Truck and Auto Division Manager

Agtegra Cooperative is a local agricultural cooperative headquartered in Aberdeen, SD. It is owned by over 7,000 farmers and ranchers, predominantly in North and South Dakota, with a network of over 70 locations and 850 employees. For more information, please visit www.agtegra.com .

At Agtegra, our mission is simple: we will do something great for farms and families in rural communities that nobody else will do. To accomplish this, Agtegra offers diverse career opportunities where employees can grow and work in their local communities.  Your personal and professional needs matter here – which is why we offer a variety of competitive benefits to employees, including healthcare and retirement, generous paid-time-off (PTO), family leave, and a clothing allowance - just to name a few.  It’s not just a job at Agtegra – it’s a place where we invite all employees to "Start Here. Grow Here."

Position Summary

The Truck and Auto Division Manager provides operational leadership and hands on support across multiple shop locations to ensure safe, efficient, and profitable fleet and retail operations. This role is responsible for driving equipment uptime, parts and service profitability, inventory control, customer satisfaction, regulatory compliance, and technician performance through consistent standards, data driven oversight, and on site engagement.

Essential Functions

• Provide support to each shop location through onsite visits, conference calls/webinars, and weekly training.
• Drive safety and align all shop locations to best practices by completing safety audits of individual work areas and entire shops while onsite.
• Maintain tractor downtime to less than 5% at each location for Agtegra units.
• Support and enforce Parts/Vendor programs at each location using approved vendors and suppliers established by the VP, Fleet, ensuring price protection, goodwill support, and warranty recovery.
• Drive retail site profitability by supporting location leadership in achieving revenue, margin, and expense control targets for parts and service operations.
• Support and drive parts turnover optimization by:
• Maintaining appropriate stocking levels based on usage, seasonality, and vendor lead times.
• Reducing obsolete, slow‑moving, and excess inventory through transfers, returns, or disposition strategies.
• Reviewing inventory turns and aging reports with site leadership to improve cash flow and reduce carrying costs.
• Maintain less than a $250.00 monthly loss on parts inventory at each location and conduct spot checks to ensure inventory accuracy and control.
• Support customer satisfaction by reinforcing consistent service standards, communication, and turnaround times across all retail locations.
• Address customer concerns or escalations related to parts and service as needed.
• Promote a customer‑first culture focused on uptime, reliability, and value.
• Support preventative maintenance (PM) scheduling by utilizing BI PM Due reports and RTA to ensure accurate monthly schedules and minimize downtime.
• Ensure maintenance schedules are posted electronically and updated daily to confirm PM completion.
• Utilize RTA and Mechanic Workstation to maintain a mechanic performance scorecard, maximizing technician efficiency and in‑house repair capabilities.
• Develop internal time‑of‑repair guides within RTA to measure allotted versus actual repair times (brakes, oil changes, grease jobs, tire changes, etc.).
• Monitor and review RTA versus ADP labor data.
• Inspect RTA mechanical repair entries for accuracy and completeness.
• Collaborate with Parts and Service teams to increase internal and external retail capture rates and retain service work that can be completed in‑house.
• Maintain and track mechanic training and certification records within RTA to ensure compliance and qualification standards are met.
• Records include Annual Vehicle Inspection, Inspector Certification, DOT Brake Inspector Certification, Cargo Tank Inspector Qualifications, Tire Certification, and related credentials.
• Spot check equipment for maintenance compliance while onsite to reduce DOT exposure and improve FMCSA safety scores for each DOT number.
• Utilize reporting tools (RTA, BI, inventory metrics) to monitor performance trends, identify gaps, and implement corrective actions across locations.
• Coach and motivate team members to meet performance standards through coaching, feedback, goal setting, communicating and maintaining fair and consistent application of policies and practices.
• Provide leadership in managing team performance, including setting measurable goals, tracking metrics, and holding employees accountable.
• Adheres to all safety regulations, requirements, policies and procedures, including OSHA regulations, the vehicle policy and fleet safety program and DOT regulations.
• Other duties as assigned.
  

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Business Understanding: Demonstrates understanding of business and how actions contribute to company performance.
• Delivering Team Results: Drives operational excellence by planning, organizing, and owning work assignments from start to finish and holding people accountable for results.
• Developing the Team: Builds team capability, manages team dynamics, recognizes, and rewards high performance.
• Interpersonal Relationships: Relates well to and effectively influences others within and across functions through effective communication and collaboration.
• Professional Conduct: Recognizes impact behavior has on others and demonstrates commitment, adaptability, and resilience.
  
  

Required Qualifications .

• Minimum eight (8) years of related experience; or combination of education and experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school preferred but not required.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
• English Proficiency.
• Must be 18 years or older.
• Valid Driver's License.
• Strong working knowledge of fleet maintenance, shop operations, and retail parts/service environments.
• Experience with RTA or similar fleet maintenance management systems preferred.
• Proven ability to manage inventory, control costs, and improve operational profitability.
• Strong leadership, communication, and coaching skills.
• Knowledge of DOT, FMCSA, and safety compliance requirements.
• Ability to travel regularly to multiple locations.
  
  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. 

Agtegra Cooperative is an equal opportunity employer.