Overview
For its Sales department, BEA Europe is looking for a Technical Support Team Lead for the Pedestrian Entrance Sensors (PES) segment, based in Belgium at the Liège Science Park.
Mission
Lead, structure and develop a technical support team of four people, ensuring reliable and high‑quality support for customers and internal teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the Technical Support team: clarify roles, set priorities, support performance and foster a culture of collaboration, constructive feedback and continuous improvement.
- Ensure efficient technical support activities, including hotline support, written support, troubleshooting, escalation management and complex field interventions when required.
- Structure and improve support processes by defining response standards, escalation paths, diagnostic tools and common ways of working.
- Use support data and field feedback to identify recurring issues, monitor quality indicators and turn insights into concrete improvement actions for Product Management, R&D, Quality and Sales teams.
- Develop knowledge‑management practices by documenting, making accessible and regularly updating solutions, best practices, FAQs, procedures and technical learnings.
- Contribute to the development of digital support tools such as knowledge bases, dashboards, self‑service tools, diagnostic aids or chatbot solutions for recurring questions.
- Ensure the quality of technical documentation and training materials for customers, Sales, Technical Sales, Area Sales Managers and other internal stakeholders.
- Act as a strategic technical interface between the field and central departments, contributing to the continuous improvement of products, tools and customer experience.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree (or equivalent) in engineering, electronics, industrial sciences, automation or a related technical background; a Bachelor’s degree is also acceptable.
- About 10 years of experience in technical support, product expertise, technical training and/or a technical‑commercial environment, including proven experience in expert coordination or people management.
- Strong analytical skills: ability to analyse and solve complex technical issues while structuring learnings so they benefit the wider organisation.
- Deep understanding of support operations, escalation logic, service quality and priority management.
- Enjoy turning data and field feedback into indicators, recommendations and concrete improvement actions.
- Comfortable using CRM tools, ticketing/case‑management tools, knowledge bases, collaborative tools and reporting solutions.
- Knowledge of Power BI or digital/AI tools applied to support is an asset.
- Fluency in French and English; German is an asset.
- Recognised leadership qualities, ability to build trust and bring experienced technical profiles together.
- Ability to work under pressure with analytical thinking, customer focus, rigor, pragmatism and sound judgement.
- Open to occasional travel depending on critical cases, internal alignment or customer support needs.
Benefits
- Full‑time contract, 37 hours per week, with 20 legal holidays plus five additional days.
- Flexible working hours and two days of remote work per week, outside the onboarding period.
- Attractive salary package: company car, company phone, meal vouchers, eco vouchers, hospitalisation and group insurance, individual and collective bonus, and a 13th month.
- Comprehensive training and onboarding programme.
- Company events such as afterworks, Saint‑Nicolas celebrations, jogging events and more, organised by the party committee.
- 14 weeks of leave for births or adoptions, and maternity leave paid at 100%.
- Opportunity to work in an innovative, product‑oriented technology environment with a real work‑life balance.
How the Role Fits
The Technical Support Team Lead will act as a strategic technical interface between the field and central departments, gathering insights and driving continuous improvement of products, tools and customer experience.