Vendor Success & Operations Manager

Yomali Group; United States; Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

BuyGoods is expanding its Vendor-Managed Customer Support program and seeks a results-driven professional to strengthen vendor relationships and customer experience. You will own vendor-facing operations, coordinate across multiple channels, and drive quality and performance oversight.

You’ll turn CS data into actionable insights for vendors and internal teams, manage escalations, and build scalable processes with a cross-functional hub including Compliance, Fulfillment, and Business

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in Customer Success, Account Management, or Vendor Management.
• Experience managing external clients, vendors, or partners.
• Experience in Customer Support operations, including escalations and QA.
• Strong data analysis and reporting using Excel or Google Sheets.
• Experience with CRM/help desk platforms Zendesk, Gorgias, Salesforce, Shopify.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Own relationships with key BuyGoods vendors as primary CS contact.
• Manage vendor communication across Email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Telegram.
• Oversee Vendor-Managed CS quality, performance monitoring, escalations.
• Analyze CS data (contact reasons, refunds, cancellations, CSAT) and translate into insights.
• Coordinate with CS, Compliance, Fulfillment, and Business Development to resolve issues.
• Build and improve processes, reporting, playbooks, and Voice of Customer initiatives.

Skills

Vendor management

Customer success

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Zendesk

Gorgias

Salesforce

Shopify

Job description

BuyGoods is growing its Vendor-Managed Customer Support model, and we need someone dedicated to strengthening our vendor relationships and customer experience.

Currently, our Account Managers are balancing team leadership with day-to-day vendor support. This role will take ownership of the vendor-facing operation, allowing Account Managers to focus on their teams while ensuring our key vendors receive consistent, responsive support.

You’ll also help build and improve the processes, reporting, and quality standards behind our growing Vendor-Managed Customer Support program.

What You’ll Own

• Own relationships with key BuyGoods vendors and act as their primary Customer Support contact.
• Manage vendor communication across Email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Telegram, and other channels.
• Oversee Vendor-Managed Customer Support, including quality checks, performance monitoring, and escalations.
• Analyse customer support data, including contact reasons, refunds, cancellations, CSAT, and recurring issues.
• Turn data into actionable insights and recommendations for vendors and internal teams.
• Manage difficult conversations and influence vendor behaviour while maintaining strong relationships.
• Coordinate with Customer Support, Compliance, Fulfillment, and Business Development to resolve issues.
• Build and improve processes, reporting, playbooks, and Voice of Customer initiatives.
• Identify recurring issues and proactively develop solutions to prevent them from happening again.

What Success Looks Like

First 30 Days

• Build strong relationships with key vendors.
• Become familiar with BuyGoods' systems, processes, and Customer Support operations.
• Establish reliable communication and follow-up processes.

90 Days

• Independently manage vendor communication and escalations.
• Take ownership of Vendor-Managed CS quality oversight.
• Provide regular, actionable customer and vendor insights.
• Reduce the day-to-day vendor support workload on Account Managers.

12 Months

• Establish a consistent Voice of Customer reporting process.
• Improve vendor support quality and performance.
• Help reduce customer contact volume, cancellations, and recurring issues.
• Build scalable processes and feedback loops across Vendors, CS, Compliance, Fulfillment, and Business Development.
• Become a trusted strategic partner to both vendors and internal teams.

What We’re Looking For

• 3-5 years of experience in Customer Success, Account Management, Vendor Management, Partner Management, Customer Experience, or Operations.
• Experience managing external clients, vendors, or partners.
• Experience within Customer Support operations, including escalations, quality assurance, ticket reviews, or performance monitoring.
• Strong data analysis and reporting skills using Excel or Google Sheets.
• Experience with CRM/help desk platforms such as Zendesk, Gorgias, Salesforce, Shopify, or similar.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and communication channels.
• Ability to deliver difficult feedback and influence without formal authority.
• Highly organised, proactive, and comfortable working independently.

Who Thrives Here

You’ll do well in this role if you:

• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment.
• Can bring structure to operational chaos.
• Take ownership rather than waiting for direction.
• Are comfortable having difficult conversations.
• Use data to understand problems and drive better decisions.Enjoy building processes rather than simply following them.
• Can balance vendor relationships, customer experience, and business objectives.
• Are highly responsive and strong at managing competing priorities.
• Prefer a high-impact individual contributor role with significant ownership.

What’s In It For You?

Build Something New

Help shape and develop BuyGoods' Vendor-Managed Customer Support program, including its processes, quality standards, and reporting.

Make a Visible Impact

Your work will directly influence vendor performance, customer experience, support volume, and cancellation rates.

Have significant ownership and visibility without the responsibility of managing a large support team.

Cross-Functional Exposure

Work across Customer Support, Vendor Management, Compliance, Fulfillment, and Business Development.

Build experience across vendor management, customer experience, operations, data analysis, quality, and process improvement.

About BuyGoods

BuyGoods is a fast-paced e-commerce business operating at the intersection of technology, vendors, and customer experience.

As the business continues to grow, we're investing in stronger operational processes and scalable ways of working with our vendor partners.

This is an opportunity to join a team where you can have real ownership, work closely with key stakeholders, and help build processes that directly impact the business.

Interview Process

• Competency Interview
• Interview with Hiring Manager
• Final Stakeholder Interview

The Opportunity

This isn't a traditional Customer Support role.

You'll own key vendor relationships, oversee vendor-managed support, use data to identify opportunities, and help build a function that improves both vendor performance and customer experience.

If you're a relationship-driven operator who enjoys data, problem-solving, and bringing structure to a fast-moving environment, we'd love to hear from you.