Customer Interaction Manager

Currys Ltd; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Customer Interaction Manager to enhance customer experiences and drive performance across various channels. This role involves managing a dynamic team, overseeing contact centre operations, and implementing strategies to meet sales and retention goals. With a focus on customer satisfaction and operational efficiency, you'll collaborate with internal teams and lead initiatives to optimize workflows. Join a forward-thinking company that values your contributions and offers a supportive environment for your career growth.

Benefits

25 days of annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Colleague Discounts on Tech

Access to Champion Health

Hybrid Working

Qualifications

• Strong numerical and budget management skills are essential.
• Proven track record in sales and customer retention is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage contact centre operations across multiple channels.
• Drive strategies to meet and exceed sales and retention targets.
• Lead and develop your team, focusing on engagement and performance.

Skills

Numerical Skills

Sales and Customer Retention

Sales Coaching

Contact Centre Operations

Relationship Management

Problem-Solving

Job description

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Customer Interaction Manager
London- Hybrid
Currys London Campus at Waterloo
Permanent
Full Time
Grade 4

At Currys we’re united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK’s best-known retailer of tech, we’re proud of the service our customers receive – and it’s all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. Working as one team, we learn and grow together, celebrating the big and small moments that make every day amazing.

We’re iD Mobile, one of the UK’s leading mobile virtual network operators. We launched in May 2015 and have over 2.1 million Pay Monthly customers. We’re pretty sure our success has a lot to do with our wide range of feature-packed plans. We offer everything from super-value Pay-as-you-go and SIM-only deals, right up to the latest smartphones from the big-name manufacturers. We’re delighted about our success so far and have very ambitious plans for the future.

As iD Mobile’s Customer Interaction Manager, you’ll manage Customer Service and Sales and Retentions interactions across multiple channels within our contact centre, ensuring high performance and exceptional customer experiences. You’ll oversee supplier relationships and drive performance across chat, voice, correspondence, social media, Community, review sites, surveys, and trouble tickets, and support the implementation of policies, training, and monitoring frameworks.

Leading a small team, you’ll primarily oversee the operations of our outsourced contact centre and Currys’ retained teams. You’ll work closely with the Customer Complaints & Quality Manager and play a key role in delivering exceptional service, enhancing customer interactions, and supporting business growth.

Role overview:

As part of this role, you'll be responsible for:

• Manage contact centre operations across chat, voice, correspondence, social media, community, review sites, customer surveys, and trouble tickets
• Drive strategies to meet and exceed sales and retention targets
• Track, report, and improve key contact centre metrics, for example, first contact resolution (FCR), Net Promoter Score (NPS), sales, and service levels
• Collaborate with quality assurance teams to monitor interactions, identify training needs, and support coaching for advisors and partners to maintain high service standards
• Work closely with planning teams to match staffing with demand, optimising efficiency and service quality
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, introduce automation, and enhance contact centre tools
• Analyse customer data and feedback to improve journeys and reduce contact demand
• Work closely with internal teams to align strategies and improve customer outcomes
• Lead and develop your team, focusing on engagement, performance, and growth
• Support major incidents, ensuring clear, timely communication with customers
• Travel to Warrington and South Africa as required to work with partner teams

You will need:

• Strong numerical and budget management skills
• Proven track record in sales and customer retention
• Experience in sales coaching and training
• Understanding of contact centre operations and key sales and service KPIs
• Experience managing outsourced partners
• Ability to work with planning teams to produce annual and rolling forecasts
• Experience in team management, including colleague development
• Strong relationship management and interpersonal skills
• Confident and clear presentation skills
• Ability to document internal business processes and procedures
• Telecommunications experience is preferable
• Customer-centric mindset with a focus on driving satisfaction and loyalty
• Excellent problem-solving skills to handle complex customer issues

We know our people are the secret to our success. That's why we're always looking for ways to reward great work. You'll find a host of benefits designed to work for you, including:

• 25 days of annual leave (plus bank holiday entitlement) and a competitive pension scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Fantastic Colleague Discounts on Tech with Currys and iD Mobile
• Access to Champion Health
• Hybrid Working (with an expectation to meet in person 2-4 times per month)

Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on-going training and skills for life.

Not only can you shape your own future, but you can help take charge of ours too. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we’re in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet.

Every voice has a space at our table and we're committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce. We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance with your application please email [e-mail] and we'll do our best to help.