Job Description
Employment Category
Regular, Full-time
Travel Requirements
Limited (5-15%)
Responsibilities/Skills/Experience Requirements
JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Owns, authors, and maintains the B2B escalation and replacement playbook, including resolution criteria, replacement eligibility standards, approval thresholds, and partner-facing service-level commitments
- Formulates and revises operating policy for escalations, replacements, and warranty resolution; determine when and how established procedures should change to meet business and seasonal demands
- Designs and implements process improvements across the escalation lifecycle; author standard operating procedures used by internal teams and B2B partners
- Leads the operational onboarding of new B2B partners, defining the escalation and resolution procedures each partner will follow
- Analyzes escalation, replacement, and warranty claim volumes and trends; identify root causes, cost drivers, and partner-level performance issues
- Prepares and presents recurring performance reporting to leadership with recommendations on process changes, staffing and seasonality planning, and partner terms
- Evaluates the financial impact of replacement and concession decisions and recommend policy adjustments to reduce cost and cycle time
- Advises leadership on matters of significance affecting the B2B channel; recommendations from this position are relied upon in operational and partner decisions
- Serves as the senior resolution point for complex, disputed, or high-value B2B partner escalations, exercising independent judgment in selecting the resolution path (repair, replacement, or concession) for non-routine matters
- Interfaces directly with partner management to negotiate and resolve disputed claims and service failures
- Determines when deviation from standard procedure is warranted by circumstances and authorize exceptions within program guidelines
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelors Degree
- 5-10 years of related experience
- 18 years of age or older
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- 5+ years of experience in service operations, order management, escalations, or warranty resolution; HVAC or major appliance industry experience strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience designing or improving operational processes and writing standard operating procedures
- Strong analytical skills, including proficiency with Excel or comparable reporting tools; able to build reporting from raw operational data
- Experience managing external partner or vendor relationships, including negotiation of disputed matters
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting findings and recommendations to senior leadership
Job Function
Field Management
Years Experience
5 - 10 Years Experience
Country
United States
Location City
Longwood
Work-In City
REMOTE
Work-In State
REMOTE
Work-In Postal Code
REMOTE
EEO/EOE Footer
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Vet.
Posting Tags
#Remote, #HSCorporate, #HSSupport
Company Brand
Sears Home Services
Additional Compensation Explanation
N/A