Full-Time

Customer Care Manager

Ocean Optics

Ocean Optics

51-200 employees

Manufactures portable spectrometers and sensing solutions

No salary listed

Houston, TX, USA

In Person

In-office position; occasional travel of 5–10% may be required.

Bachelor's

Category
Customer Experience & Support (2)
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Required Skills
ERP
Supply Chain Management
CRM
Marketing
Customer Service

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Requirements
  • At least 5 years of customer service or inside sales leadership experience is required.
  • Experience in a business-to-business, medical device, or manufacturing environment is required.
  • Strong understanding of order management and customer workflows is required.
  • Experience with enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management systems is required.
  • The candidate must be able to lead teams and improve performance.
  • Experience in medical device or regulated industries is required.
  • The candidate must have technical product experience or the ability to learn complex product lines.
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration experience is required.
  • Experience leading customer service or inside sales teams in a business-to-business environment is required.
  • Experience managing end-to-end customer operations across the order-to-cash lifecycle is required.
  • Strong enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management experience with demonstrated process-improvement capability is required.
  • The candidate must have a track record of cross-functional collaboration with sales and operations teams.
  • The candidate must be computer literate in various software applications.
  • The candidate must be able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively.
  • The candidate must be able to discuss and clearly define issues internally and externally and independently develop courses of action or plans.
  • The candidate must have excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • The candidate must have proven customer support experience.
  • The candidate must have strong phone-contact-handling skills and active-listening ability.
  • The candidate must be able to cooperate with and support team members, coordinate interdepartmental activities, and resolve individual conflicts and issues.
  • The candidate must pursue trust for each team member, seek and deliver honest feedback to all team members, and remain committed and accountable to achieving team goals.
  • A demonstrated track record of leading customer service or customer operations teams and improving performance is required.
Responsibilities
  • Own the full customer experience across pre-sale, order execution, and post-sale support.
  • Ensure timely resolution of inquiries, complaints, and product-related issues.
  • Deliver consistent, proactive communication across all customer segments.
  • Establish structured feedback loops to inform product, operations, and commercial teams.
  • Supervise the daily operations of the customer service department.
  • Set customer satisfaction goals and work with the team to meet them consistently.
  • Resolve product or service problems by clarifying customer complaints, determining causes, selecting and explaining solutions, expediting corrections or adjustments, and following up to ensure resolution.
  • Identify and assess customers' needs to achieve satisfaction.
  • Lead, coach, and develop customer service and sales support teams.
  • Build deep product and process knowledge across the team.
  • Establish a high-performance, customer-first culture focused on accountability and responsiveness.
  • Optimize quoting, order management, and fulfillment workflows.
  • Ensure accuracy and completeness of customer records in enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management systems.
  • Drive implementation of scalable tools, automation, and process improvements.
  • Ensure adherence to applicable quality-system and documentation requirements.
  • Support intake, documentation, and routing of customer complaints and product feedback.
  • Maintain data integrity, audit readiness, and process compliance.
  • Partner with sales leadership to support distributors, direct customers, and field teams.
  • Improve order conversion, response quality, and customer responsiveness.
  • Support onboarding and enablement of distribution partners and new sales representatives.
  • Identify opportunities to increase customer value through service and product engagement.
  • Coordinate with sales, marketing, operations, and supply chain teams.
  • Ensure seamless handoffs and alignment on customer commitments.
  • Provide insights on customer needs, market trends, and service performance.
Desired Qualifications
  • A bachelor's degree is preferred but not required when the candidate has relevant experience.
  • Experience in business-to-business, manufacturing, or regulated environments is strongly preferred.
  • A background in complex or technical product environments, such as medical devices, is preferred.

Ocean Optics makes compact spectroscopy hardware and related optical sensing tools. Its flagship products are miniature, portable spectrometers used to measure light across wavelengths for scientists and engineers in fields like chemical analysis, environmental monitoring, and industrial sensing. The devices work by detecting light that passes through or reflects from a sample and translating it into a spectrum—the distribution of light by wavelength—using optical components and a small detector. The company differentiates itself with a modular approach and small, affordable spectrometers that can be integrated into custom systems or handheld devices, enabling researchers to build compact spectroscopic tools rather than relying on large, expensive lab equipment. Ocean Optics' goal is to broaden access to spectral data by providing versatile, scalable sensing solutions that allow users to deploy spectroscopy across a wide range of applications and environments.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Dunedin, Florida

Founded

1989

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What believers are saying

  • Halma reported 8% photonics organic revenue growth in FY26, lifting Ocean Optics demand.
  • Ocean Optics added 2026 conference booths across Europe, Asia, and North America.
  • Bioz engagement rose in 2025, improving citation visibility and lead generation.

What critics are saying

  • Avantes and Hamamatsu pressure pricing and performance in compact spectroscopy markets.
  • Moxchange LLC v. Ocean Optics, Inc. remains an active legal distraction and cost.
  • Distributor dependence on Edmund Optics can weaken direct customer control by 2027.

What makes Ocean Optics unique

  • Ocean Optics invented miniature spectroscopy and still sells modular instruments globally.
  • Halma backed Ocean Optics since 2004, supplying capital, distribution, and operational stability.
  • The Edmund Optics marketplace partnership, announced September 22, 2025, widens customer access.

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Growth & Insights and Company News

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Ocean Optics
Aug 12th, 2025
Ocean Optics Partners with Edmund Optics for Global Distribution

ORLANDO, Fla. - (August 14, 2025) - Ocean Optics, a pioneer in modular spectroscopy and a trusted name in optical sensing, is proud to announce a new Supplier Partner relationship with Edmund Optics.

Ocean Optics
Jun 23rd, 2025
Ocean Optics Launches Bioz Tool

To further enhance visibility and engagement, Ocean Optics has also added a Bioz Homepage Banner, ensuring that visitors immediately discover the powerful citation management capabilities available on its website.

EIN News
Sep 8th, 2023
Ocean Insight Announces Richard Curran as New President

Ocean Insight announces Richard Curran as new president.

Ocean Insight
Jun 22nd, 2023
Women in Engineering Day 2023

Ocean Insight has been named the Best Place to Work in both Central Florida and New York state.

Ocean Insight
May 3rd, 2023
Press Release: New Ocean SR series

Orlando, Florida, USA (May 4, 2023) – Ocean Optics, a brand of Ocean Insight, introduces compact, versatile Ocean SR series spectrometers distinguished by their rapid spectral acquisition speed and high signal to noise ratio (SNR) performance.