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Manager, Customer Experience
Location: Northbrook, IllinoisWe inspire purpose-filled living that brings beauty and quality to the modern home. Together, we achieve. Associates across our business drive results, innovate, and inspire. Drawn together by our shared values and passion for our customers and our brands, we deliver home furnishings that are expertly designed, responsibly sourced, and bring timeless style and function to people’s homes. From the day we opened our first store in Chicago in 1962 to the digital innovations that engage millions of customers today, our iconic brand is over 60 years in the making—and our story is still unfolding.
We’re here for it. We think you should be too. We’re looking for a driven professional with an inclusive mindset to join our team as a Manager, Customer Experience.
The Customer Experience (CX) Manager is a strategic leader responsible for shaping the company's understanding of the customer journey. This role owns the Voice of the Customer (VOC) program, transforming complex customer feedback and data into actionable insights and high-impact business strategies. The CX Manager will lead deep-dive analyses, champion customer-centric initiatives across the organization, and present compelling narratives to senior leadership to drive meaningful improvements in customer satisfaction and loyalty.
This is an on-site position (Monday through Thursday) based out of our Northbrook, IL office with the flexibility to work remotely on Fridays.
A day in the life as a Manager, Customer Experience...
- Strategic Leadership: Own and evolve the enterprise-wide Voice of the Customer (VoC) strategy, ensuring customer feedback is a key driver of business decisions.
- Insight Generation: Lead the analysis of customer feedback from various sources, including Medallia and internal BI dashboards, to identify macro trends, key drivers of Net Promoter Score (NPS), and critical customer pain points.
- Data-Driven Storytelling: Synthesize complex data into clear, compelling presentations and strategic recommendations for executive leadership and key stakeholders.
- Cross-Functional Influence: Partner with and influence leadership in Customer Care, Operations, Fulfillment, Merchandising, and Digital teams to prioritize and drive the execution of CX improvement initiatives.
- Team Collaboration: Guide and collaborate with Data Analysts to enhance CX reporting frameworks, develop robust scorecards, and ensure data integrity.
- Impact Measurement: Develop and implement methodologies to monitor the business impact of CX initiatives, including contact reduction and customer satisfaction improvements, adjusting strategies to maximize results.
- Root Cause Analysis: Oversee deep-dive investigations into systemic customer issues to uncover root causes and drive long-term, structural solutions.
What you’ll bring to the table…
- Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to translate data into strategic business actions.
- Strong leadership and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional partners and present to senior executives.
- Ability to make recommendations based on key findings and test for improvement
- Ability to prioritize workload and manage multiple projects
- Demonstrated ability to be flexible and adaptable to changing business needs and priorities of the organization
- Sense of urgency and ability to shift and prioritize work to meet key deadlines
We’d love to hear from you if you have…
- 5-7 years of experience in customer experience, voice of the customer, data analytics, or a related role.
- Previous experience with VoC platforms (e.g., Medallia, Qualtrics) and BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
Our commitment to our associates is of the utmost importance. One of the reasons the company attracts such a diverse group of associates is that we offer a full menu of benefits that are relevant to their lives, both on and off the job. We are proud to offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package to support eligible part time and full time associates and their families, including:
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Life insurance and Disability
- Retirement and 401(k) match
- Paid time off, wellness time and volunteer time
- Merchandise discount and EAP resources
- Tuition Reimbursement
Many of these benefits begin on day one, and extend to eligible dependents. To learn more about available benefits please click https://jobs.crateandbarrel.com/benefits
Euromarket Designs, Inc., which does business as Crate & Barrel, Crate & Kids, CB2 and Hudson Grace, will be referred to as “the Company”.
The Company is deeply committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position,
please contact the location you are applying to
here
and ask to speak with a manager regarding the nature of your request.
The Company is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital, parental, veteran or military status, unfavorable military discharge, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
The Company participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the US.
State / City Compliance: The Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal history, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Job Applicant Privacy: For details about how the Company collects and uses your personal information, please see our Job Applicant Privacy & Communications Notice.
Questions? Please reach out to careers@crateandbarrel.com
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