
IT Service Desk Manager
- Lemont, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- The Service Desk Supervisor/Manager will be required to use ITIL as the foundation to drive consistent and reliable Service Desk activities, improving end-user satisfaction and productivity and increasing IT staff productivity.
- The Service Desk Supervisor shall establish an efficient operation to satisfy a balanced, holistic approach with skilled personnel, integrated, and applying best practices.
- Manage project deliverables and support services according to defined SLAs that are met for every measuring period utilizing SLA trend analysis.
- Overseeing and supervising the work schedule and distribution of service desk employees, including onboarding, skills assessments, and training
- Leads a team responsible for assisting users over the phone and electronically in solving problems related to hardware, software, networks and peripherals. • Ensures client service levels and performance metrics are met by team
- Ensure contractual deliverables and performance SLAs are met.
- Identify and manage all dependencies, risks, and issues during the project life cycle.
- Directs team to follow and comply with pre-established service desk policies, knowledge base articles, practices and procedures.
- Conducts career development, planning and performance of team.
- Takes ownership of support issues, engaging other internal / external expertise as required.
- Resolves client escalations where appropriate. Ensure smooth and cordial relationships with the team and the client.
- Ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction.
- Manage key stakeholder relationships with transparency and integrity.
- Working with site Supervisors to manage staffing, timelines for projects, and be accountable for delivering against established company and client commitments.
- Provide program reporting for management and stakeholders for the project activities.
- Ability to understand, apply, and improve/update procedures continually using ITIL principles.
- Work is managed and tracked through ServiceNow and measured through Service Levels.
- Ability to communicate complex technical information to all stakeholders, including those who do not have a technical background.
- Able to perform analytical and technical tasks on PC systems, IT infrastructure and network environment.
- Good client service skills.
- Ability to successfully lead and coach a team to deliver key business results.
- Good project management skills.
- Automated Call Distribution (ACD) or equivalent
- Project and Program Management
- Project / Service Delivery management of multi million, multi project programs, Relationship and Team management, Knowledge Management oversight.
- Ability to obtain a Public Trust
- Associate's degree
- Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to brief senior level customer officials.
- Proven reporting experience and capabilities in ServiceNow or similar ITSM ticketing system
- ITIL v3 or higher
- IT Certifications: HDI Support Center Analyst, Service Desk, MCITP, MCSA, MCA, RedHat, Linux or equivalent
- Knowledge and use scripting language (BASH, PowerShell, etc).
- Experience with Microsoft Active Directory, Exchange, System Center Configuration Supervisor (SCCM) from an administrative perspective Customer Service Management and/or HDI skills.