Technical Solutions Consultant

Portland, OR, United States

The Technical Solutions Consultant will be located on the West Coast reporting to the North America Service Operations Manager for HP Low Volume Latex. As such, you will be part of our Advanced Technical Support Team that delivers an exceptional technical support experience for our customers and partners. The expectation of this role is to provide resolution to the most complex issues and high impact situations where HP Services needs to be engaged. This position is technical, hands on, working with the channel / end customers remotely and at customer and partner sites. It requires previous service experience, commercial technical skill, and availability to travel.

Responsibilities:

Advanced Technical Support for LV Latex printers.

Manage complex elevation issues that are often high profile, high urgency, and high impact.

Best-in-class customer and partner engagement skills including ability to communicate effectively with end-user, IT professional, or company executive.

Drive outcomes, including full cross-functional issue resolution or helping customer adjust to less optimal scenario when desired technical outcome (defect fix or enhancement) cannot be attained.

Successfully resolve complex and escalated technical issues (hardware and software) from incoming internal or external customers and partners.

Respond to service, product, and technical questions on subjects such as features, specifications, and repairs on current and discontinued products, parts, and options.

Proactively assist internal or external partners and end users to avoid or reduce problem occurrence.

Evaluate unique or complex installations or configurations and make recommendations for resolution.

Articulate clearly in writing and verbally.

Engage team members for support as required to ensure internal or external business and end users/clients SLA demands are met.

Coach or provide training to other support teams.

Travel to customer sites when required sometimes with short notice

Education and Experience Required:

High School Diploma/General Education Diploma (GED)/Higher Secondary education or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.

Typically has 6-8 years of related work experience, preferably in HP products in Customer base, account management, computer customer support, on site customer support, Mission Critical, systems experience, or a related field.

Knowledge and Skills:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in language to be supported. Ability to communicate with customers, internal/external partners and managers at all levels of the organization-both verbal and written

Experience in troubleshooting in a technical environment.

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Ability to work and successfully collaborate in a team environment

Ability to bring complex situations into concise terms to drive an action plan, lead a team, and articulate impact

Software and hardware knowledge of computing, storage and peripheral devices.

Superior customer service skills.

Phone and remote support and tools

Ability to solve and document solutions for usage of other technicians and customers.

Ability to mentor new agents.

Ability to lead resolution activities with escalated customers.

Ability to contribute to technical action plans.

Ability to multitask and handle workload in an under-pressure environment

Ability to relate to customer's issue and situation and act as their advocate

Knowledge of HP LV Latex printers and applications

Proficiency with administering Microsoft Windows Operating systems

Ability to understand and troubleshoot basic and advanced network and connectivity issues

Knowledge of print server and client administration (drivers, queue administration, scripting) in a Windows environment.

HP occasionally offers work authorization sponsorship for critical need roles. However, this opportunity currently does not offer work authorization sponsorship.

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible schedule

Flexible spending account

Health insurance

Life insurance

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is $53,050 -- $78,500 annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO):

HP, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prospective employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic predisposition or carrier status, uniformed service status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable national, federal, state, and local law(s).