Full-Time Client Service Manager

The Client Services Manager has responsibility for the day-to-day management and delivery of contracted services to specific customer accounts. This involves working across the organisation to ensure all services are delivered to contractual Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) or to reasonable endeavour performance targets (contract dependent) in line with the customer requirements, and to act as the single point of contact for  escalations. This role will focus on our Customer based in both the North and South of Ireland.  

The core responsibilities of the role will be to:

• Responsible for ensuring end to end services provided to our Customer are functioning and meet contracted service levels and quality standards
• Will manage and develop customer relationships at senior level to maximise customer satisfaction and ensure services are in line with the customer’s IT/IS business strategy
• Responsible for the production of a Service Performance Report and attendance at Customer Service Reviews
• Responsible for the Service Credit Calculation, if applicable
• Working across the organisation to document, monitor, measure and improve services delivered to Customers through the use of Service Improvement Plans
• Be an escalation point for Service teams and the Customer ensuring correct outcomes are achieved and in line with contracted services
• Responsible for providing excellent communication to your Customer and internal to Service teams
• Accountable for the acceptance of new or amended services into production and the ongoing management to contracted service levels
• Will understand business-critical processes and how these can be 
• impacted by service failures, ensuring that this knowledge is cascaded through the Service teams
• Contribute to the development and ongoing management of the Customer Account Plan providing Service information and contract deliverables.
• Using strong Customer relationships, identify new revenue opportunities and ensure these are passed to the Sales Account Managers for processing
• Management of risk to a point of acceptance or mitigation
• Understand and ensure adherence to corporate policy, processes, procedures and guidelines
• Minimise Service Credit liabilities through the use of Service Improvement or Risk Management
• Seek to convert clients to Reference Status (where appropriate)

Our ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• Batchelors Degree or equivalent Experience in and Engineering discipline
• ITIL V3 as a minimum but V4 desirable
• Excellent Communication Skills both written and Oral.
• Excellent Ability to produce Service Management documentation and Reports
• Excellent Business Relationship skills
• Experience of working Remotely
• Excellent Analytics and Problem solving skills
• Experience with IT Service Management Tools