Building a Global Customer Service Capability

Global Luxury Apparel Brand

A global fashion brand transformed its customer service capability in parallel with a digital technology investment and the development of its first global ecommerce and branding presence - with customer operations in London, New York and Hong Kong.

Sector: Luxury Goods

Location: UK, US, Hong Kong

Ownership: UK PLC

Duration: Long Term

Challenge

The client had an unintegrated customer service infrastructure which was:

  • Poorly-resourced within the internal facility in Europe

  • Partially outsourced to a provider in North America

  • and not equipped to provide remote customer support at all in Asia and the Rest of the World

The defective and inconsistent customer service network was not appropriate to support a new, global ecommerce website and infrastructure.

Solution

Analysis of existing operations, design of future state customer service Operating Model to align with digital transformation; roadmap for development.

Creation of global customer service investment business case.

Subject matter expert support in the establishment of a new infrastructure.

Development of location strategy, organisational design (roles, recruitment & training), customer management technologies, operational processes, quality, customer experience & business targets and reporting.

Outcome

Client Quote

New, in-house state of the art contact centres in London, New York & Hong Kong

24/7 ‘follow the sun’ omnichannel and multilingual operation

Enhanced product knowledge and sales capabilities, contributing to on

“You have been invaluable in helping us establish a global capability in less than 12 months. Thank you!”

- Global Director of Customer Service