Customer Support Manager (Escalations)

Ingram Micro; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Ingram Micro in the Philippines seeks a Manager to lead Global L3 Escalations, overseeing high-severity customer issues with significant risk. You will drive incident management, cross-functional coordination, and timely stakeholder communication to support rapid issue resolution.

The role emphasizes executive-level incident response and mentoring of Global Escalation Associates, with a focus on improving escalation practices and customer retention across enterprise segments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in Escalation Management or related field, with 3+ years in leadership roles.
• Experience supporting enterprise, strategic or retail customers.
• Ability to work across time zones to support the business.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve global escalation processes, severity definitions, SLAs and engagement models.
• Establish clear ownership and resolution paths across support, operations, sales, vendor and product teams.
• Drive executive-level incident response and coordinate cross-functional resources during critical events.
• Ensure consistent customer communications, status updates, and recovery plans during escalations.
• Serve as senior customer advocate during business-critical escalations.
• Lead, coach, and develop Global Escalation Associates.
• Establish incident management best practices and response standards.

Skills

Escalation Mgmt

Customer Success

Leadership

Cross-functional

CRM

Tools

CRM

Zendesk

Teams

Video Conferencing

Job description

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

Job Description:

The Manager leads the Global L3 Escalations function, overseeing the resolution of high-severity customer issues that present significant operational, financial, reputational, or customer retention risk. Working within established global escalation frameworks and operating procedures, the role drives effective incident management, cross-functional coordination, and timely stakeholder communication to support rapid issue resolution.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve global escalation management processes, severity definitions, SLAs, and engagement models.
• Establish clear ownership, accountability, and resolution pathways across support, operations, sales, vendor, and product teams.
• Drive executive-level incident response and coordinate cross-functional resources during critical situations.
• Ensure consistent customer communications, status updates, and recovery plans during escalations.
• Serve as senior customer advocate during business-critical escalations.
• Lead, coach, and develop Global Escalation Associates.
• Establish incident management best practices and response standards.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years in Escalation Management, Customer Success, Technical Support, Operations, or Service Delivery with 3+ years in leadership roles managing critical customer issues.
• Experience supporting and directly interacting with different customer segments, including but not limited to enterprise, strategic or retail customers.
• High AQ (Adversity Quotient) and extensive experience overseeing high-urgency customer experience cases and escalations, with a strong track record of driving timely resolution, customer retention, and service recovery.
• Able to work in varying time zones to support the business.
• Regularly apply expertise in day-to-day activities.
• May fill the role of a staff member in complex situations.
• Experience in communication tools across telephone, email and Video Conferencing (Teams), as well as client, case management and ticketing platforms (CRM, Zendesk, etc.)

With us, you’ll make technology happen in surprising ways. It’ll be a fun journey!

What’s in it for you?

Well, we take great care of our people, everyone is made to feel welcome, and opportunities to grow apply to all. But the prospect of shaping the future through technology is something you’re unlikely to find anywhere else. Let’s shape tomorrow.

It’s no surprise that technology powers the planet. But what might surprise you is that Ingram Micro has the ability to reach more than 90% of the global population.

By joining us, you make Ingram Micro’s contribution a reality: helping businesses grow, supporting industries from healthcare to education with their technology, or even connecting the world.