Position Summary

At Samsung Electronics Canada, we take pride in the creativity and diversity of our talented people – they are at the forefront of everything we do. Their skillset and mindset drive our continued success. We want the best of the best at Samsung to join our team, not just those who fit into our Culture but those who will ADD to our Culture and make Samsung an even better place to work.

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If you want to work for one of the most recognized brands in the world and one of the Top 100 Employers in Canada...and have a ton of fun…. then please keep reading!

• Fantastic employee discount on all Samsung products
• Competitive Salary and Performance based incentive plan for all levels
• Employer paid Medical and Dental coverage from day one
• Group RRSP plan that helps you save for the future
• Free on-site gym to get your sweat on
• Subsidized Cafeteria; including free Starbucks coffee/latte machine
• Tuition Reimbursement to keep you learning/Access of Samsung U for 24/7 online learning
• Employee Referral program- we want great talent like you!
• Virtual Pet Care-to ensure the well-being and health of your beloved furry companions!
• Additional Well Being Days for better work life-balance!

The Senior Specialist I, Field Support will provide Authorized Service Centers (ASC’s) with Consumer Electronics (CE) Product Technical and Parts support, through the Samsung Service System for all Samsung Canada Consumer products (over the phone or through on-site visits). Provide ASC’s with Samsung systems training. Ensure that the ASC network provides best in class service for Samsung consumers and retailers. Develop and perform service training programs and deliver to the service network on a national scale. Ensure that all the necessary product technical and parts requirements are made available to ASC’s as required. Develop a training curriculum for all the Consumer Electronics service providers. Ensure that all the necessary product technical requirements, training sessions and service manuals, are made available to our ASC service partners as requested. Responsible for finding alternatives for parts issues and delays ensuring that products are repaired to the highest level of customer satisfaction. Improve customer loyalty and create advocates through valued and memorable customer service interactions. Lower costs by working on programs on reducing service dispatches, prevent No Parts Used / No Fault service calls, and reduce product defects and product returns.

Role and Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Provides technical support to Authorized Service Centers through all contact channels ( phone, email…etc)On regular basis, conduct ASC Tech ride-along visiting consumers during in home service dispatches. Monitor tech technical and empathy performance and provide coaching when requiredAbility to generate Key Performance Index (KPI) reporting within Samsung systems, daily micromanagement of ASC KPI performance and interaction with ASC partnersConsumer empathy trainings and documentation sharing with ASC partners to improve NPS and DSAT scores regarding the service experienceWorking in conjunction with and providing strategic support to the CE sales and Product Management teamsLead VOC Emergency process team for identification, action, resolution and prevention of future issuesExpanding Service Network coverage to support capacity growth, achieving 100% coverageResponsible for Branded Engineer Expansion converting more ASCs to Samsung Branded EngineersExpanding Quality and Environmental, Social, and Governance tools and programsConduct ASC yearly audits and reporting back to both Samsung North America and Suwon South Korea Headquarters on results  Seek improvement areas and inefficiencies within our ASC network and develop improvement plans, strategies while presenting them to the Service Management teamAbility to deal with difficult and demanding consumers and service partnersProvide parts information to ASC Field technicians, Research/Escalate part problems received from Field techniciansAccess new product information and prepare training for service partnersPrepare and deliver training programs to the Service network on a National scale. Ensure that all the necessary product technical & repair information are made available to service partnersManage quality issues when resolutions are not in place, work with Samsung Suwon Headquarters & Various teams for resolutionsMonitor Product quality to ensure best in class service & Product experienceSupport and coach ASC  staff to ensure efficient  repairs in the quickest time possible wayReview Daily / Manage Long-Term Pending (LTP) & Repeated Repair (C-RRR) issues and provide support resolutions to ASC’sSupport to Contact Centre with required product informationPlan consistent support and cooperation of the 3rd party service network to achieve difficult KPI’s ( Key Performance Index)Deal with the day to day higher level issues that need to be resolved for the ASC’s Develop programs and processes that will ensure ASC Service Support calls are consistently handled more effectively and the overall quality of the repairs are increased to industry benchmark levelsEnsure that all Consumer Electronics Service KPI’s are met as mandated by Samsung Suwon HeadquartersAccess to detailed “repair type” information, by product and inquiry. Useful to action issues that will reduce the number of service calls and increase customer satisfactionReduce the overall consumer electronics service expenses while simultaneously improving repair quality and customer servicePerform miscellaneous customer service and technical support duties assigned by Senior ManagementAccess to new product information and products for use as samples for training and with assisting the ASC’sManaging quality issues when resolutions are not in place.At times having to deal with difficult and demanding consumers and retail partnersAbility to achieve difficult KPI’s by gaining the consistent support and cooperation of the 3rd party service networkAccess to detailed “repair type” information, by product and inquiry. Useful to action issues that will reduce the number of service calls and increase customer satisfaction

Skills and Qualifications

Requirements

Education:

Minimum Post-Secondary education preferred

Knowledge:

Above average customer service skillsGood negotiating skillsTechnically inclinedMotivated with excellent time management skillsFrench working knowledge is an asset but not requirement 

Experience:

3-5 years’ experience as technical trainer, product support specialist, or as a field or lab technician preferred3-5 years of technical support experience with Consumer Electronic products preferred

The salary range for this role is expected to be between $60,000 to $80,000 and reflects base salary only. Actual pay will be determined based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, competencies, qualifications, relevant skills and experience. This posting is for a current job vacancy.

The total rewards package for a Regular Full-Time employee may include a variable incentive, savings matching (RRSP/TFSA/NRSP), extended health and dental benefits with spending accounts, wellness and well-being benefits, development opportunities, and other employee perks.

Samsung is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Samsung has an accommodation process in place and provides accommodations for job applicants with disabilities as appropriate. Assessment and selection materials and procedures can be made available in accessible formats and methods as appropriate.  If you require a specific accommodation because of disability or medical need, please let us know when selected to take part in our recruitment process so that reasonable arrangements can be made for the appropriate accommodations to be in place as you move through our process.

We thank you for your interest in working for Samsung. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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