Technical Support Manager, Uk And Ireland
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Employed in 2007 to bring all outsourced technical support for Parrots handsfree car kit devision internally within Parrot I was tasked with creating, building, and developing a technical support department to meet all customer requirements. As Parrot's core business is wireless technology surrounding the smartphone phone the product portfolio grew from handsfree car kits to car audio, wireless photo frames, headphones, high end home audio through to drones. As new products were introduced to the market I played a fundamental role in product review, development, training and aftersales support along with the implementation of Salesforce CRM. Main responsibilities:• Working from Parrot’s UK headquarters in Birmingham, I manage a team and am responsible for all aspects of technical and customer support on accessories & consumer electronic products for Parrot in the UK and Ireland• Provide installation support and product training for consumers, companies and their engineering teams in regards to Parrots products. (Maplins, Amazon, Staples, Apple, Halfords, Dixons/Curry’s group, Vodafone, O2, Orange and independent retailers)• Maintain close communication with the UK sales/marketing teams and international teams in Parrot’s main headquarters in Paris to offer the best technical support and highest level of customer service. • Prepare all internal product documentation for both training and support criteria• Evaluate intended product quick start guides and full product user guides to meet the requirements for our supported countries• Prepare and execute presentations to large groups of individuals• Involved in new product evaluation and software analyses