Customer Service Assistant - Call Center | Retail | IKEA Cairo Festival City

Job Requisition ID: 159443 

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organization to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate. 

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day

Overview of the role

Provide an efficient Customer Chanel for Customer feedback through assisting customers in a friendly and professional manner with all calls coming into IKEA Hotline, whether inquiries, suggestions or Complaints. Log all feedback onto CRM system and send necessary feedback to relevant Departments.

What you will do

Customer

• Attends all assigned calls promptly and courteously based on pre-set Call Center SLA’s and KPIs.
• Route calls to relevant Departments and follow-up where necessary.
• Handles customer complaint professionally and responds with efficient solutions and escalates where necessary.
• Briefs the Duty Manager on complaints that require management assistance.
• Enters feedback from all calls onto CRM system for building of knowledgebase.
• Generate daily Call Center reports

Operational

• Operates the store paging and music system.
• Ensures awareness of all emergencies and evacuation procedures and list codes for announcement purposes
• Deals with internal operator issues
• Ensure all system procedures are adhered to as per policy / procedure
• Makes announcements in English and Arabic and pages the relevant person the visitor or co-workers have asked to see.

Required Skills to be successful

• Minimum Qualifications and Knowledge: Graduate or Diploma from Commerce, Marketing or similar field. 
• Minimum of 6 Month of Experience in the same position  

Job-Specific Skills:

• Call Center skills
• CRM System skills
• Analytical Skills, Effective Communication 

Behavioral Competencies:

• Interpersonal Skills
• Business Acumen
• Problem Solving
• Confident

About Al-Futtaim Retail

Al-Futtaim Retail has established itself as one of the leaders in Retail across the Middle East, Africa & Asia over the past 30 years. We have developed partnerships with some of the biggest and most respected Brands in the world including IKEA, ACE and Toys R Us in the Middle East and the Inditex Group of Brands (Zara, Mango, Bershka and P&B) across Asia. We are also one of the largest Global partners of Marks and Spencer’s in both regions with over 75 stores offering both fashion & food options.
 
Most recently we have been responsible for bringing brands to the Middle East for the first time with the exciting launches of Watsons and B&Q and we aim to continue to be agile and adaptive to our markets with new launches and further development. For this to be possible we aim to recruit the best talent from all backgrounds who will continue to challenge and develop our diverse workforce which includes over 100 nationalities across 12 countries. Join us today and make a difference…

About Al-Futtaim IKEA

GROWING TOGETHER...

We are a values-driven company with a passion for life at home. Our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people.

Al-Futtaim IKEA holds the franchise rights for IKEA in Egypt, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.