
Help Desk Support Lead
San Antonio Shoemakers (SAS)
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: San Antonio • Texas • United States
Visit company websiteExplore more
Job Level
About the role
- Give specific directions to the customer desk team members to enable them meet specific customer needs.
- Create and manage both intra-team and inter-team work processes that will boost the level of productivity, enhance excellence in communication and monitor the level of service delivery in order to determine areas of lapses.
- Administer effective frontline line desk assistance to customers where inquiries are beyond the knowledge of the help desk team members.
- Appropriately escalate issues to other departments for resolution as required.
- Implement a central problem management route for information management users to handle queries and complaints.
- Providing satisfactory explanations and solutions to customer questions and issues to gain their confidence.
- Responsible for maintaining organizational ticketing system.
- Willing to work on-call on a rotating cycle.
- Establish and follow measures of crisis management to control all effects that may arise from customer problems and complaints to avoid escalation.
- Organize training and/or make arrangements for team member to receive training on the latest and best practices in handling help desk related issues.
- Keep adequate records of all activities in the help desk department and present them to management upon request for evaluation.
- Create good working relationship amongst members of the help desk team to ensure smooth flow of work, which improves overall performance.
- Develop several strategies to tackle issues to have a backup plan where a particular strategy might not be effective.
- Responsible for hiring, training and supervising the help desk IT team.
- Provide critical system analysis on an as needed basis.
- Write and Modify knowledge articles supporting company needs.
Requirements
- Problem solving: Demonstrated effective problem-solving skills.
- Help Desk supervisory experience: Prior experience supervising a help desk or technical support role.
- Verbal communication: Excellent verbal communication skills.
- Effective listening skills: Demonstrated active listening skills.
- Proper phone etiquette: Maintain proper phone etiquette.
- PC proficiency: Demonstrated knowledge and ability to use computers and technology.
- Multi-tasking: Able to properly prioritize, delegate, and handle multiple responsibilities at the same time.
- A history of working collaboratively or independently.
- Must be accountable for their actions.
- Be respectful at all times.
- Be self-motivated, dependable, disciplined, and be focused on producing high-quality work.
- Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as viewing a computer, visual inspection, and prepare and analyze projects.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
- Remote work options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
problem solvinghelp desk supervisory experiencePC proficiencysystem analysisticketing system managementknowledge article writingcustomer serviceinquiry resolutioncrisis managementtraining and development
Soft Skills
verbal communicationactive listeningphone etiquettemulti-taskingcollaborationaccountabilityrespectfulnessself-motivationdependabilitydiscipline