Customer Support Specialist (French Bilingual)
The Position:
Contour Software is looking for a Customer Support Specialist. This individual would be a part of a team which will be responsible for providing excellent and responsive software, basic hardware (e.g., printer connections, reconnect a Microsoft service) and hosting support to customers of our proprietary application via a combination of email, live chat or phone channels. We are seeking an individual that is analytical, customer-focused and bright.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Enthusiastic, quick learner with strong attention to detail
- Outstanding command of English (verbal and written). Experience living or studying in North America would be an asset
- Customer service focused. Polite, professional, and tactful.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Keeping customers informed of the status of open cases, providing next steps and anticipated resolution times.
- Manage customer issues through effective troubleshooting, listening, problem solving, positive action, information gathering and case escalation in a timely manner when appropriate.
- Monitor incidents, prioritize and respond as appropriate.
- Trouble shoot tickets for level 1 support.
- Customer facing via email and phone with an ability to identify and able to walkthrough trouble shooting steps.
- Constantly gather product knowledge to enhance support experience and share with team.
- Ensure ongoing customer satisfaction through timely response and resolution.
- Complete training sessions, videos, knowledge base, to stay up to date on the latest technologies and methods.
- Prioritize, balance, multitask competing issues based on impact to end user, customer urgency, length of outstanding issue and political sensitivity.
- Promote and maintain high quality, professional, service-oriented company image with customers and internal staff.
- Maintaining remote access/support documents and customer records accurately.
Primary duties include: - Use ticketing system to open tickets, prioritize ticket queue, update and close tickets with complete and accurate documentation in a timely and effective manner
- Identify and escalate key support and product issues to team lead
- Handle after-hours inquires, as required
- Achieve KPIs in line with other team members (e.g., tickets closed per day, avg. resolution time, etc.)
- Assist with maintaining an up-to-date knowledgebase
Educational/Technical Requirements: - Bachelor's degree or equivalent (preference for a technical field such as engineering or programming)
- Minimum 2-3 years of experience working in a software/technical support role using a ticketing system and a knowledgebase
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.
- French Bilingual skills are necessary .
Work Shift: - 9 AM to 6 PM Eastern Standard Time (Willing to work weekends, if required)
Exciting Benefits we offer: - Market-leading Salary
- Medical Coverage – Self & Dependents
- Parents Medical Coverage
- Provident Fund
- Employee Performance-based bonuses
- Home Internet Subsidy
- Conveyance Allowance
- Profit Sharing Plan [Tenured Employees Only]
- Life Benefit
- Child Care Facility
- Company Provided Lunch/Dinner
- Professional Development Budget
- Recreational area for in-house games
- Sporadic On-shore training opportunities
- Friendly work environment
- Leave Encashment