Customer Support Specialist (IFS Portfolio Companies) - IFS - Colombo

About the job

Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 6000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

What You'll Do:

The Customer Support Specialist is at the core of service delivery for the Support organization. You will be accountable for interacting daily with customers across a variety of communication means (phone, email, web, chat), while managing a fluid support case workload. Playing a role as a trusted advocate, you will utilize strong relationship-building skills to enhance our overall customer experience. By applying organizational, time management, and sound technical skills you will research incoming production issues, assess customer tutorial needs and answer a diverse array of product inquiries. You will be responsible for monitoring their caseload with a sense of urgency to ensure established service levels are satisfied while delivering timely responses/expectations to customers. Lastly, this role will often work with customers to review/gather business requirements in advance of directing various configuration changes.

-Maintains high-level of customer satisfaction (CSAT) handling customer-facing support inquiries via all communication channels comprised of product questions, production issues, and configuration requests
-Effectively translates customer needs/problems into solutions or internal support plans of action
-Reviews workload diligently to stay ahead of customer expectations and in accordance with established service standards
-Manages difficult customer situations (i.e. - escalations) that require base knowledge of products, internal systems, and customer-facing applications
-Identifies production issue trends and manages appropriately within leadership escalation path
-Maintains continual awareness of new products as they are introduced
-Consistently documents support cases in Salesforce and updates knowledge base when applicable

Qualifications

What You'll Bring:

-Proven experience in a technical support role, preferably within a SaaS company or related industry - 2+ Years preferred
-Strong technical skillset including a demonstrated understanding of software technologies, web functionality, troubleshooting, and data file processing
-Ability to utilize CRM technology to document and manage customer support issues
-Previous experience working with defined operating protocols, systems processes, and service level agreements (SLA)
-Critical thinker with the ability to interface with various internal support partners to derive solutions
-Active listener who seeks to understand the root cause of issues and understand the "why" behind the issue
-Strong verbal (building relationships) and written (documenting answers) customer engagement skills
-Persistent work ethic with a positive, team player mentality
-Proven capability to apply or learn SQL techniques is a plus
-Bachelor's Degree preferred
-Working on EU / US shift hours (Eastern / Mountain Time)

Additional Information

We believe that coming together as a community, in person, is important for innovation, connection and fostering a sense of belonging. Our roles have the right balance of remote and in-office working to enable flexibility for managing your life along with ensuring a real connection with your colleagues and the broader IFS community.