Customer Experience Manager

WHO WE ARE  Indigo is a physical and digital place inspired by and filled with books, ideas, beautifully designed lifestyle products, and the creative people who help make it all happen. We believe in real books, living life fully and generously, being kind to each other and to the environment, and that stories – big and little – connect us.

Indigo is our customer’s happy place – for joyful moments of discovery and to connect with people who share their passion for reading, their belief in ideas, and their commitment to making the world a better and more beautiful place.
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES  Our Mission is to inspire reading and enrich the lives of book lovers. As such, we believe in the power of people and their stories. We aim to attract top talent, nurture the potential of our employees, and create space for everyone to thrive. Our Guiding Principles are the few key ideas that are meant to influence everything we do, every day.
We Will Hire, Inspire, Promote and Retain the Best – A’s Hire A’s.
We Will be Customer Centric.
We Will Be Data Driven – System Thinking – Entrepreneurial.
We are Committed to True and Shared Value Creation.
We Will be Human-Centered and AI Enabled.
We are Committed to Caring About Each Other, Our Communities, Our Environment.

Job Description  The Customer Experience Manager is responsible for the customer experience and the store’s omni sales results. They lead a team to master Indigo’s service model and to suggest and sell Indigo’s products, promotions, and programs to our customers. They are responsible for the store’s omni-businesses, ensuring our customers have a frictionless shopping experience by identifying areas to improve and addressing gaps in store performance.

They help create an environment and store culture that promotes employee engagement, growth, and development.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:  Functional   Manage and motivate the team to provide excellent customer service and intuitive recommendations to our customers regarding Indigo’s products, promotions, and programs
Ensure strategic priorities, sales goals, and profitability targets are met by assessing and analyzing sales performance and key process scorecard data; create action plans to address gaps
Act as an advocate for the customer by placing them at the forefront of all decision-making processes
Lead omni-sales programs and ensures technology is leveraged effectively on sales floor to drive efficiency and encourage customers to shop their way
Embrace and champion technology that creates high tech and high touch solutions for Indigo’s customers
Lead execution of national events and store-level initiated author and kids events
Manages store-level customer initiatives: social media channels, local assortment and consignment, and Indigo Love of Reading drives
Partner on regular visual merchandising assessments; provide product, customer experience, and sales insight
Lead inventory management processes and returns
Open and close the store and responsible to manage the sales floor
Ensure health and safety of employees and customers is top priority and that store complies with all provincial health and safety policies and procedures
People   Build strong teams by attracting and developing the best talent
Bring out the best in others, empower and constructively stretch talent
Give authentic feedback on performance and potential
Ensure all team members understand where they stand and have clear performance objectives aligned with Indigo and team goals
Share technical knowledge with others and actively seek to learn from those more knowledgeable than yourself
Help others see the impacts of their efforts and proactively engage others to get input
Encourage others to freely share their point of view and be open to feedback
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