Senior Interior Design & Trade Support Lead, Soho Home - Maternity Cover

The Role.. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and customer-focused Senior Interior Design & Trade Support Lead to join our team on a maternity cover basis, supporting Soho Home’s growing Interior Design and Trade business across the UK, EU and US. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering exceptional customer service, managing complex post-sale enquiries and strengthening the processes, that support our global Trade customers. You will act as a key point of contact for Trade customers and internal teams, taking ownership of high-priority customer issues, coordinating resolutions across multiple departments and ensuring a seamless customer journey during delivery and aftersales. You will build strong relationships with customers while supporting customer retention, repeat business and the wider commercial objectives of the Trade department. This is a senior, hands-on role combining customer service, complex aftersales resolution, process improvement and team support. The successful candidate will be proactive, commercially aware and confident working across multiple departments to deliver solutions that reflect the Soho House ethos. Main Duties: Trade Customer Service & Relationship Management • Manage UK, EU and US Trade post-sale enquiries, taking ownership of complex issues through to resolution. • Deliver exceptional customer service, resolving complaints and supporting customer retention. • Share customer feedback and service improvement opportunities with the Global Head of Trade. Aftersales & Operational Support • Coordinate deliveries, collections, returns and complex customer issues with internal teams and external partners. • Manage high-priority cases, ensuring timely resolution, clear communication and accurate Salesforce records. • Maintain strong knowledge of product availability, lead times and operational processes. • Deliver effective customer support that protects relationships, encourages repeat business and enables the team to focus on sales. Process Improvement • Develop and maintain process guides, email templates and training materials to improve efficiency and consistency. • Deliver training and support to colleagues on systems and operational processes. • Identify opportunities to improve ways of working and encourage greater team independence. • Build strong relationships across Trade, Support, Operations, Warehouse, Ecommerce and Retail departments. • Contribute to cross functional departmental meetings, share best practices and collaborate to improve the global Trade customer journey. Performance & Accountability • Meet agreed KPIs for productivity, including response times, salesforce case management and customer service. • Prioritise workloads effectively, maintain accurate records and take ownership of issues through to resolution. Requirements… • Highly organized and self-sufficient with a passion for customer service solutions, operations and business retention • 5+ years’ experience in customer service, business support, aftersales or account management, ideally within luxury retail, interiors or furniture and or ecommerce brands • Proven ability to manage complex customer enquiries, complaints and escalations, delivering effective resolutions. • Good understanding of operational processes, including deliveries, returns and exports. • Good understanding of UK’s design market • Proficient user Microsoft office suite. • Experience in using salesforce or other CRM system. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. • Passionate in people and maintaining relationships. • Results and solution oriented • A self-motivated, adaptable and solutions-focused approach, with the ability to work independently and take ownership. • A genuine