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Job Summary

AMS HP PWI is looking for a high energy, forward thinking, passionate, and customer centric individual to join our elite team of Technical Training Specialists in Corvallis to help further strengthen and expand our agility and capabilities.

This individual should be very self-motivated, able to problem solve, very flexible with travel, and willing to share fresh new ideas. This role will require someone who can work both on their own out in the field as well as part of a larger team and has excellent time management and prioritization skills.

Having a growth mindset, being bold, and willing to pilot new technologies and methodologies to provide the best customer experience is the expectation. Here at HP PWI, we are always looking for new ways to better serve our customers and provide them with valuable training and the necessary knowledge and skills to be highly successful and achieve the highest growth potential.

An outgoing personality, positive attitude, experience in training delivery, and prior knowledge of printing technology is preferred.

The main duties of this role include (but are not limited to) delivering complex technical training to customers and HP internal employees, covering topics on the entire HP GSB digital press portfolio. Additional job expectations include completing mandatory internal training on time, regular team collaboration with other members of the immediate team as well as global counterparts, and prompt attention to all other administrative tasks associated with the job function, such as expense reporting, follow-up reports, and closing calls in the system.

This individual will need to be capable of delivering training and/or value-added service visits on PWI platforms, Digital Front End, as well as all around production support at customer sites.

50% travel should be the expectation for this position.

Job Responsibilities:

• Deliver HP GSB Operator training classes and performing Production Optimization/ Ramp up Visits either at an HP Training facility or at a customer site.
• Perform all the pre- and post-class administrative tasks associated with the job role on time, completely, and satisfactorily.
• Keep labs/ sites clean, orderly, and well stocked. Keep presses maintained and in good working order.
• Work as a cooperative strong member of the team providing the best possible experience for both internal and external customers.
• Worldwide and team collaboration on the delivery of common messaging and development of training materials and content for continuous improvement.
• Stay up to date on HP press models, built-in and optional features, and their respective value proposition.
• Always portray a strong professional appearance and presence.
• Provide strong solid communication on customer visits.
• Integrate technical knowledge and business understanding to create solutions for customers.
• Resolve single-and cross-technology incidents independently. Work with team members to resolve unusually complex or cross-technology incidents.
• Proactively and reactively look for solutions to prevent problems from occurring in team/technology area.
• Apply HP solutions to meet highly complex customer needs.
• Identify additional services that could lead to future service revenue growth.
• Provide technical consulting during contract renewal discussions.
• Build and maintain strong relationship up to senior management level in assigned accounts.
• Design and deliver support solutions using specific industry knowledge and expertise.
• Assist in managing delivery of industry support solutions.
• Lead Customer Expectation management as part of escalation process.
• Lead cross-team or large programs/projects.
• Coach or guide junior consultants.

Minimum Qualifications

• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• 4+ years of experience preferably in HP products in Customer base, account management, computer customer support, on site customer support, Mission Critical, systems experience, or a related field or an advanced degree with 3-5 years of work experience.
• Must reside in or be willing to relocate to the Corvallis, Oregon area.
• Ability and willingness to travel as required.

Required Skills

• Excellent communication ability – both spoken and written
• Strong mechanical aptitude
• Excellent presentation skills and engaging public speaking ability
• Positive, “Can Do” attitude
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Knowledge of print production and workflow
• Microsoft Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Solid business acumen

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience with HP Digital Presses or comparable digital printing technologies.
• Experience in technical training Field support Customer-facing roles
• G7 Expert and/or Fogra color certifications
• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting compute, network, fluidic, and electromechanical systems
• Spanish language proficiency.
• Strong customer relationship-building skills.
• Ability to facilitate training sessions and maintain classroom engagement.
• Continuous improvement mindset.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, customer-driven environment.

The pay range for this role is $73,800 to $113,650 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including; 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Job - Services

Schedule - Full time

Shift - No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel - 75%

Relocation - Yes

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) - HP, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prospective employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic predisposition or carrier status, uniformed service status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable national, federal, state, and local law(s).

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