What are the responsibilities and job description for the Service Manager position at UTILITY TRAILER OF TEXAS INC?
Job Function
Position: Service Manager
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the performance and profitability of the service department and maximizing allservice requests and profitability for the branch service department through a targeted sales quotaof service as well as other products offered by the company.
- Protect and maintain all assets of assigned service department.
- Create a plan to identify all potential service customers.
- Develop and maintain positive long term relationships with all customers
- Maintain customer service information based on customer needs.
- Ensure customers have all information on our sales programs, including pricing,
- Products, promotions, contract and special pricing.
- Develop relationships with vendors.
- Respond to customer needs with appropriate parts and service solutions.
- Manage, coach and train service employees.
- Review and approve all service purchases.
- Responsible to meet sales.
- Maintains tools, equipment and supplies for service department.
- Knowledge of safe working conditions and competent of safety skills with all shop tools.
- Perform other duties as assigned by management.
- Must follow all company safety policies and procedures, and immediately report any and allaccidents to a manager or supervisor.
Job Requirements:
- Have good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to succeed in a teamenvironment.
- Communicate with internal service staff to develop the support for the customer base.
- Investigate customer problems and identify proper solutions.
- Identify and profile target accounts and execute a plan to develop them as a customer/partner.
- Develop and maintain positive long term relationships with all branch customers.
- Responsible for making regularly scheduled calls in order to identify service needs to establishedcustomers and new accounts both by phone and in person.
- Identify and maintain core accounts and reinforce their purchase decisions by continually offeringthem solutions to their changing environment.
- Developing relationships with all key customer employees, especially Branch and GeneralManagers, Parts Managers and Service Managers.
- Communicate with fellow employees to ensure customer satisfaction on all service work.
- Monitor costs and expenses.
- Responsible for making regularly scheduled calls in order to identify service needs withestablished customers and new accounts both by phone and in person.
- Ensure that trailers are repaired and invoiced in a cost efficient manner.
- Conduct safety activities for service department (audits, meetings & training).
- Respond to customer requests to provide written estimates.
- Manage and track all service work. This includes communication and coordination with vendors,shop foreman, end user, etc.
- •Excellent communication and customer relationship building skills.
- •Must be detailed oriented and organized.
Physical/Mental Demands:
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, twist, turn, climb stairs and on trailers.
- Due to the open environment of the shop, must be able to work in various weather and temperatureconditions to include extreme heat, humidity and cold.
- Must be able to tolerate wearing personal protective equipment, including, but not limited to, ahard hat, steel toed safety shoes, hearing protection, respirators, and safety glasses.