Manager, Customer Support
Are you a people person with a flair for solving problems and turning challenges into opportunities? As a Customer Support Manager at Planet DDS, you’ll be at the heart of our mission to provide top-notch service and support, overseeing the Tier One customer support team. This role is critical for ensuring that the frontline support team operates at peak efficiency and provides excellent service to customers.
*This is role is onsite in our Atlanta, GA office.
Job Duties:
- Provide mentorship and guidance to supervisors, helping them develop their leadership skills.
- Oversee the recruitment, training, and continuous development of support technicians to ensure they are well-prepared to handle customer inquiries.
- Develop and implement long-term strategies for the Tier One support team to improve service quality and efficiency.
- Work closely with peers to define key performance indicators (KPIs) and objectives for the Tier One support team.
- Continuously assess and optimize Tier One support processes to ensure they are efficient, scalable, and customer-centric.
- Lead initiatives to reduce response times, improve first-contact resolution rates, and enhance overall customer satisfaction.
- Work closely with Tier Two support, product development, IT, and other departments to ensure seamless escalation and resolution of customer issues.
- Ensure that customer feedback is effectively communicated to relevant teams to drive product and service improvements.
- Collaborate with other managers to align support strategies across all tiers.
- Set higher performance standards for the Tier One team and ensure that these standards are consistently met or exceeded.
- Monitor and analyze key performance metrics, using data to identify trends, areas for improvement, and training needs.
- Prepare detailed reports for leadership, highlighting the performance of the Tier One support team, challenges, successes, and strategic recommendations.
- Lead initiatives aimed at improving the overall customer experience at the Tier One level, ensuring that the team provides timely, accurate, and empathetic support.
- Develop and implement strategies to improve customer satisfaction, loyalty, and retention.
- Gather and act upon in-depth customer feedback to continually refine the support process.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in customer support, with at least 5 years in a management role.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Proficiency in customer support software, CRM systems, and data analysis tools.
- Strategic thinking with a focus on process optimization and efficiency.
- Ability to handle high-pressure situations and make decisions quickly.
- Strong analytical skills with experience in performance tracking and reporting.
- A deep commitment to customer satisfaction and experience improvement.
- Customer-focused mindset with a passion for delivering exceptional service.
- Ability to think critically and strategically about customer support operations.
- High level of empathy, patience, and professionalism in handling customer and team interactions.
PLANET DDS CORE IDEOLOGY
Why are we here?
Unleashing dentists and their staff to focus on patient care.
Where are we headed?
In the next 5 years, Planet DDS will remain the leading provider of cloud-based technology solutions in North America, expanding to serve more than 25,000 dental practices.
How do we get there?
To encourage measurable progress toward our vision and make the best decisions on behalf of employees and customers, we adopted a set of common values:
Collaborative – Working independently and across teams, we create scalable solutions to enable company growth
Empathetic – We are educated on the experience of our customers and feel vested in their success
Accountable – We feel ownership for the quality of our work and take pride in the positive outcomes
Trustworthy – We operate with integrity and honest, making promises we know that we can keep
Ambitious – We are driven by our ability to make a long-term, positive impact on the lives of dental market leaders