Customer Success Advisor (CSA)

This role will have to reside in one of the following locations : Oklahoma + Kansas City + Wisconsin + St Louis Job Purpose and Core Tasks: The Customer Success Manager plays a critical role in: 1) managing overall growth, effectiveness, and profitability of Operation Room installation projects within their respective regions 2) delivering world class customer service. The Customer Success Manager reports to the Customer Success Regional Manager.The Customer Success Manager will play the lead regional role in ensuring timely and accurate Operating Room installations, with hyper focus on customer success and satisfaction. Additionally, the Customer Success Manager will work to maintain continuous horizontal alignment with the service and deployments verticals; together ensuring a best in class experience.Excellence in Performance Support:ResponsibilityDescriptionSales / Sales-Mkt Support• Support the pre-sales process to ensure sales success and effective alignment of customer deliverables• Collaborate horizontally with regular documented frequencyTechnical Experts• Expert competency in the intricacies of how the ENTIRE integration product portfolio integrates and functions• Understand the basics of hospital construction• Expert competency in cable management and cable terminationProject Management• Plan, oversee, and lead capital installation projects through to completion under corporate SLAs.On-time,On-budget, and Profitable Installations• Plan and deliver all product installations on-time and within profitability guidelines; while delivering an exceptional customer experienceCustomer Satisfaction• Ensure customers experience a best in class installation, which includes best in class documented communicationCustomer Success• Ensure customers understand, utilize, and leverage products purchased brining to life the VALUE of their installation, post deployment responsibility in creating customers for lifeResponsibilities in Detail:Sales / Sales-Mkt Support:• Engage horizontally in collaboration with sales, including proposal development and proper estimating, as needed• Collaborate monthly with sales to ensure alignment on all customer deliverables to prevent negative GP impact• Support other business development needs for sales and marketing as needed by managementTechnical Experts:• Complete all trainings as assigned through the OR1 training department• Demonstrate technical competencies through successful installs, with minimal service tickets during the warranty period• Demonstrate technical competencies by having low change orders per project, meet national standard• Engage in outside training opportunities that evolve technical expertiseProject Management:• Lead project planning sessions• Manage project progress• Ensure projects meet deadlines• Manage relationships with clients and stakeholders• Oversee all incoming and outgoing project documentation• Design risk mitigation plan for the project• Deliver projects on time and within budget• Meet National KPI standards for Customer SuccessCustomer Satisfaction:• Monitors, collects, and reports on customer feedback post installation for process improvement opportunities• Proactively solicit customer feedback, positive and negative and work to mitigate all negative feedback• Ensure KARL STORZ maintains it’s #1 ranking in Customer SatisfactionCustomer Success:• Turn customers into raving fans• Deliver customer training in a timely and comprehensive manner• Confirm customer product utilization post-install. Document utilizationSummary KPIsThis position will be measured on the following Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):MetricDescriptionRevenue• Manage to meet or exceed assigned goals for revenue. Assigned annuallyProfitability• Support achievement of overall gross margin targets >32% collectively within designated regionTechnical Experts• Meet national standards for change ordersOperational Process Improvement Metrics• Meet national KPI standards for regional projects• KPIs:• KPIs to be Reported on Quarterly: Number of Slides, Timeliness of Site Walk Through, Timeliness of Scrub, Timeliness of Horizontal Communication, Timeliness and Robustness of Customer CommunicationSales Support• Documented monthly horizontal communicationCustomer Satisfaction• Ensure customer feedback post every install is reported through national systemCustomer Success• Successful sign-off by the customer post install training• Meet the national standard for customer follow-up• Manage the number of service ticketsMinimum Knowledge, Education, and Skill Requirements:RequiredMinimum years of relevant work experience:• A minimum of 3-5 years in consulting, project delivery, or project management• A minimum of 5-7 years in role requiring technical acumen in AV or IP• Field based project and program level management experience• Comfort in ambiguous or high stress situations• Track record of working collaboratively in a matrix-ed environment• Track record in project / process improvement• Knowledge and experience in the medical device and/or healthcare marketplace preferredMinimum education, certifications and/or credentials:• A Bachelor's degree in Construction Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering or related degree is required or 5 years of experience with the preferred hard skillsMinimum soft skill requirements:• Demonstrated outstanding personal leadership• Demonstrated pattern of intellectual curiosity• Creativity in the development of new approaches to improving the customer experience• A true team player with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with executives both within the company, its partners, and its clients• A sense of urgency and impatience with the status quo• Excellent communication and organizational skills, proven• Highest standards of ethical behavior• Excellent at multitasking• Willingness to travel 80%Preferred hard skill requirements:Holistic understanding of Cable Terminations and handling: ability to perform cable pull, Solder, Crimp, Compression, and Punch-Down connections for audio, video, network, control, and power devicesHolistic understanding of Cable Media: ability to distinguish Coax, Mini-Hi- Res, Copper, Multi-Conductor, CAT-5/6, and Fiber Optic CablingAdvanced knowledge in control systems, power amplifiers, digital signal processors, video matrix switchers, video scalers, PC interfaces, computer controls, and digital video recordersEssential Function:Has contact with:• Inside and outside the company staff• Physical requirement/Demands:• Work in and around hospital personnel, sensitive medical equipment, and patients.Core Requirements:• Degree of accountability: High• Degree of decision making: Medium• Financial/Budgetary: no• Safety: This is a safety sensitive job.• Quality: Adhere to KSEA OR1 Quality Requirements• Authority to Sign (not applicable for North America):• Travel: Good driving record Up to 50% travel during the year throughout the US, Canada and Mexico to customer sites that include, but are not limited to: hospitals, operating rooms, laboratories, and surgery centers.#LI-NM1