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Support Consultant

Support Consultant

Looking for a role that will challenge your problem-solving skills while keeping the customer at the forefront? Join us as a Support Consultant and take on the exciting task of solving complex problems for our partners. At Planon, you'll discover many opportunities both within your current role and within our company.

As a Support Consultant, you work for the Global Support unit. You are part of a multicultural team of more than 20 Support Consultants and the first point of contact for international partners, customers and colleagues worldwide. As a team member, you’ll work closely with development, sales, and all the different partners from Planon.

At the Support team, we do more than just assist. Our goal is to help our B2B clients overcome complex and challenging problems they may encounter with their Planon software. We work closely with our partners & customers to provide innovative and effective solutions that drive their success. Join our team and work on a range of challenging and complex issues that will help you grow your skills and knowledge.

You successfully fulfil your role by:

  • Recording tickets in the reporting system.
  • Monitoring the progress of tickets and attending to their prompt and correct handling and communication with the customer (whether internal or external). Active “ownership” is also expected.
  • Answering questions, advising on possible solutions to problems, and providing possible workarounds.
  • Analyzing software errors, documenting them, and then forwarding them to development.
  • Experience in resolving tickets using ITIL concepts, implementing Incident management, problem management, and Change Management.
  • Coordinate with various teams, raise support tickets for all issues, analyse root causes, and assist in inefficient resolution of all production processes.
  • Tracking down the issues with the application server / Database server and ensuring minimum downtime for any given application.
  • Help the customer in the installation / Upgrade process of Planon software

Profile

A company is nothing without its people. Our diverse group of employees is the beating heart of our business and the key to our collective success. To maintain our success, we need you to be the first point of contact for both internal and external questions about Planon software and services. Your responsibilities will include answering questions and advising on solutions, monitoring tickets progress, analysing logs to identify root causes, and providing customer support for software installations and upgrades. Additionally, you will utilize ITIL concepts to resolve tickets and escalate issues as necessary to ensure prompt resolution based on business criticality.

Our ideal candidate meets the following criteria:

  • 3 – 5 years of relevant work experience in a support role.
  • Strong IT affinity and knowledge of ITIL is a plus.
  • Experience in complex software support e.g. ERP, CRM.
  • Experience working with distributed Teams.
  • You have a strong problem-solving ability, thrive in a dynamic team environment, and possess analytical skills to effectively translate our partners' needs into solutions.
  • Good oral and written communication in English

We offer

A healthy work-life balance and the possibility of working hybrid. We encourage a collaborative and learning work environment, which is why we offer constant learning and meaningful training opportunities. In addition, we offer challenging projects with world-leading clients and extraordinary experiences. For this role, we offer a good salary and the following benefits package.

Join us on our journey to become the recognised world leader in Smart Sustainable Building Management software solutions. How do we do this? By putting our people at the heart of our company and creating an inspiring and safe environment that allows all of us to work, learn, live, and play

Do you love building connections? So do we! Apply now.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

We know that a company is nothing without its people. Our diverse group of employees is the beating heart of our business and the key to our collective success. From celebrating successes, big or small, to remote working, we understand that company culture is a number one priority. Excitement, enjoyment and fun are integral to who we are and help to create a shared sense of belonging. They not only power our success, they also encourage our drive and resilience.

Crucial to the personal and professional development of our people is maintaining a culture of continuous learning. The Planon Academy has been set up for this reason. We encourage our people to show self-leadership, invest in their personal growth, and fulfil their career potential by using the full range of support and tools we offer. At the end of the day, it’s your career - we want you in the driver’s seat.

Our managers play a very important role in encouraging the talent and career development of our people. To support them in their role, we offer a management learning program.

With our Healthy Hybrid Workplace framework, you have the freedom to work in a way that suits you, whether that’s from the office or from home. You have the flexibility and autonomy to make sustainable choices that work for you. We believe in the power of coming together at the office, but we also embrace the many possibilities that working from home offers. Your well-being comes first.

Our application process consists of five steps:

  1. Introduction call with a recruiter
  2. First interview
  3. Assessment
  4. Second interview
  5. Offer

Learn more about our application process.

First of all, you will receive an attractive salary and benefits package. Secondly, our employees enjoy a healthy work-life balance and opportunities to grow.

Learn more about the benefits specific for your country.

Alongside developing smart sustainable building management software to support our clients on their journey to net-zero buildings, we are investing in improving the sustainability of our own operations.

In our daily activities, we adhere to sustainable business practices. We include these practices in our company values and standards, which are implemented in several ways. The UN Sustainable Development Goals play a leading role in our decision making and we aim to report under the CSRD and the GHG Protocol.

Learn more about Planon’s impact

We value a working culture that excludes nobody. DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging) is essential to our company and the key to unlocking the maximum potential of our individuals and teams. In everything we do, we try to break down barriers and build connections. We have a focus on diversity when it comes to our people, new hires, management, and leadership. We recruit, employ, and promote our colleagues based on their qualities and abilities, and do not discriminate in any manner.

Internal education also plays a big role in our DEIB program. The program includes internal courses and regular workshops on topics such as how to be a hiring manager, overcoming bias, and intercultural competence. The global nature of our organization and colleagues means we especially value these skills.

Planon has offices in 16 countries. The headquarters are in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

You are more than welcome to submit an open application here. We will contact you as soon as possible.

Schneider Electric is a global industrial technology leader bringing world-leading expertise in electrification, automation and digitization to smart industries, resilient infrastructure, future-proof data centres, intelligent buildings, and intuitive homes.

At Schneider Electric and Planon, we're building the future together. As a new colleague, you will be joining a partnership that's redefining what smart buildings can do. Our solutions bridge the gap between building systems (OT) and business processes (IT), transforming data into clear, actionable insights. This is where you come in: helping our customers to create buildings that drive innovation, operational efficiency and sustainability.

Together, we empower our customers to lead and inspire, crafting spaces that are efficient, optimized and have a positive impact on users’ lives and our planet.

These are the steps of our onboarding process:

  1. You will receive a welcome letter with information about your first working day.
  2. Your manager will welcome you on your first day and give you a tour of the office.
  3. You will collect your laptop and other assets from IT and visit HR to finalize the administrative onboarding.
  4. You follow the three-day online induction course by the Planon Academy.
  5. Once your probation period ends, your manager discusses the continuation of the employment contract with you.

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