German-speaking Service Desk Supervisor

What success looks like in this role:

Our Customer Service team is critical to our mission helping our clients with solutions and assistance that deliver results for businesses around the world. As a Gartner Workplace Leader we are open honest and responsible and our Agents bring to life the ethical standards that have made us such a trusted global name.

Be inspired encouraged and supported to fulfill your ambitions and potential. This is where you can build a career in an environment where we do the right things the right way.

The Role

The Service Desk Supervisor will lead a Service Desk team review service levels schedule staff and identify training needs. This role works closely with the Operations Manager to maintain and continuously improve service desk operations by directly managing assigned employees and driving high-quality customer service delivery.

What will your scope look like:

• Plan and allocate resources dynamically to maximize performance against SLAs on a daily basis; maintain shift rosters

• Act as the focal point for the team in matters of scheduling coordination and availability

• Ensure all assigned employees are properly briefed and understand their responsibilities

• Monitor and measure service desk agent performance daily ensuring appropriate skill levels and effective queue management

• Coordinate and schedule trainings based on business needs and agent availability

• Drive a culture that meets and exceeds customer expectations and inspires agents to do the same

• Provide regular feedback and guidance on performance including Attendance Compliance and Availability

• Actively participate in recruitment activities including Assessment Center interviews as required

• Support escalations and requests beyond agent capability as a first point of escalation

• Communicate any risks conflicts customer dissatisfaction or technical issues to the Operations Manager and relevant stakeholders

• Ensure all contracted support is delivered in a timely manner including reporting and participation in client-facing calls

You will be successful in this role if you have:

• Strong English and German verbal and written communication skills across multiple organizational levels

• Additional language skills are an advantage

• Demonstrated leadership coaching and mentoring capabilities

• Minimum 2 years of experience in people management and performance management

• Minimum 2 years of experience in a Customer Service environment preferably within IT services

• Hands-on experience with escalation management

• Strong customer-facing skills including presentation delivery and meeting facilitation

• Solid knowledge of ITIL processes (ITIL certification is preferred)

• Solid understanding of ticketing/logging systems

• Working knowledge of MS Office and reporting tools

Personal Attributes:

• Customer-first mindset

• High-performance ownership-driven attitude

• Proactive approach with a strong sense of urgency and ability to reprioritize

• Comfortable working in a dynamic environment with frequent changes

• Strong stress management skills and ability to perform under pressure

• Structured and clear communication style

• Assertive yet collaborative way of working

• Ability to think both tactically and strategically

What do we offer

• Hybrid working is supported

• Monthly gross 44.200 HUF cafeteria - regardless of your weekly working hours

• Home office allowance

• Private Health Insurance Generali Premium Package provided for all Unisys associates after 6-months tenure

• Last and foremost a great team also a lot of learning and training opportunities

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