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Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits

Principal Technician VIP Elevated Services

Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, Miramar, Florida, United States,


What You Need To Know

Open the door to a groundbreaking tech career with an industry leader. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. To create a new era in alcohol beverage sales and service, we’re heavily invested in the most transformative new technologies – and the most brilliant tech professionals. Southern Glazer’s was named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and is included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

We offer continuous learning and career growth in a fast-paced environment where you are respected, your voice is heard, and technology is part of our strategy for success. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.

Overview

The Principal Technician VIP Elevated Services is the first point of contact for the business partners of ETP. As such the Elevated Services Technician answers incoming calls, processes emails and web tickets and tracks all information in the ITSM tool. This includes software, hardware, network, telecommunication systems and basic desktop support matters. In the role, the Principal Technician Elevated Services is responsible for determining the issue, escalating as required, working through a remedy, and then resolving the problem (either personally or through the broader ETP team). Individuals in this position may also install software, updates and upgrades on the computers, workstations and network. Elevated Services Technicians have direct access to our business and third-party community and are expected to treat these relationships with quality, care, and empathy that is consistent with the ETP and SGWS Values.

Specialized Skills and Technologies

8+ years of experience supporting Senior Executive-level management

Ability to serve as the first point of contact for SGWS owners, family, and selected business partners of ETP

Ability to participate in project work as required in support of SGWS owners & family

Ability to travel to work and home office of SGWS owners & family

Ability to maintain the strictest of confidences and utmost professionalism, demeanor, and presentation

Flexibility to work deep nights and weekend work

Timeliness and ability to communicate regularly

Advanced level industry certification(s) i.e., MCSE MCP, etc.

Primary Responsibilities

Participate in on call rotation

Provide accurate and timely updates to work tickets, incidents, and outages

Develop a command of ITIL service management practices and customization made to SGWS standards

Learn and develop expertise in in-scope applications and platforms for areas supported (e.g., functionality, data, reporting, administration, etc.)

Receive, ticket, and route end user support issues

Complete issue resolution

Participate in updating service policies and procedures (where needed)

Assist with commercial and custom system testing and debugging (new releases, features, etc.)

Communicate status of issues to users (verbally or digitally)

Learn and develop expertise in in-scope applications

Provide the support to resolve incidents

Maintain awareness of SGWS system environment to ensure the highest level of service and support to the organization

Support and maintain knowledgebase with current standards and resolution procedures

Serve as an expert in ITIL service management practices and customization made to SGWS standards

Maintain a working knowledge of leading practices and serve as a thought leader to the SGWS organization

Identify, recommend, and implement process improvement opportunities

Facilitate training and education programs for the SGWS team

Recommend opportunities to lower costs or improve capabilities through alternative technology tools

Provide coaching, mentoring and development

Automate reports or actions for mass functions

Test and update new and existing hardware/software to ensure compatibility and utility

Recommend procedures and controls for problem prevention

Root cause issues

Ensure the highest level of service and support to the organization

Support and maintain knowledgebase with current standards and resolution procedures

Participate in the development, implementation, and testing of procedures

Coordinate with third party vendors where applicable

Preferred Qualifications

Possess entry level industry certification(s)

Familiarity with ITIL concepts

Experience with ServiceNow or other support management software

Experience with Telephony tool

Experience in coding tools

Experience managing escalated requests/incidents to resolution

Experience leading and advising less experienced team members

Experience mentoring and developing Technicians

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Technical Degree (computer science, information systems, software engineering or other industry related curriculum).

4+ years of experience in customer support role or environment

Strong communications skills (written and verbal)

Demonstrated patience and empathy for user community

Strong networking skills, including an ability to leverage relationships to solve problems

Strong problem-solving skills

Strong time management skills (i.e. works efficiently)

Delivers Results

Change agent

Collaboration/Teamwork

Critical Thinking

Analytical Skills

Excellent verbal/written communication skills, strong attention to detail

Ability to analyze and solve problems, think outside of the box and grasp technical concepts

Ability to combine information or data to find relationships among seemingly unrelated events

Ability to work within a team environment as well as independently

Experience coordinating and leading Technician teams/projects

Experience mentoring and developing Technicians

Experience evaluating and improving service & support quality/standards

Experience interacting with the Business & ETP community

Experience with service management - programs, procedures, and processes

Agile Delivery Values

Openness – Team and stakeholders agree to be open about all work and challenges

Commitment – Personally commit to achieving the goals of the team

Respect – Respect your team members to be capable and independent

Courage – You have courage to do the right thing and work on tough problems

Focus – Everyone focus on the work in the sprint and the goal of the scrum team. Rise and fall as a team

Physical Demands

Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or mobile device

Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, squatting, and stooping

May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.

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