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Director of Software Development / Enterprise Architect / CTO

STATUS: Full-time
CATEGORY: Director of Software Development (Manager)
SALARY: Negotiable based on experience

Total Number Technologies (sister company to SOS) is primed to grow from a small player to an industry leader through its latest strategic plans and growth. TNT is focused on developing its global messaging system, mobile technologies and other telecommunication services for companies with a remote sales force.

Until recently, our development has been done with an 'on the fly' mentality but the time has come to formalize the development processes and procedures. The Director of Software Development role will define, prioritize, and lead the daily software development operations as well as oversee systems operations. The Director of Software Development must be creative, a great problem solver, and be focused on ingenuity and performance. This position is responsible for the future hiring, management, and motivation of a first-class software engineering team.

The position requires the candidate be extremely comfortable in growing a department and preferably has taken a smaller organization and delivered measurable growth and success. The Director of Software Development will work with and report directly to the President and CEO to strategically grow the company. We value new ideas and make it our practice to candidly share and actively listen to new ideas. As an expanding company, this position provides the possible opportunity to grow into a CTO position.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Establishing the company's technical vision while leading all aspects of the company's software development.
Improve all aspects of the technical development cycle, including functional and technical product specifications, testing, and quality assurance, documentation, production and installation, and configuration management.
Playing an integral role in the company's strategic direction.
Building our services and systems to scale to millions of users.
Manage ongoing list of priorities; managing projects and developers.
Interaction with customer's technical developers and occasionally directly to a customer.

SKILLS REQUIRED:
Strong technical competence in technology, site architecture, and the latest tools and techniques.
Experience in technology implementation, program and project management.
Extremely proficient in C#.net.
Strong understanding of Oracle.
Strong knowledge of system hardware, networking, TCP/IP, VoIP SIP.
Proficient in software architecture /engineering.
High level of telephony experience & knowledge of technology.
Self-motivated, ability to adapt, create solutions, and learn quickly.
Experience in high-level systems architecture.
Strong business / technology / telephony understanding.
Aggressive and creative problem solver.
Ability to manage projects and developers.
Excellent people and organizational skills.
Effective communicator; both verbally and written.

ADDITIONAL DESIRED SKILLS:
Strong DBA skills a plus.
Experience in CT/ADE programming a plus.
Mobile phone development skills a plus (Microsoft Mobile / J2ME).
Strong business experience a plus.

EDUCATION:
Earned a Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, or similar (an advanced business degree desirable).

Relocation:
As the company offices grow in Charlotte, candidate may be required to relocate to the Charlotte, NC area (not immediate).

If you have the entrepreneurial spirit and are looking for an excellent growth opportunity, please forward your resume, cover letter, references, and contact infomration to:

Mr. Alan Alpert
Chief Executive Officer
alan@TotalNumber.com
FAX: 866.342.9571

You must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer.


Customer Service Representative

STATUS: Full-time contract-to-hire
CATEGORY: Customer Service Representative, Level 1 (Non-Manager)
SALARY: $8.50 to $9.50 per hour based on experience
LOCATION: Work from home

Tired of working for oversized companies where your creative contributions go unnoticed? Join us for a career in Customer Service, not just another job!

Smart Office Solutions, Inc. is a leading communication technology provider in the direct sales and marketing industry, helping companies effectively communicate with thousands of independent sales agents. Our team of experts create partnerships with clients and develop communication strategies that include conference calling, replay lines, web conferencing, unified messaging, and other communication-related services.

Known throughout our industry as the best in customer service, we pride ourselves on personal attention. As a smaller and relatively fast-growing company, this is an excellent opportunity to start a career with a customer-oriented, cutting-edge communications company!

For more information, visit www.SmartOfficeSolutions.com.

POSITION OVERVIEW:
Smart Office Solutions is currently searching for a CSR tele-worker to help maintain our excellent level of service provided to our customers. The CSR position will work with our sales, service, technical, and administrative departments to ensure the highest level of satisfaction is reached with our customers. Our CSRs are empowered to make decisions to assist customers while working closely with the management team constantly ensuring extremely high levels of customer satisfaction.

This CSR position is a contract-to-hire tele-worker position, meaning you work from your home answering calls, emails, and using the Internet to complete your duties, all while avoiding the stressful job commute. If you are a motivated, friendly, energetic, and experienced customer service person who considers themselves an excellent employee, who can listen with patience, calm customers down, and solve technical issues, then this is the position for you!

DUTIES INCLUDE:
Working with a team managing inbound customer inquires; providing product and service information, troubleshooting, training customers, updating account information, logging calls and call resolution, returning customer messages, replying to customer emails, processing incoming purchase orders, routing customer inquiries to proper departments.
Work well with deadlines and be able to effectively prioritize
Generate and distribute order acknowledgements to customer, new customer training
Accept and process phone, fax, email, and Internet orders
Track ongoing service issues
Perform random customer satisfaction calls
Prepare reports as required by management
Update existing and create new training manuals when needed
Build strong knowledge of services offered to assist in customer up-sell and preparation for handoff to sales manager
Additional activities as directed by management

REQUIREMENTS:
Demonstrated customer service skills, preferably 2+ years of proven customer service success within an inbound service environmen
Ability to operate in a fast-pace, multi-tasking environment
Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and phone communication skills
Must be articulate, professional, and possess a strong customer service mindset with attention to detail
Strong computer background using MS Word, Excel, and the Internet
Ability to learn quickly including our proprietary system for managing customers
Excellent follow-up and relationship building skills - a people person!
High school diploma or equivalency
Uninterrupted work-at-home environment
Up-to-date computer running Windows XP
High speed Internet connection (DSL or cable modem, no dialup)
A phone line that can be dedicated for work use during working hours

FOR IMEMDIATE CONSIDERATION, please fax or email your resume, cover letter (required), references, and contact information to:

Mr. Grant Deviney
Director of Operations
careers@SmartOfficeSolutions.com
FAX: 866.342.9571


Referral Program

Due to a strong increase in demand for our services, we are currently expanding our Referral Sales Channel. Our Referral Program provides you the opportunity to offer our enhanced services to your clients while building a strong residual portfolio.

As a member of our Referral Program, you simply refer us to the customer and we take it from there. We handle the sales pitch, applications, order fulfillment, billing, and customer service. There are no sales quotas or commitments on your part.

Our Referral Program Offers
Full suite of services
Residual commissions
No quotas or commitments
Aggressive pricing strategy
Minimal training required
Highest quality services
Rapid order fulfillment
Highly praised customer service department
Ethical company, backed by the Direct Selling Association (DSA), Direct Selling Women's Alliance (DSWA), and other industry associations
Commissions paid on time every month

If you are a motivated, ethical, energetic, hard working, and self-driven individual or company, we are looking for you! Earn up to 10% RESIDUAL COMMISSION on select services and begin building the residual portfolio of a lifetime. To learn more about joining our highly successful Referral Program, please contact Scott at 800.891.8601 x108 or email scott@SmartOfficeSolutions.com for further details.