Scope of Responsibilities:
- Expense Authorization defined in the formal Travel and Expense Policy and the Purchase Authorization Policy
- Complete ownership of the performance of the Service Technical Support function and performance and behaviors of the team. 3-5 individuals.
- Discount authority defined in the formal Discount Authorization Policy.
Requirements:
- Ability to successfully lead and manage a diverse service technical staff
- Orientation to internal and external customer satisfaction
- High-level knowledge on applications and instrumentation
- Ability to effectively communicate service technical information to both technical and non-technical individuals
- Ability to effectively communicate well with customers, and colleagues to effectively manage potentially high-emotion situations
- Ability to effectively communicate business opportunities, challenges and proposals for change to Director and other executives
- Ability to maintain organization and structure during periods of heavy workload and/or changing situations
- Ability to learn and troubleshoot/fix technical electro-mechanical instrumentation
Language Ability: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Math Ability: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of service technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Computer Skills: To perform this Role successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Word Processing software and Database software with a Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite of products, especially Excel.
- Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from four-year College or university
- 5+ years direct Field Service or Inside Service work
- 5+ years’ Service-related Management and Service Operations experience strongly preferred.
Essential Functions:
- Daily priority setting, scheduling, conflict resolution and general support for Service Technical Support staff
- Ensure fast, efficient and effective phone and e-mail based service technical support to all external and internal customers.
- Ensure complete and accurate capture of all relevant customer contact and service technical information.
- Accountable for ensuring timely, high quality customer/ service technical support and execution and completion or field assignment of all service cases
- Ensuring timely, complete, and accurate creation, closure and invoicing of Field Service and Repair Depot work orders.
- Accountable for ensuring ERP and Service Management System are up to date and accurate at all times.
- Accountable for the consistent and predictable execution of local Repair Depot work orders (customer system repairs, Biotage demo system repairs and demo QC).
- Responsible for setting priorities for Salem based Repair Depot function to ensure optimal external and internal customer experience.
- Daily review and adjustment as needed of team and individual priorities as well as for the Salem Depot.
- Provide manpower as needed to Operations for execution of routine QC and/or refurbishment of parts and instrumentation
- Accountable for ensuring optimal workload balance across the team within the different roles and responsibilities
- Management of high quality and accurate data entry for all service related functions into established Service database: Case creation, Work Order creation, Installed Products creation, Service Agreement creation
- Review and input into global Service Database functionality and related processes
- Continuous review of performance of the service technical support and Depot processes to drive efficient, consistent and high-quality execution
- Management and resolution of team and/or priority conflicts, setting priorities and ensuring the availability of adequate manpower to meet performance targets during business hours
- Accountable for effective management of cost and ensuring performance is within Budget and meets set targets.
- Initial escalation owner for customers and team member originated concerns which are received or identified within the Service Technical Support Department
- Documentation of all standardized processes and procedures within the Service Technical Support Department and Depot operations
- Provide high quality functional support to other departments (Field Service, Finance/Admin, Sales, Marketing and Supply)
- Reviewing and adjustment of central service stock (CSS) usage and setting stocking levels to drive service response time and for the execution of Depot and Field support to SLA terms while staying within established inventory value constraints.
- Responsible for producing high quality proposals/justification for adjustments and additional investment in central service stock and working with Field Service Manager (FSM) to optimize Trunk plus centralized stock to the benefit of the whole organization.
- Escalation of stock deficiencies / stock-outs and parts quality issues that will negatively impact the customer experience and overall service efficiency and execution
- Report monthly progress toward team goals and KPIs.Gather information and provide input related to business risks, opportunities and the effectiveness of Biotage Service products and pricing.