Develop strategies to drive sales and meet or exceed sales targets.
- Train and mentor the advocates and sales team members, enhancing their sales skills and overall professional development.
- Monitor individual and team performance, ensuring KPIs and other goals are met.
- Handle escalated customer situations and resolve these in accordance with established business guidelines.
- Motivate the sales team to meet and exceed personal sales goals.
- Collaborate with the management team to interview, recruit, and onboard new team members.
- Work with CX management to implement best practices, SOPs, metrics, and KPIs.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and consistently work toward implementing new brand guidelines in talk tracks, scripts, emails, etc.
- Drive initiatives to fulfill our CX Vision of creating a world-class, genuinely kind customer experience.
Who You Are:
- You have experience working on a sales team in a customer experience department.
- You've successfully managed a sales team in a call center environment (or similar).
- You are great at relationship-building and showing you care personally and can challenge directly.
- You thrive in customer-facing roles and love engaging with people throughout the day.
- You are a good listener, efficient, and self-motivated, with a patient and solution-oriented approach.
- You excel in both written and verbal communication, providing clear and thoughtful responses to pup parents' inquiries.
- You put pets first. You love dogs and approach every dog with the same empathy and understanding as if it were your own.
- You're good at thinking on your feet and improvisation- you like finding new ways to tackle challenges; nothing catches you off guard.
- You prefer flexibility and guardrails over rigid rules.
- You're a natural-born problem solver. Cutting through to the core of a problem and figuring out how to fix it energizes you.
- Most importantly, you're fun! You don't mind occasional sloppy dog kisses and appreciate a good meme.
Bonus Points If:
- You have a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
- You have previous experience leading a customer-facing team in a D2C products company- preferably pet product, health foods, or consumables.
- You have experience with Gladly or a similar customer service platform is a plus.
- You're interested in working in a pet-friendly, fast-moving environment
What You'll Get:
- Competitive salary, commission, and a stake in the company
- Sponsored 401k program with employer match up to 4%
- Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental and vision
- Unlimited vacation policy that you're encouraged to use
- Paid parental leave
- 1-week paw-ternity leave for new dog parents
- Free Ollie subscription
- Inspiring pack members!
What We Value:Keeping Dogs At The HeartOur profound love for dogs unites us and drives and inspires every aspect of our business. Wewholeheartedly believe dogs make us better in life and at work.
Being Courageous And KindWe create a safe, inclusive space for everyone to show up as their authentic selves. We check our egos atthe door and speak our minds. We embrace diverse backgrounds and perspectives as they bring new anddifferent ideas and ways of working together.
Setting New StandardsWe believe in continually raising the bar, never settling for less than our best as a team and individuals. Wekeep improving from the quality of our products to our customer experience to how we work.
Making Ollie The Best ChapterWe are building an impactful business while making memorable experiences with one another. We celebrateour successes, learn from our failures, and enjoy our collective journey. Our time at Ollie should be amilestone in our careers.If you'd like to stand out, tell us in your cover letter why you're interested in joining Ollie and how your skills match the responsibilities detailed in this posting. Ollie embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We're committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Ollie is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please include that in your application.