Customer Service Director, Forge Nano

• Bachelor’s degree (MBA preferred)
• Eight+ years’ experience in or managing a service team that sells industrial equipment
• Excellent leadership and written/verbal communication skills
• Must possess people management and project management skills, and have the ability to acquire a technical understanding of the company’s tools, tool function, and the product set
• Must have previously developed a Customer Service Strategy for a manufacturing/service environment
• Must have established (based on company goals) and reported on the relevant targets of a Customer Service function to an Executive team and a Board of Directors
• Advocacy for team in resource management
• Proficient with sales, CRM and project management software platforms (e.g. Salesforce, Wirke, Jira, or MS Projects) and Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams, etc

Desirable

• Reporting to the Director of Sales
• This position will lead a service team who perform a broad range of advanced service duties for Forge Nano’s thin-film (Atomic Layer Deposition, or ALD) deposition equipment products, including installing and servicing equipment in the field, performing service calls and remote customer support, participating in continual improvement efforts, and interacting frequently in customer-facing situations, which require a friendly, patient, and professional attitude
• This team lead will be responsible for customer service strategy, developing and executing on service-related performance targets, reporting on customer satisfaction, product performance and quality issues, as well as resourcing and planning to manage a successful team
• Lead the existing Service Team and be responsible for the projected needs of the Service Team as the Company grows
• Establish a Service Team strategy and budget (business plan) that sets service-related performance targets; scales and creates processes for how the Service team integrates within each major division of the company, and empowers the Service team to meet Forge Nano’s customer success, revenue and repeat bookings targets
• Lead every aspect of the customer service experience post-equipment sale to build trusting and enduring relationships with our customers
• Deliver on service-related performance and revenue targets and plan and advocate for resources required to meet those metrics to support the team
• Develop Service infrastructure, including authoring and ushering the necessary documentation for procedures, processes, and best-known-methods including work instructions, standard operating procedures, and completing relevant checklists
• Support customer service website interface for guided customer training and ecommerce of parts and service packages
• Become familiar with the product offerings and the unique attributes of the equipment under different production environments, including occasional customer site-visits
• Manage customer service offerings, contracts, and pricing
• Maintain and promote a safe work environment at Forge Nano and at customer sites
• Adhere to both internal and customer standards of conduct
• Professionally represent the company to the customer and reinforce that professionalism within your team
• Occasional travel is possible for this position