Front Desk Operations
New York
Job Description Job Description Front Desk Operations - Customer Service Representative
alts | Alteration Specialists of New York is looking for a Front Desk Operations Representative
We are looking for a dynamic professional Front Desk Operations member, distinguished by their charisma, commitment, and professional integrity. This role will include responding to phone calls and emails, office management and administration, as well as internal/external communication, and creative problem solving. This is a customer facing position, full-time role in New York, with competitive pay, full benefits, and opportunities for future growth.
Compensation
FDO earns $18 an hour when you are accompanied by a Studio Experience Coordinator or other FDO. If you are working a shop on your own then you will be paid $20 an hour for that specific shift. $18 an hour is the base compensation for any and all FDO roles.
Responsibilities
Front Desk - Office Management
Maintain a professional, warm, welcoming office environment
Greet all clients, manage check-ins, pickups and payment
Answer all inbound calls to the Alteration Specialists Studio
Manage all client bookings and appointments
Process new transactions and ensure internal reporting is correct
Responsible for ordering, tracking and managing office inventory, supplies and purchases
Ensure all outsourced garments are appropriately tagged, distributed and delivered
Manage the flow of fitting room processes and appointments
Customer Service
Quick, warm, and on-brand customer communication across emails, calls and in-person
Thoughtful and authentic recommendations to customers through a deep understanding of their need
Thoughtful interaction with each customer
Collect, organize, and track consumer feedback, day to day issues and other relevant information and communicate this to the team
Contribute ideas to company policies to create an even better customer experience
Operations
Ensure that all QC checkpoints that live with front operations are consistently met for each garment entering or leaving your studio
Ensure all tickets are properly created, and processed throughout the garment’s life cycle with Alteration Specialists
Properly record and document all RFA’s, refunds and other failures of process, and brainstorm written solutions to achieve a higher operational efficiency
Attributes
You are warm, compassionate, and empathic. You have a calming demeanor and a way of building trusting, caring relationships with ease.
You are a skilled communicator. You’re both a great listener and an effective speaker and writer. You treat sensitive information with respect and discretion.
You are mission driven. You are motivated to help change the fashion industry, and move towards a more sustainable future and serve as an excellent ambassador for a cause you believe in.
You are systematic. You derive pleasure from being highly organized, creating order, and checking things off your list.
You are detail-oriented. You take pride in a beautifully executed workflow and typos in your emails make you cringe.
You are thoughtful. You can anticipate the needs of your tailoring team and clients, and feel committed to proactively creating a supportive environment for all. You are able to recognize how your individual role feeds into the larger organization’s objectives.
You have great professional integrity. You take ownership over your work, ask for help when you need it, and are committed to your own growth and development.
Experience
Experience in customer service related roles preferred
Prior responsibilities in the fashion industry, and communications management desired.
Experience or deep interest in fashion and sustainability desired, with a working knowledge of garment construction desired.
*This is an entry-level/early career role.*
Why the Role is Compelling
As the Front Desk Operations - Customer Service Representative for an alts | Alteration Specialists team, you would play an integral role in creating a welcoming and professional environment that has a profound impact on some of the most important events and days in a client’s life. You would establish rewarding relationships with the studio’s clientele and partner community, and serve as the first point of contact for people who might benefit from our services. You would have the opportunity to develop your career in an expanding industry. You would feel the support of a tight-knit tailoring and operations team, and the excitement of being part of a growing, multi-studio operation disrupting the fashion industry with many opportunities to grow as quickly in your career as the brand is growing.
alts | Alteration Specialists is committed to working with and fairly rewarding the best talent in the industry. We believe in treating people right - through fair compensation and benefits, thoughtful management and specific attention to growth and development of our staff.
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