Customer Support Specialist

About Procare For over 30 years, Procare Solutions has been dedicated to empowering early childhood educators by providing products and services that enable them to focus on the care, safety and education of children. We recognize the responsibility that comes with nurturing and educating children, which is why our child care management solutions are designed to automate business processes, help ensure safety and compliance, communicate with families and provide educational resources and training to help teachers and children thrive. Over 40,000 satisfied customers have chosen Procare Solutions as their trusted partner in providing exceptional care for young minds. A Little About the Role The Customer Support Specialist provides support and step-by-step solutions for end-user (customer) software-related questions. Support is provided by clearly communicating solutions in a user-friendly and professional manner. The person in this position must be engaging, service-oriented, and technically minded. Customer Support Specialists commit to excellence and provide the best customer experience. What you’ll do: Deliver excellent customer service and support to end-users via remote connection over the telephone for up to 80% of the workday, while using and operating automated call distribution phone software and Salesforce Service Cloud Maintain a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers at all times Interact with customers to provide and process information in response to inquiries, concerns, and requests about product usage and services Interact with customers and utilize available resources to identify customer needs and find resolutions Follow standard processes and procedures with the ability to improvise solutions as needed Redirect, identify, or escalate customer cases to appropriate resources per Company guidelines Offer alternative solutions where appropriate with the objective of retaining customer’s business Follow up and make scheduled call backs to customers where necessary Stay current with software changes/updates and participate in training as required Punctual, regular, and consistent attendance Our ideal candidate will have: Professional phone etiquette Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written (typing/email) Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical audience Knowledge of customer service principles and practices Active listening skills Multi-tasking capabilities Understand the scope of support to be provided to the customer and ability to recognize when an issue needs to be escalated to Tier 2 support Establish proper courses of action to ensure that work product is completed efficiently and on time/within proper time limits Make customer’s needs a primary focus of one’s actions, developing and sustaining productive customer relationships Associate degree or equivalent work experience required 1+ years' of customer service experience Experience with Accounting principles is preferred Previous experience with software support, networking and troubleshooting hardware is also preferred Intermediate knowledge of the Windows 10 operating system and networking Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications Physical Requirements: This position works most of the time in a fixed office location and may involve sitting and/or standing for prolonged periods Frequently required to communicate verbally and in writing (mostly email) with customers, prospects, and other employees Use of computer, telephone, and other office equipment for the greater part of the workday Occasional travel may be required for this position Why Procare? Excellent comprehensive benefits packages including: medical, dental, & vision plans HSA option with employer contributions Vacation time, holidays, sick days, volunteer & personal days 401K Plan with employer match and immediate vesting Employee Stock Purchase Plan Employee Discount Program Medical, Dependent Care, and Transportation FSA Plans…