Auto Windscreens
Service Centre Manager - Yeovil
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Auto Windscreens
Auto Windscreens is one of the UK’s fastest growing and leading automotive glazing companies. Innovation is at the heart of our business, whether it be robotic lifting devices, wet weather canopies, or new windscreen bonding equipment that will set even in damp or freezing conditions.
We lead the industry in the training and certification of our technicians and offer an excellent opportunity for personal development.
As part of The Sunday Times list of the Top 100 companies to work for, Auto Windscreens offers the chance to join a vibrant, innovative, and forward-thinking company.
We currently have exciting opportunities for a Service Centre Manager based in Yeovil.
Summary Of The Role Purpose
A Service Centre Manager is responsible for the financial success and day-to-day operations of a Service Centre. Their duties include:
- Maximising operational efficiency & productivity.
- Maintaining and improving operational processes and ensuring that high levels of compliance are evident within the Service Centre.
- Developing a culture that ensures total customer satisfaction is at the centre of the operation.
- Promoting and creating a reward and recognition culture for outstanding service delivery by individuals and teams.
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Key Responsibilities Of a Service Centre Manager
- Motivate and lead a team through regular communication, recognition, and engagement.
- Effectively and consistently manage their team in accordance with Company procedures and values, including people management procedures such as Disciplinary, Absence Management, and Performance Management.
- Continuously monitor team performance and KPI’s ensuring that any performance concerns are addressed and managed appropriately.
- Hold regular 1-2-1’s and performance reviews with team members in line with the company appraisal process, to discuss their performance in line with set objectives and goals, and to ensure their training and development needs are being met.
- Effectively plan the team’s resource and availability through managing shift patterns, annual leave, and absence to ensure focus on consistent productivity and performance during operational hours.
- Effectively manage a P&L ensuring that costs and performance are in-line with budgets and take necessary action to maintain profitability.
- Effectively deal with any complaint escalations and identify the root cause of complaints and develop action plans to address and improve to an acceptable level.
- Present both weekly and monthly reports to the Area Manager in relation to performance, identifying any risks and providing detailed plans to maintain or correct performance.
- Ensure compliance and the timely delivery of health and safety, quality, financial, operational, and environmental requirements in-line with best practice and legal frameworks using the relevant process including monthly inspections / I-Auditor.
- Identify recruitment needs for the Service Centre, as approved by the Area Manager.
- Understand and manage fleet and equipment requirements for the Service Centre.
- Establish and maintain effective communication and relationships with colleagues from the Head Office departments.
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Key Skills
- Continuous Improvement - identifies and implements ways to make job tasks or processes more efficient.
- Leadership - ability to inspire, influence, lead by example.
- Communication and Interpersonal - ability to effectively and clearly communicate to the team through a range of methods - verbally, written (email, instant messaging).
- IT Literacy - good understanding of Microsoft packages such as Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Customer Service and telephony skills.
- Succession Planning.
- Delegation.
- Time Management.
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