Job Description
As a Technical Support Advisor, you'll be our valued customers' first point of contact, ensuring their success with our products/services. You'll wear many hats – troubleshooting technical issues, providing clear guidance, and going the extra mile to delight users. You will play a critical role in ensuring customer satisfaction and driving positive brand experiences.
Essential Functions/Core Responsibilities
- Assist external/internal users of the client's technical products or services; identify, investigate, research and provide resolution to user questions and problems
- Troubleshoot basic to complex customer issues that are technical in nature; including hardware, software, networking, or other designated client products
- Follow appropriate escalation path to resolve technical issues; including making follow up outbound calls to customers or other parties as needed
- Solve problems that are generally unstructured and require extensive use of conceptual thinking skills
- Serve as a resource to other support personnel
- Ensure service delivered to our customers meets contractual Key Performance Indicator (‘KPIs’)
- Greet customers in a courteous, friendly, and professional manner using agreed upon procedures
- Listen attentively to customer needs and concerns; demonstrate empathy while maximizing opportunity to build rapport with the customer
- Clarify customer requirements; probe for understanding
- Prepare complete and accurate work including appropriately notating accounts as required
- Participate in activities designed to improve customer satisfaction and business performance
- Log all incoming calls and accurately complete case notes in the call tracking database
Candidate Profile
- High School Diploma and one year of relevant experience preferred
- Achieve and maintain recognized and applicable technical certification(s)
- Relevant technical expertise related to program (i.e. hardware, software, networking, data storage, troubleshooting, repair and sales)
- Advanced knowledge of client technical systems
- Courteous with strong customer service orientation
- Ability to effectively communicate, both written and verbally
- Ability to learn including strong problem solving skills
- Dependable with proficient attention to detail
- Skilled in multi-tasking; including the ability to be flexible and adapt to changes quickly
- Ability to work as a team member, as well as independently with minimal supervision
- Demonstrate patience in all customer contact situations; including maintaining a pleasant and professional tone and manner