Customer Support Specialist (Technical)

About the Position

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and uncovering new pathways to growth. By combining advanced analytics with extensive market measurement capabilities, NIQ helps clients make confident business decisions and stay ahead in a dynamic marketplace.

NIQ’s Customer Support organization is dedicated to helping clients maximize the value of our solutions by delivering timely, high-quality assistance across a global operating model. The Customer Support Specialist (Technical) plays a key role in delivering an exceptional customer experience by helping clients successfully use NIQ’s platforms and solutions. Acting as the first point of contact for platform-related inquiries, this role troubleshoots access, configuration, functionality, and performance issues, ensuring timely resolution through the NielsenIQ Service Suite.

Responsibilities

• Manage and resolve customer support tickets through the NielsenIQ Service Suite, ensuring timely, accurate, and high-quality responses.
• Handle support issues end-to-end, including information gathering, initial troubleshooting, applying known workarounds, and supporting service restoration.
• Analyze and validate client shipment data, perform coverage analysis across multiple NielsenIQ customers, and ensure data quality, consistency, and timely delivery.
• Manage and maintain complex databases, identifying data gaps, anomalies, and inconsistencies while interpreting multiple data variables to support issue investigation and resolution.
• Troubleshoot platform-related issues, including access, configuration, functionality, and performance, identifying root causes and driving resolution.
• Configure and maintain customer organizations, user groups, roles, and access permissions within NIQ platforms.
• Escalate complex issues to appropriate teams when required, maintaining ownership and clear communication throughout the resolution process.
• Partner closely with the local Issue Management team and provide ongoing support for business-as-usual (BAU) activities, ensuring service continuity and adherence to SLAs.
• Identify urgent or high-impact issues and escalate appropriately, delivering high-quality outputs while meeting established KPIs, service levels, and operational standards.
• Contribute to a positive customer and stakeholder experience through responsiveness, proactive communication, effective prioritization, adherence to NIQ practices, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, Communications, or a related field preferred.
• Experience in Customer Support, Technical Support, Help Desk, Service Desk, or other customer-facing support roles.
• Advanced English proficiency, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate effectively with customers and stakeholders in a global environment.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to troubleshoot user issues and support Excel-based platform solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate issues, identify root causes, and drive resolution.
• Ability to interpret information from multiple sources, identify patterns, inconsistencies, and trends, and apply sound judgment to resolve customer inquiries.
• Experience working with software applications, digital platforms, ticketing tools, or service management systems is preferred.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work effectively in a fast-paced, ticket-driven environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to partner effectively with customers, IT teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Customer-service mindset with strong empathy, accountability, and a proactive approach to delivering an exceptional customer experience.

We Offer

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

About the Company

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights-delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms-NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

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Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At NIQ, we are steadfast in our commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace that mirrors the rich diversity of the communities and markets we serve. We believe that embracing a wide range of perspectives drives innovation and excellence. All employment decisions at NIQ are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We invite individuals who share our dedication to inclusivity and equity to join us in making a meaningful impact. To learn more about our ongoing efforts in diversity and inclusion, please visit the NIQ Diversity and Inclusion page.