Customer Support Specialist

Portland, OR, United States

Who we are You enjoy creating and innovating. You never stop striving for better. You take responsibility and you get results. You love being part of a team. Above all, you want your work to matter: Welcome to our world! At Sonova we create sense by bringing sound to life. Our innovative hearing care solutions help millions of people enjoy life's unforgettable moments.

We offer exceptional career opportunities through market-leading brands from consumer to medical, products and services that keep pushing hearing care forward, and a culture where you can quickly belong and perform at your best.

If you want the freedom to explore, opportunities to grow, and make positive change on people lives through your work, this is the place for you.

Join Sonova. Create sense.

United States

Customer Support Specialist

Who we are

In a life without sound, our work provides meaning. As a leading provider of innovative hearing care solutions, we are not just a company that makes products: we are a team on a mission to help people enjoy the delight of hearing. To enable a life without limitations, we - through our core business brands Phonak, Unitron, Connect Hearing, and Advanced Bionics - develop, manufacture and distribute solutions that push the limits of technology and redefine the future of our industry. Our talented and committed employees all over the world know they contribute to something greater than themselves - they create sense.

The Way We Work

At Sonova we value our employees and prioritize their well-being. We believe people do their best and most innovative work in an inclusive environment that provides opportunities for engagement and collaboration across teams while offering flexibility in how work gets done. We designed our work model team by team, empowering teams to customize a working environment that balances individual team needs with business outcomes. By offering work options, we foster more flexible and individualized time management, contribute to a healthy work-life integration, increase employee satisfaction, build meaningful partnerships at work, and calibrate productivity to acknowledge you have a life outside of work. Sonova has chosen a HYBRID WORK MODEL - Customized by team that keeps our employees motivated and engaged.

Sonova Values

At Sonova, we come to work every day knowing that continuous innovation across all disciplines, our shared engagement as a team and our responsible approach to all things we do, brings the delight of hearing to millions of people: to hear better, to listen to music, to communicate effortlessly with friends and loved ones, and to fully enjoy life with all its great variety of sounds. In doing so, our shared core values reflect the corporate culture that defines and unites us as a company across all brands and regions.

We Care -- We care for our employees, customers and consumers,as well as our shareholders and society.

We drive innovation -- We courageously pioneer new ideas and approaches to come up with impactful innovations, to delight customers and consumers.

We strive for excellence -- We act with agility. We aim to excel. We are continuously working on improving products, services, processes and skills, to realize growth.

We take accountability -- We deliver on our commitments. We take accountability to provide outcomes in agreed quality and time, always acting with integrity.

We build the best teams -- We team up. We grow talent. We collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds to win with the best team in the market place.

Aurora, IL

Customer Support Specialist

Purpose of role: The Customer Support Specialist (CSS) is responsible for supporting the sales efforts of the company through customer contact via a variety of support mediums. The CSS is the backbone of the Customer Success infrastructure, creating a hallmark of excellence by providing both exceptional service and proactive interdepartmental support, while continually challenging themselves to maximize efficiency.

Our Offer to You:

Improving the quality of life of millions of people suffering from hearing loss

A challenging and motivating assignment as part of a dynamic team

Modern mindset and processes, accommodating flexible working conditions

Opportunities for further responsibilities and support for further training and development

Sonova's outstanding opportunities and career growth

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

Serve customers via phone, fax, mail and/or email by determining requirements, answering inquiries, resolving problems, fulfilling requests, maintain client database, and customer profiles

Maintain a high inbound call answer rate. (75-80 calls a day avg)

Resolve problems by clarifying issues, researching and exploring, coming up with alternative solutions, implementing solutions, and escalating unresolved problems

Redirect complex or specialized concerns to the appropriate team for follow-up (e.g. - Audiology inquiries, technical product support, etc.) when applicable

Investigate and resolve problems related to the shipment of product, returns, credits, and orders

Communicate company policies and pricing per price and policy guide

Day to Day responsibilities could include:

Answer a large number of inbound calls on a daily basis (60+)

Assist with billing questions, pricing and warranty inquiries

Assist with order status and tracking inquires

Assist with backorder management for sales territory

Assist with web services

Assist with case management for sales territory

Assist with customer account and contact maintenance for sales territory

Handle customer complaints with sense of urgency and see through to satisfactory resolution

Work cross functionally to ensure an effortless customer experience

Ability to consistently meet stated KPIs

Complies with all local, state and federal laws and regulations

Complies with all Company policies, processes and procedures

All other duties as assigned

Education and Skillset:

High school diploma or equivalent, some college preferred

Minimum 2 years' B2B Customer Service OR minimum 3 years' B2C Customer Service experience

At least 2 years SAP experience

Strong typing proficiency and computer skills

Intermediate skills with Microsoft Applications, including Excel, Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint as well as web interface

Effectively communicates via telephone

Displays empathy

Demonstrates steps of active listening

Attention to detail with every customer interaction

Ability to collaborate effective within a team setting

Strong verbal communicator

Technical aptitude to learn large product portfolio

Salesforce experience a plus

A minimum of 200Mb/sec download and 10Mb/sec upload speed internet connectivity is required to support any remote/hybrid employee functionality at Sonova

Don't meet all the criteria? If you're willing to go allin and learn we'd love to hear from you!

We are looking forward to receiving your application via our online job application platform. For this position only direct applications will be considered. Sonova does not recruit via app, telegram, carrier pigeon or any other format that does not include speaking with an actual human. If you are offered a job without speaking with someone please contact

Health Benefits and Perks :

Medical, dental and vision coverage*

Health Savings, Health Reimbursement, Flexible Spending/Dependent Care Accounts

TeleHealth Options

401k plan with company match*

Company paid life/ad&d insurance Additional supplemental life/ad&d coverage available

Company paid Short/Long-Term Disability coverage (STD/LTD) STD LTD Buy-ups available

Accident/Hospital Indemnity coverage

Legal/ID Theft Assistance

PTO, floating Diversity Day, & paid holidays*

Paid parental bonding leave

Employee Assistance Program (24/7 mental health support hotline, 5 company paid counseling sessions and more)

Robust Internal Career Growth opportunities

Tuition reimbursement

Hearing aid discount for employees and family

Internal social recognition platform

D&I focused: D&I council and employee resource groups

*Plan rules/offerings dependent upon group Company/location.

If the applicant selected for this role resides in CA, CO, NY or WA we adhere to the pay transparency required in those states. The compensation range is based on location, experience, and Customer Service Competencies. This role's pay range is between: $.20.00/hr - $30.00/hr. This role is also bonus eligible.

Sonova is an equal opportunity employer. We team up. We grow talent. We collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds to win with the best team in the market place. We guarantee every person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of a candidate's ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or marital status, gender, genetic identity, age, disability or any other legally protected status.