Field Technical Consultant m/f/d General Information Req # WD00060032 Career area: Services Country/Region: Germany State: North Rhine-Westphalia City: Essen Date: Monday, January 8, 2024 Working time: Full-time Additional Locations :  * Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia - Essen * Germany - Saxony - Dresden * Germany - Lower Saxony - Hannover * Germany - Bavaria - Nuremberg * Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia - Duisburg * Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia - Bochum * Germany - Hesse - Wiesbaden * Germany - Rhineland-Palatinate - Mainz * Germany - Schleswig-Holstein - Lübeck * Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia - Oberhausen * Germany - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - Rostock * Germany - Thuringia - Erfurt * Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia - Hagen * Germany - Brandenburg - Potsdam * Germany - Saarland - Saarbrücken * Germany - Rhineland-Palatinate - Ludwigshafen * Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia - Mülheim * Germany - Lower Saxony - Oldenburg * Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia - Neuss * Germany - Bavaria - Regensburg * Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia - Paderborn Why Work at Lenovo  We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers.  Lenovo is a US$62 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #171 in the Fortune Global 500, employing 77,000 people around the world, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver smarter technology for all, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company by further expanding into growth areas that fuel the advancement of ‘New IT’ technologies (client, edge, cloud, network, and intelligence) including server, storage, mobile, software, solutions, and services.  This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit https://www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub.  Description and Requirements Description and Requirements     As a Field Technical Consultant (FTC), you will be part of a team of FTCs led by the EMEA Advanced Services Delivery (ASD) leader. You will use the insights gained from customer account teams, who you will collaborate with, to handle high impact situations and resolve them successfully. You are expected to produce analyses of customer situations, working with the Lenovo Support Teams when needed. You must be able to deal with customer representatives at any level, and also with Sales, Services leadership, and technical communities at any level. You will be a trusted advisor for our customers.  This role is remote, anywhere in Germany.  What You will do: Escalation management:   ·          Act as a single point of contact for customer escalations.  ·          Own the coordination and oversight to problem solving efforts.  Support:   ·          Lead complex service delivery and develop creative resolutions to complex problems in accordance with a Statement of Work.  Position Requirements:    ·          Superior knowledge of DWS, PC and Cloud technology.  ·          Keeping up to date on the latest market trends.  ·          Ability to effectively interact and communicate with Senior executives to CXO level.  ·          A passion to learn and use state of the art technologies.  ·          The ideal candidate brings experience in some of the following areas:  ·          Asset Management Tools  ·          Patch Management  ·          Driver Management  ·          Image Management  ·          (Modern) IT Deployment solutions  ·          PC architecture knowledge  ·          In depth knowledge of current Windows operating systems  ·          Windows engineering  ·          Diagnostics and trouble shooting  ·          Business fluent English and German language.    Relationship : * Maximizes the value of the customer's investment in Lenovo products and services throughout the end to end customer lifecycle. The Field Technical Consultant manages customer escalations and acts as the customer's advocate. * Ensures effective ownership, communication, coordination, and facilitation of support service activities between the Customer and support teams, account teams, field service personnel, and customers Escalation management: * Acts as a single point of contact for customer escalations and owns the coordination and oversight to problem solving efforts between customers, Support engineers, field service personnel, software support, investigation and analysis of product problems. * Develops and delivers post incident reports on all critical support incidents, adheres to customer support plans and relationships, * Uses complex analytical skills to recognize trends and improve performance. Prevention: * Requires a general understanding of and technical competence in PC and Cloud technologies. * Develops and coordinates proactive maintenance initiatives based on industry best practices and statistical data trends Optimization: * Identifies and leads continuous improvement activities in support of customer or internal business processes Support: * Leads complex service delivery processes, develops creative resolutions to complex problems, and ensures contractual support service deliverables are understood and managed effectively  Collaboration : * Compiles, analyzes and interprets statistical data and trends relating to service level and operational effectiveness Position Requirements: * Superior knowledge of PC and Cloud technology, market trends, other vendor competition, sales strategies and management principles * Ability to effectively interact and communicate with Senior executives to CXO level personnel * Excellent presentation, communications and interpersonal skills * Proficient in Microsoft office programs and PC technologies * Excellent organisation skills, must be a self-starter who has experience in managing multiple initiatives simultaneously in a demanding and changing environment * Ability to build effective virtual teams and drive results through others in a complex cross-functional organisation required What we can offer You: Employee Share Purchase Plan    Employee Assistance Program, e.g., for health, legal & financial consultancy    Pension Plan     Meal Allowance / Lunch Vouchers   Internal E-learning Development Platform Available for Employees    Specialized Development Trainings (based on nomination process)   Employees Groups (LGBT+, WILL, etc.)   Opportunity to Join/Create Employees Groups (inclusivity, well-being, sports, volunteering, charity, etc.)   Job Rad (Bike Leasing)   Check out the video, our DACH team created, to give you an insight into the Lenovo culture! We are looking forward to talking to you!   Youtube Video         At Lenovo, we are proud to be an equal opportunities company. Of course, this also applies to people with disabilities.     When applying for this position, please send your CV (including covering letter and references) via our Online-Tool. At Lenovo we are proud to be an equal opportunity company. This vacancy certainly applies for people with disabilities too. At Lenovo we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Applications from people with disabilities are welcome! About Lenovo Services We think and act differently! Lenovo Services adopted a new way towards a smart transformation to become a solution-based company. Services offer a comprehensive portfolio of services that support the full lifecycle of the Lenovo products. At every stage from planning, deployment, support to asset disposal we offer the expertise and services to more accurately budget for the customer`s IT expenses, deliver better SLA and generate greater end user satisfaction. Shape a new Services culture with us! We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class. 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