Technical Support Analyst (EMEA Shift) Full Time NEW

Are you looking to join an innovative, market-leading company where you can truly elevate your career? At Kinaxis we are serious about culture, we are serious about technology, we are serious about customers, and we are serious about not taking ourselves too seriously. If you are looking to be part of an incredible growth story, then we might just be the place for you!

In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, 6 global office and a best-in-class HQ in Ottawa, Canada. As winners of several Top Employer awards globally, we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.

Kinaxis is a global leader in modern supply chain orchestration, powering complex global supply chains, and supporting the people who manage them. Our powerful, AI infused platform provides full transparency and visibility across end-to-end supply chains, enabling our customers to make faster, better decisions. We are trusted by renowned global brands to provide the agility and predictability needed to navigate today’s volatility and disruption. With more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries, we are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.

Location

Chennai, India (EMEA Shift)

About The Team

The Customer Support team focuses on the post-sales support to Kinaxis’ customers, serving as their initial point of contact to resolve their technical challenges and gaps. The team strives for outstanding customer satisfaction through interactions, timeliness and quality of resolution for which each member of the team plays an integral part in achieving this success.

The Technical Support Analyst will provide responsive technical support to our customers, on a global basis in a 24/7 environment, with a focus on resolving customer issues and ensuring their ongoing success with Kinaxis Maestro (formerly known as Rapid Response).This role will work as part of a broader team of Analysts in a high volume / impact environment pairing strong technical knowledge with a customer first mindset.

What you will do

• Investigate, research and resolve issues in a timely fashion while maintaining communication with customers on status, roadblocks and timelines.
• Respond to customers’ queries by determining nature and likely causes of issues, recommend corrective actions or guide customers through resolution.
• Follow up with customers ensuring recommendations and steps taken continue to fit customer expectations, recommend further action where necessary.
• Assume role of Triage, as scheduled, to review newly acquired cases ensuring all key documentation / information is included, assigning cases to appropriate agents based on team matrix and updating case statuses as required.
• Determine potential root causes for reported customer issues, going beyond the presented issue to identify true issues, challenges and recommend appropriate solutions to mitigate future impacts
• Respond to monitoring alerts from customer environments
• Perform daily application administration functions for on-demand hosted customers and on premise remote-administration customers
• Handle all assigned cases within specified SLA response times
• Create knowledge base articles related to a particular affinity
• Liaise and coordinate with other departments to respond to and resolve urgent, critical and/or complex issues and inquires
• Participate in on-call duty rotation and after-hours environment maintenance

What we are looking for

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a technical support role supporting external customers on a software solution, ideally in a SaaS environment
• Experience in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) support, supply chain applications ideal
• Knowledge of relevant case tracking applications
• Solid working knowledge of Windows environments, ERP business software, and experience with web-based applications
• Strong research skills
• Working knowledge of relational databased and query writing considered an asset
• Experience in manufacturing, production planning, inventory management or demand management in a support or planning role a strong asset
• Successful candidate must be able to fulfill all security and confidentiality thresholds for this position (SOC2, CGRP etc.)

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Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day, when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more.

Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin, Unilever, P&G, ExxonMobil, Cisco and more.

Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to a long-term net-zero operations strategy. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

People matter at Kinaxis and here are some of the perks and benefits we offer, which may vary by location and employee:

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide days off)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs, training, and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons

For more information, visit the Kinaxis website at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com .

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at recruitmentprograms@kinaxis.com. This contact information is for accessibility requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description to identify candidates whose education, experience, and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.