The Farmer's Dog is Hiring a Customer Experience Group Lead Near Nashville, TN
Who We AreThe Farmer’s Dog is the fastest growing pet health service company in the US, and was born from a mission to change the landscape of pet health, providing dogs and their humans with honest, smart, and simple care – a fresh proposition in an industry riddled with manipulative and misleading marketing. We’re starting by radically improving the $100 billion pet food market, replacing bulk bags of highly-processed pellets with a personalized subscription service that sends healthy, freshly-made dog food, balanced by top veterinary nutritionists, directly to customers’ doors. Our ultimate goal is to create innovative, honest, and delightful experiences across all aspects of pet care, and we believe our direct-to-consumer business model, holistic approach to growth, and dynamic and forward-thinking culture uniquely position us to shepherd this backwards industry into the future. To date, The Farmer’s Dog has delivered hundreds of millions of meals nationwide and raised over $150M in funding to help us build a company as healthy as the dogs who are eating those meals. Join us as we continue to develop ways of bringing peace of mind to our customers, health to their companions, and much-needed change to the way people feed and care for their pets. #LongLiveDogs Where You'll Come InThe Group Lead role at The Farmer’s Dog is one of our most important positions because the person hired for this role is responsible for our best assets – our front line associates. A Group Lead will play a crucial role in leading and developing a group of 10-15 associates to become ambassadors for our valued customers for The Farmer’s Dog. The successful candidate has more than a year of experience leading customer service teams in other DTC organizations as a subject matter authority and first line of defense to troubleshoot operational issues, escalate them as needed and collaborate with appropriate teams for resolution to ensure that our customers receive the best support and satisfaction. Additionally they will drive results within their team primarily through proactive coaching, but will also be adept at course correcting with associates when needed. A Group Lead will maintain their expertise in providing outstanding customer experience by spending time as required in directly communicating with customers to resolve customer issues efficiently and effectively at first contact. An additional 50% of a Group Lead’s time will be spent coaching and ensuring quality assurance for their group. The remainder of their time will be spent on administrative tasks and projects as assigned or approved by their manager. These projects include process improvement and data analysis with cross-functional teams. Our Group Leads should embody servant leadership. Their primary responsibility is to ensure that their CX Associates feel empowered, encouraged, and equipped to represent The Farmer’s Dog in the best way possible. This means approaching each associate as an individual and pouring time and energy into their specific needs while identifying personal strengths and areas for improvement as they grow through their Farmer’s Dog career. The current shift being offered is 1pm-10pm CT (a weekend day may fall during your shift) How You'll Make An ImpactCoaching
Provide real-time and structured feedback to group
Identify recurring mentor opportunities and build impactful and pointed 1:1s around them
Report trends in knowledge gaps to allow Training to address systematically
Ability and willingness to coach a group on new processes and policies as needed
Follow up with direct reports as needed to ensure efficient completion of assigned tasks
Work closely with managers to develop ongoing strategies to protect and promote TFD culture/values within the department.
Phone Support
Handle escalated phone calls in real time
Written Communication
Be the source of truth for any questions that arise from team members
Coach team members on the best way to find information directly
Systems and Processes
Always Seek Better to provide constructive feedback and proposed solutions for systems and processes that do not meet your needs
Administrative
Assist with onboarding and offboarding team members
Assist our HR Group in supporting your group as needed
Ensure time is tracked accurately and approve timecards in for all direct reports
Inbox Admin
We're Excited About You Because
You have a minimum of 1-2 years leading and developing employees in previous roles
You have strong emotional intelligence and ability to think in a customer-first manner
You have a proven command of different platforms and customer experience tools
You are proficient in Excel and Google Sheets
You have an infectious positive demeanor
Office GuidelinesUpon our office opening, we ask all team members to be in office a minimum of 2-3 days a week to build a collaborative and invested environment to foster our unique in-person culture we are proud to have. This office policy is subject to change at company discretion. Our DEI PhilosophyOur company’s mission is rooted in deep, genuine care for dogs – and for the people who love them. As an organization we are full of individuals who are unique in many ways, but all united in a mission of providing true peace of mind to dog lovers everywhere. Fixing this industry and improving the lives of pets and their people will be a difficult, decades-long endeavor. We believe the best use of our time, energy, and resources as a collective team is to focus on this mission, and on supporting our team to do their best work and be their best selves. In support of this we’re committed to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce, and investing in internal structures, opportunities, hiring/promotions processes, and training that create and sustain an inclusive team. We strive to provide an experience at TFD that will be invested, meaningful and memorable as we progress on the journey to reimagine how we feed and care for our pets. A Few Of Our Best Benefits
Dog-friendly office in Nashville
Market-competitive compensation and equity packages
Comprehensive Healthcare, Dental, and Vision
Company sponsored mental health benefit and coaching through Modern Health
12 week paid parental leave
Competitive 401k plan with company match
Flexible PTO and hybrid work policy
Discounted fresh food for your pup
Your pet interrupting video calls (and in-person meetings) is now a feature, not a bug
Equal Employment Opportunity StatementThe Farmer's Dog, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic or status. For more information, please visit Know Your Rights.