Bilingual Customer Support Expert

Sage; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 55,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

RRSP match

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Sage Canada is seeking a bilingual (French and English) Customer Support Expert to identify customer needs and resolve technical issues across Sage’s products and services. The role emphasizes first-call resolution and delivering an exceptional Sage experience.

This hybrid position requires three days per week onsite in Vancouver, with strong problem-solving and communication skills in both languages to support customers via phone, email, or chat.

Qualifications

• Bilingual in French and English is required (oral and written).
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with Sage products and services is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Identify root causes of software or system issues.
• Drive first call resolution using available resources and tools.
• Escalate unresolved issues to appropriate resources when needed.
• Document customer contact clearly in the system and maintain records.

Skills

Bilingual French-English

Active listening

Problem solving

Technical knowledge

Customer service

Data analysis

Team collaboration

Job description

Job Description

As a Bilingual (French and English) Customer Support Expert, you will identify customer needs and resolve technical issues regarding Sage’s products and services, demonstrating strong problem-solving capabilities to maximize first-time resolution, enhance customer relationships, and enable an exceptional Sage experience.

This is a hybrid role: 3 days per week onsite

Bilingual: French and English is a MUST

Key Responsibilities

Technical support focused:

• Through excellent probing and a comprehensive understanding of Sage’s products and services, identifies the root cause of the customer’s software or system issues.
• Demonstrates strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, using analysis and testing techniques to solve low to moderately complex issues.
• Serves as a frontline technical resource for Sage customers, driving first call resolution by using available resources and tools (e.g., blueprints), as well as identifying cases that require escalation (either strategically or technically)
• Ensures technical expertise by staying up to date on applications and systems, as well as processes and procedures, through reading communications and attending training.

Customer service essentials:

• Owns the customer support experience, providing exceptional assistance by solving customer issues through a variety of channels (telephone, email, chat), adhering to shift schedules, procedures, metrics and goals.
• Assists customers in gaining value from their products and services by promoting available features and resources and identifying additional opportunities for Sage’s solutions to address their needs.
• Contributes to company knowledge capital by providing feedback to improve the customer/user experience e.g., knowledge base, systems and processes.
• Documents customer contact, using relevant systems, in a clear, concise and understandable format, escalating unresolved issues, with pertinent information, to appropriate resources.
• Works collaboratively and effectively in a team, maintaining a positive attitude, offering constructive approaches to overcoming difficulties, and treating all individuals with respect.
• Prioritise work to balance importance from a customer perspective with operational efficiency, managing time and resources to ensure the best possible outcome for the customer and Sage.

Skills And Know-how

• Communicates clearly and effectively in English AND French (both verbal and written) in a way that the customer understands, providing clear and concise solutions to problems.
• Actively listens to each customer, remaining focused at all times to ensure attentiveness and enable a response that demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the issue at hand.
• Demonstrates an understanding of customers’ needs, going above and beyond to meet and exceed these, in order to build strong and trusted relationships.
• Takes responsibility to deliver exceptional customer support, proactively solving problems and driving the best customer outcomes.
• Has the flexibility to adapt to varying customer situations, handling change effectively with a positive approach.
• Demonstrates the technical knowledge and skills required to accomplish complex activities in relation to Sage’s products and services.
• Solves problems through data analysis and critical thinking in order to reach logical conclusions and provide optimal solutions

Key behaviours

• Driven, likeable, curious, bold, caring and resilient.

Benefits? We have plenty...

• 100% paid premiums for health, dental, and vision coverage
• RRSP contribution match (100% up to 4%)
• 35 days paid time off (11 holidays, 16 vacation days, 3 personal days, 5 sick days)
• Work Away, an opportunity to work & play for 10 weeks in a country of your choice (from a Sage-approved list)
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for birth, adoption, or surrogacy offered 1 year after your start date
• 5 days paid yearly to volunteer (through Sage Foundation)
• $5,250 tuition reimbursement per calendar year starting 6 months after your hire date
• Sage Wellness Rewards Program (annual fitness reimbursement)
• Library of on-demand career development options and ongoing training offerings

Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, education, and experience. Certain provinces in Canada require job postings to include a reasonable estimate of the salary range applicable to the role. For this role, in those locations, the target base salary range for new hires is C$55,000 to C$64,000. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in a bonus plan (10%) based on company and individual performance. Our talent acquisition team will provide specific opportunities on our bonus or incentive programs. The range listed is just one component of the Sage total compensation package.