Contact Centre, Customer Engagement specialist
About the role
With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.
Position Overview:
The Frontline Customer Engagement Specialist’s primary responsibility is to provide consultative customer service that consistently meets or exceeds Company standards of excellence and customer expectations. This position is responsible for creating an effortless customer experience for a variety of external and internal customers flowing through multiple communication platforms. The Frontline Customer Engagement specialist takes ownership of customer issues, leveraging resources available while also recognizing the need to escalate to solve the customer’s contact efficiently.
Key Responsibilities:
Customer Service:
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Greet and support customers via varying communication platforms to best support a fast, efficient and seamless experience within identified goals and timelines
-
Engage conversations with probing questions to quickly assess needs, proactively provide solutions with a high degree of accuracy and superior customer service while delivering a positive end to end experience.
-
Empathically respond to inquiries, taking full ownership of interaction, while providing exceptional end to end customer experience while recognizing when customer contact requires escalation
-
Ability to effectively recognize different customer types and cater support and resolution towards individual customer needs (Pro/DIY/Online)
Communication:
-
Clear and concise communication to effectively document details relating to all interactions inbound/outbound using appropriate systems.
-
Collaborate with internal and external partners, leveraging all necessary tools, to resolve customer inquiries.
-
Shows genuine appreciation through each contact supported while thanking them for their continued loyalty to the Home Depot
Competencies:
Customer Focus, Communicates Effectively, Decision Quality
Skills:
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Ability to engage with customers virtually
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Strong problem solving, organizational and time management skills
-
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
-
Strong ability to work independently and collaboratively
Direct Manager/Direct Reports
Reports to: Contact Centre Supervisor
Travel Requirements:
- No travel is required for this role.
Physical Requirements:
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Requires sitting at a workstation, majority of the day, with minimal standing.
-
Operating a computer and other technology.
Hybrid Work:
- Independent
Working Conditions:
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Sedentary work
-
Associates are expected to ensure they have an established work area in their home free from domestic noise and distractions during the full length of their assigned work shift.
-
Work a flexible schedule, requiring both daytime and evening availability and shifts could be scheduled on any day of the week.
Minimum Education**:**
Highschool diploma or equivalent
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
N/A
Minimum Leadership Experience:
N/A
Certifications:
N/A
Other Requirements – Assets**:**
-
Bi-lingual in French is an asset
-
Microsoft Office and SAP knowledge is an asset
About Home Depot Canada
The Home Depot Canada is the Canadian arm of the world’s largest home improvement retailer. The company has 182 stores in 10 Canadian provinces, employing more than 30,000 associates from coast-to-coast.
Our company is the largest home improvement retailer in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Our global expansion demonstrates how The Home Depot combines its vast knowledge of the home improvement industry with the needs, shopping trends and customs of each unique geography to best serve customers.
Based out of our dynamic Toronto-based Store Support Centre, we have many opportunities available for corporate professionals seeking a big challenge with great rewards. Our high-performing team consists of marketing and communication specialists, the industry’s best product merchants, and experts in financial and inventory planning. We also have exciting opportunities within our Supply Chain team including positions at our Distribution Centres.
The Home Depot’s values are the fabric of the company's unique culture and are central to our success. In fact, they are our competitive advantage in the marketplace. Associate pride and our "orange blooded" entrepreneurial spirit are distinctive hall marks of our company.
With our unprecedented growth, there's no better time to build your career at The Home Depot Canada.
Contact Centre, Customer Engagement specialist
About the role
With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.
Position Overview:
The Frontline Customer Engagement Specialist’s primary responsibility is to provide consultative customer service that consistently meets or exceeds Company standards of excellence and customer expectations. This position is responsible for creating an effortless customer experience for a variety of external and internal customers flowing through multiple communication platforms. The Frontline Customer Engagement specialist takes ownership of customer issues, leveraging resources available while also recognizing the need to escalate to solve the customer’s contact efficiently.
Key Responsibilities:
Customer Service:
-
Greet and support customers via varying communication platforms to best support a fast, efficient and seamless experience within identified goals and timelines
-
Engage conversations with probing questions to quickly assess needs, proactively provide solutions with a high degree of accuracy and superior customer service while delivering a positive end to end experience.
-
Empathically respond to inquiries, taking full ownership of interaction, while providing exceptional end to end customer experience while recognizing when customer contact requires escalation
-
Ability to effectively recognize different customer types and cater support and resolution towards individual customer needs (Pro/DIY/Online)
Communication:
-
Clear and concise communication to effectively document details relating to all interactions inbound/outbound using appropriate systems.
-
Collaborate with internal and external partners, leveraging all necessary tools, to resolve customer inquiries.
-
Shows genuine appreciation through each contact supported while thanking them for their continued loyalty to the Home Depot
Competencies:
Customer Focus, Communicates Effectively, Decision Quality
Skills:
-
Ability to engage with customers virtually
-
Strong problem solving, organizational and time management skills
-
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
-
Strong ability to work independently and collaboratively
Direct Manager/Direct Reports
Reports to: Contact Centre Supervisor
Travel Requirements:
- No travel is required for this role.
Physical Requirements:
-
Requires sitting at a workstation, majority of the day, with minimal standing.
-
Operating a computer and other technology.
Hybrid Work:
- Independent
Working Conditions:
-
Sedentary work
-
Associates are expected to ensure they have an established work area in their home free from domestic noise and distractions during the full length of their assigned work shift.
-
Work a flexible schedule, requiring both daytime and evening availability and shifts could be scheduled on any day of the week.
Minimum Education**:**
Highschool diploma or equivalent
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
N/A
Minimum Leadership Experience:
N/A
Certifications:
N/A
Other Requirements – Assets**:**
-
Bi-lingual in French is an asset
-
Microsoft Office and SAP knowledge is an asset
About Home Depot Canada
The Home Depot Canada is the Canadian arm of the world’s largest home improvement retailer. The company has 182 stores in 10 Canadian provinces, employing more than 30,000 associates from coast-to-coast.
Our company is the largest home improvement retailer in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Our global expansion demonstrates how The Home Depot combines its vast knowledge of the home improvement industry with the needs, shopping trends and customs of each unique geography to best serve customers.
Based out of our dynamic Toronto-based Store Support Centre, we have many opportunities available for corporate professionals seeking a big challenge with great rewards. Our high-performing team consists of marketing and communication specialists, the industry’s best product merchants, and experts in financial and inventory planning. We also have exciting opportunities within our Supply Chain team including positions at our Distribution Centres.
The Home Depot’s values are the fabric of the company's unique culture and are central to our success. In fact, they are our competitive advantage in the marketplace. Associate pride and our "orange blooded" entrepreneurial spirit are distinctive hall marks of our company.
With our unprecedented growth, there's no better time to build your career at The Home Depot Canada.