Customer Service Team Leader

Smartgroup Corporation; Sydney; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart Leave

Free lunch

Paid parental leave

Volunteer days

Salary packaging & novated leasing

Free flu vaccinations

Employee Share Plan

Job summary

Smartgroup Corporation in Sydney is seeking a Customer Service Team Leader to coach and develop a high‑performing team within Vehicle Operations. You will drive outcomes by guiding daily activities, mentoring staff, and ensuring top customer service standards across all touchpoints.

The role requires 3+ years of leadership experience in customer service or operations, excellent stakeholder management, and a proactive approach to continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience leading a customer service or operations team.
• Strong coaching and people leadership skills.
• Experience managing KPIs and team performance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Salary packaging knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coach, support and develop your team
• Drive performance across service, quality and KPIs
• Manage workloads and resourcing
• Improve processes and customer outcomes
• Build a positive, engaged and high‑performing team culture

Skills

People leadership

Coaching

KPIs

Job description

Look forward to working with Australia's leading and most trusted provider of Employee Management Services, making the benefits of salary packaging, novated leasing, and fleet management readily available to employers and their employees.

Working at Smartgroup offers more than a job. It is a dynamic workplace that matches the enthusiasm for the work you do and ambition for an exciting fast‑paced career. We have all been hired for a purpose and a reason.

Every day you will be part of a team that helps support fellow Australians - many working in essential services, corporates, government, and not‑for‑profits - to take home more money in their pay packets.

Do you have what it takes to become a Customer Service Team Leader?

Are you a people‑focused leader who loves coaching teams and driving great customer outcomes?
We're looking for an experienced Team Leader to lead and develop a customer service team within Vehicle Operations.

What you'll do

• Coach, support and develop your team
• Drive performance across service, quality and KPIs
• Manage workloads and resourcing
• Improve processes and customer outcomes
• Build a positive, engaged and high‑performing team culture

What you'll bring

• 3+ years' experience leading a customer service or operational team
• Strong coaching and people leadership skills
• Experience managing KPIs and team performance
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• A proactive, customer‑focused approach Salary packaging or Novated Lease knowledge is a plus

What's in it for you?

Smart team members enjoy a range of benefits designed to support flexibility, wellbeing, reward, and growth:

• Smart Leave, an additional week of leave each year
• Free lunch every week
• Up to 20 weeks Paid Parental Leave with superannuation contributions and a Return‑to‑Work Bonus
• Make a Difference Days - paid days off to volunteer for the community and environment
• Salary packaging and novated leasing benefits (of course!)
• Free flu vaccinations
• Employee Share Plan

Grow with Purpose

At Smart, we're driven by purpose and performance. We support individual and team growth via varied learning opportunities, open communication, and leaders who work to get the basics right - quality and regular one to ones, clear goals and success metrics, and growth conversations.

Show us you have what it takes

If this sounds like the opportunity for you and you have something to offer, we'd love to hear from you.

Our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch to discuss next steps. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process or are seeking part‑time work, let us know—we're here to understand.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Everyone belongs and is welcome at Smart. We welcome people from diverse backgrounds to join our team, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans, people with disability, people who identify as LGBTQ+, all gender identities, and people of any socioeconomic status, age, race, national origin or ethnicity.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion is reflected in the external recognition we've received, including being named:

• WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality since 2019
• DCA Inclusive Employer 2025 - 2026
• Silver Employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index

We're also members of the Reconciliation Action Plan network, with a RAP at Innovate level.

Please note: all successful candidates will be required to complete background checks including a police clearance prior to confirmation of employment. Candidates must have unlimited Australian work rights to be considered for this role.