Our working environment is ever changing and very fast paced as we must match our speed to the ever-changing winds of pop culture. Successful candidates must be as flexible as Mister Fantastic and have the speed of The Flash. A keen eye for detail as well as a bias for action will also go a long way!
Your Superpowers in Action
- Partner with Customer Operations Manager in achievement of fiscal goals and to oversee day to day operations
- Develop strong working relationships with internal and external partners to ensure best possible level of service is delivered
Customer Service
- Partner with internal and external partners to ensure highest levels of service are delivered to the end customer
- Act as a liaison and coordinator of information across the Funko organization
- Define and achieve benchmark goals in department/service execution (KPI’s)
- Drive strategic initiatives within the Customer Operation team together with cross-functional partners in operations, sales, finance, and planning.
Process
- Develop a strong understanding of Zendesk requirements and metrics to drive reporting
- Proactively identify areas/process requiring improvement and develop upstream process to reduce back end work
- Develop and integrate cross-functional processes to streamline and simplify customer operations
- Demonstrate business expertise that connects, understands, and leverages company-wide assets and capabilities
- Implementing periodic business reviews to ensure plans stay on track, or course correction is effectively managed as and when required.
- Effectively resolving at root cause any day to day operational issues.
Reporting/Analysis
- Management and execution of monthly Zendesk reporting and dashboard
- Development and implementation of KIP’s and SLA’s for the teams daily taks
- Sit in and develop forecasting for Specialty Customers and the Order Book
- Ad Hoc reporting as required
Leadership
- Mentor, coach, and lead the Customer Opertions team in the execution of all tasks to meet all department goals providing excellent customer service
- Support Customer Operations team in achievement of deadlines
- Walk through weekly reporting, provide order status updates, customer updates, resolve open issues, etc.
- Develop weekly team standup / training sessions in order to address individual and business needs
- Hire and train new team members
- Ensure all deadlines, milestones and KPIs are achieved
- Write and deliver yearly (and mid year) appraisals and goals to direct reports
- Review and approve employee timecards and requests for time off.
Must-Have Superhero Gadgetry
Qualifications & Competencies:
- Customer Service: Customer Centric, proactively identifying opportunities to improve customer experience. Highly responsive to customers/partners
- Results Oriented: Proactive, motivated and driven to achieve team and personal goals
- Problem Solving: Solution oriented with excellent critical thinking and independent problem solving skills
- Interpersonal Skills: Enthusiastic, positive, professional, confident. Effective relationship manager handling demanding/sensitive customer relations with confidence
- Communication Skills: Excellent oral and written communication skills with ability to communicate with people at all levels of the organization. Strong attention to detail; asks questions to clarify needs – avoids assumptions. Comfortable speaking in groups, leading meetings, and making presentations to partners
- Excellent organizational abilities / prioritization: Effectively manages time and workload. Ability to multi task & manage competing priorities and deadlines under pressure
- Process Management: process orientation to follow (and develop) process
- Attention to Detail: high attention to detail required; accuracy imperative
- Change Management: Highly adaptable and open to change in a dynamic and evolving environment
- Team player: Balances team and individual responsibilities; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Supports team goals and workload
- Analytical / system skills: Aptitude for numbers and data interpretation. Strong Excel including recent experience with vlook-ups, pivot tables and an aptitude for working with formulas. Ability to work with various systems
Experience
- 5 Years of Opertaions experience centerred around supporting the customer
- 1 - 2 years of managing a team with different tasks and abilities
- Microsoft Navision (ERP)/Zendesk experience
- Advanced level understanding of MS Office products (import/export of data, Excel: use of charts and graphs, basic formula creation, pivot tables, vlookup, macro creation. Word: track changes, templates, PowerPoint: creation of presentations. SharePoint navigation and functionality)
What Funko Offers
Funko offers a competitive compensation package with full benefits and a 401(K) plan with matching contributions from the company. Most importantly, we offer a creative work environment with people who love pop culture just as much as you do. Can’t wait to gush about your latest binge? Neither can we! Looking for a place where your favorite pop culture t-shirt will receive the compliments it deserves? We know how you feel!
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $73,000 - 92,000 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location