The Technical and Service Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of day-to-day operational Technical, Project and Service Support. Work closely with all operational areas of their assigned accounts to:
- Management of the Technical Proposals Team, Applications and Survey & Audit Teams.
- Ensure Incident Management processes are followed effectively (escalation and notification).
- Management of the technical and product support process utilising resource from the technical team and ensuring full engagement with
- To strive to provide exemplary technical advice and deliver the best Company Experience to our Customers
- Offering Technical Support to the Field Sales Team and External Customers
- Process management and co-ordination incidents affecting their respective customers, in conjunction with sales team to ensure and prevent reoccurrences of the same issue.
- Monitoring service delivery and Service Level Agreements (SLAs), ensuring that obligations are met, issues escalated and prioritised.
- Working in conjunction with Service Team to identify, implement, and drive service improvements to increase customer satisfaction.
- Handles resource demand forecasting to ensure the company can plan and effectively deliver end-to-end services. Work with respective stakeholders to interpret and plan projects and workload forecasts on an ongoing basis.
- Accountable for account service problems and prioritisation of work requests for their monitoring / specific customers.
- Drive Digital service business growth though SEA digital team
- Work in conjunction with the Service Team to identify, implement, and drive service improvements to increase customer satisfaction.
- To ensure that Spirax’s safety policy is uphold all the time. To ensure that all test equipment is kept within calibration, advising GM that recalibration is required, prior to calibration expiry.
- Any other related or ad hoc tasks as and when assigned by the GM
Technical Skills
- To keep abreast with develop application knowledge through training modules and assessments within sales force development network (Academy).
- To keep up to date on product knowledge / issues through defined product training and joint visits with service / sales colleagues.
- To identify to CM/GM where additional product or application Training is required.
Service / Survey delivery
- To liaise with team to ensure that work is planned efficiently.
- To track and ensure service / survey provided to customer complies with contractual obligations.
- Ensure that customer is made aware of any outstanding issues and how they will be addressed, prior to leaving site.
- To accurately capture all service / survey data using appropriate technology and software.
- Where problems cannot be resolved, ensure that CM/GM is aware.
Processes
- To ensure that survey Process is followed by team
- To ensure that any issues or complaints reported are logged using the customer complaints process.
- To work within existing business processes suggesting improvements where applicable.
- To identify and support continuous improvement projects providing exemplary service and customer delight across the business.
- To use system and technology to maximise efficiency.
To maximise selling opportunities
- To develop relationships with customer base to better understand and identify customer needs, knowing who to contact when the customer requires information they cannot supply.
- To optimise sales opportunities by pre-qualifying potential leads with team.
- Develop an understanding of the different customer channels and how their needs are likely to vary.
- To be mindful of Spirax Sarco activity costs throughout the selling process.
Requirements:
- Candidate must possess at least a Degree in Engineering (Electrical/Electronic), Engineering (Mechanical), Engineering (Mechatronic/Electromechanical) or equivalent.
- At least 10 year(s) of working experience in the related field is required for this position, and with minimally 5 years in a similar capacity.