Client Service Manager
Nieuwegein, UT, NL
About Avaya
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About the Opportunity
The purpose of this role is to act as a liaison between Avaya Operations Services and customers to ensure customer satisfaction and to meet operational service level agreements based on contractual obligations. This person develops and maintains customer relations by being the operational focal point for APCS scope being delivered to the customer. This person should have a focus on customer service, an understanding of the company’s products, knowledge to be the focal point for ITIL core process, and the ability to leverage resources across different technical teams to expedite problem resolution. This position requires someone who can work independently to support multiple clients with complex configurations. With a strong technical understanding. This Role will require a detailed background check to be completed, a VOG (Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag) and signature of a NDA.
Applicants should be a Dutch citizen or have a DigiD.
About the Responsibilities
- Establish a relationship with clients for assigned accounts
- Drive Technical Issues to Resolution.
- Customer advocate/escalation point into service delivery team 24 x 7
- Maintains awareness of all customer projects or changes
- Lead critical client escalations (Incident Management)
- Conducts customer and management briefings concerning operational decisions, scheduling requirements
- Partner on Billing Issues, Contract Requests, SOW issues, Up-sell opportunity, Entitlements
- Service level agreement compliance assurance and reporting
- Conduct operation reviews as defined in the contract
- Develop presentation materials as required for both customers facing reports and internal leadership discussions
- Provide technical guidance and support to Avaya Customer on the Avaya platform.
- Understand customer’s business needs and able to formulate solutions.
- Act as a point of escalation and assist in the resolution of technical issues.
- Run on a minimum of a monthly basis performance and billing reporting.
- Attend monthly service reviews with Avaya Customer and Avaya.
- Assist in support of planned maintenance.
- Resolving queries related to reports or system functionality.
- Resource to undergo and pass security clearance as required by Avaya Customer, prior to service start date.
About You
EXPERIENCE:
- Security Clearance required,
- Knowledge of ITIL and ITSM, prefer at least foundations certification.
- Prefer experience working in ITIL roles related to Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Release Management processes.
- Proficient in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Prefer Telecom Experience
- Prefer working technical knowledge of Avaya platforms and capabilities (min 5 years)
- Previous experience in a customer facing role
- Previous experience in technical role
- Ability to work across organizational boundaries to drive resolution
- Resource to undergo and pass security clearance as required by Avaya Customer, prior to service start date
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
- Avaya ACSS (Avaya Certified Support/Solution Specialist); Avaya ACIS (Avaya Certified Implementation/Integration Specialist
- At least 10 years of hands-on technical experience with Avaya Unified Communications products:
- Avaya Communication Manager, System Manager, Session Manager
- Avaya Presence and UC Products
- Avaya Applications Ensablement Services (AES)
- Avaya Session Border Controller (SBC)
- Avaya Aura Media Server (AAMS)
- Deep understanding of the CC environment and business needs: Avaya CC: Avaya Oceana, Analytics, Avaya Experience Portal, Callback Assist, Control Manager, Avaya Aura Device Services, Avaya Workspaces, Avaya Aura CC Elite, Verint Call Recording, Verint Workforce Management, Verint Engagement Management Avaya infrastructure: Pod-Fx, VMware, cloud Data center services, networking infrastructure, 3rd party systems (F5 load-balancers), Understanding of networking concepts, topology and infrastructure, Understanding of integration components, Strong documentation skills (reports, Visio, action plans, updating technical and functional documents, etc.)
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