SOVRA is a leading public procurement platform trusted by more than 7,000 government agencies and over 1 million suppliers across North America.
Customer Support Specialist
Location
United States
Posted
6 days ago
Salary
Not specified
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Role Description
This role exists because resolving issues with precision and care is central to how SOVRA retains and grows its customer base.
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Resolve Tickets and Manage the Queue
- Triage and resolve customer tickets based on service level agreements, escalating promptly when a situation requires it.
- Monitor the client service queue and program-specific in boxes so nothing sits unaddressed.
- Deliver timely, accurate responses that leave customers feeling heard and confident the issue is handled.
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Collaborate Across Teams
- Coordinate with internal teams—sales, product, analysis, and development—to work through requests that require more than one hand.
- Serve as the connective tissue between customers reporting problems and the teams best positioned to fix them.
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Improve What Isn't Working
- Identify patterns in recurring issues and surface them to the right people with enough context to act.
- Document and maintain processes, procedures, and training materials so the team gets sharper over time, not just busier.
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Keep Customer Data Clean
- Maintain accurate client records in the CRM, ensuring the information the broader team relies on stays current and trustworthy.
Qualifications
- Customer support track record—at least 12–18 months of experience in a call center, help desk, or Level 1 application support environment.
- Clear, confident communication—ability to write and speak in a way that makes customers feel understood.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving instincts—ability to figure out why problems happen and whether they are likely to recur.
- Attention to detail that holds under pressure—accuracy does not slip during busy times.
- Self-direction and follow-through—ownership of work end-to-end.
- Priority management—ability to hold multiple open issues and know which ones need to move first.
- US work authorization—legally authorized to work in the United States.
- State eligibility—physically located in one of the specified states.
Requirements
- SaaS or eProcurement experience—supporting customers using a software platform, ideally in the public sector or government tech space.
- CRM familiarity—experience working in a CRM and understanding the importance of clean data.
- Process documentation experience—writing a procedure or training guide that was used by others.
Company Description
SOVRA is a leading public procurement platform trusted by more than 7,000 government agencies and over 1 million suppliers across North America.
Job Requirements
- Customer support track record—at least 12–18 months of experience in a call center, help desk, or Level 1 application support environment.
- Clear, confident communication—ability to write and speak in a way that makes customers feel understood.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving instincts—ability to figure out why problems happen and whether they are likely to recur.
- Attention to detail that holds under pressure—accuracy does not slip during busy times.
- Self-direction and follow-through—ownership of work end-to-end.
- Priority management—ability to hold multiple open issues and know which ones need to move first.
- US work authorization—legally authorized to work in the United States.
- State eligibility—physically located in one of the specified states.
- SaaS or eProcurement experience—supporting customers using a software platform, ideally in the public sector or government tech space.
- CRM familiarity—experience working in a CRM and understanding the importance of clean data.
- Process documentation experience—writing a procedure or training guide that was used by others.
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