Market Operations Lead: Team Builder & Operations Catalyst

Carvana; Colonial Heights (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-Time salary position

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K with company match

Student loan payments

Vehicle discounts

Pet benefits

Wellness program

Career development

Promotions from within

Startup atmosphere

Job summary

Carvana seeks a Team Lead for its Market Operations hub to drive launch, operations, logistics, branding and team engagement, ensuring ongoing market success. You will manage the employee and customer experience while leading a talented group of Customer Advocates.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in customer-facing roles and 3+ years in management, with a track record of coaching teams and improving processes in a fast-growing start-up environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years work experience in a customer facing team environment.
• 3+ years of management experience.
• Proven history of developing and coaching employees.
• Prior experience with strategic planning, process improvement, and guiding teams to exceed goals.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Ability to diagnose and solve problems with varying complexity while maintaining focus on the customer experience.
• Willingness to work on weekends.
• Enthusiasm and energy to contribute to and thrive in a rapidly growing start-up atmosphere where roles continually adapt as the company evolves.

Responsibilities

• Be a continuous positive force within the market and create strong morale and spirit throughout the team.
• Help interview, select, onboard and train a team of Customer Advocates and provide the tools, resources and guidance they need to be successful. Employee development is an essential part of this role.
• Actively develop a team of Customer Advocates by providing feedback, conducting performance check-ins, and setting goals to improve performance and skill set.
• Recognize and reinforce individual and team accomplishments by using existing organizational tools and programs as well as by finding new, creative and effective methods of recognition.
• Generate and monitor regular reports like a boss and presenting to upper management... also like a boss.
• Be the go to expert for your team. You're always ready to jump in alongside an Advocate to wash cars or jump into our kick-ass single-car hauler and deliver cars to our customers while providing a stellar customer experience.
• Drive production in a fast-paced customer service environment and keep every detail of your market operating like a well oiled machine
• Actively look for ways to improve the overall customer and Advocate team experience.
• Address and effectively manage complex and sensitive customer-facing issues.

Skills

Customer facing

Management

Coaching

Strategic planning

Process improvement

Leadership

Problem solving

Weekend work

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Salesforce

Tableau

Job description

Carvana seeks a Team Lead for its Market Operations hub to drive launch, operations, logistics, branding and team engagement, ensuring ongoing market success. You will manage the employee and customer experience while leading a talented group of Customer Advocates.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in customer-facing roles and 3+ years in management, with a track record of coaching teams and improving processes in a fast-growing start-up environment.