Job Summary
Supervises employees who install, service, and repair equipment and machinery.
Key Responsibilities
Supervises Service Technicians and/or Service Team Leaders; coordinates and schedules Technician work schedules; communicates repair plans to Technicians aligned with customer quotes; monitors Technician productivity and repair quality. Provides coaching and feedback to individual Service Technicians and/or Service Team Leaders; provides performance reviews and opportunities for professional growth. Provides first level of support to Service Technicians requiring assistance; escalates technical support needs for resolution when needed. Manages service logistics including use of materials, equipment, and employees ensuring safety, quality, and efficient operations Develop and/or reviews quotes for accuracy prior to communication to customers; provides updates on repair status and any plan or schedule changes. Participates in continuous improvement activities by reviewing, changing, and improving processes in line with changing customer expectations/organizational goals. Monitors the status of open repairs with technicians; addresses issues that impact completion of the repair plan in the time quoted to customers. Monitors goals and targets for the branch; measures, reviews, and maintains superior customer satisfaction levels. Resolves customer concerns related to Cummins or distributor warranties; develops strong relationships with key customers through frequent and professional communication.
Competencies
- Financial acumen - Interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions.
- Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
- Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-oriented solutions.
- Directs work - Providing direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done.
- Ensures accountability - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
- Manages conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise.
- Diagnostics Application - Translates customer complaints to develop troubleshooting plan; troubleshoots issue following guided work flows, procedures, specialized equipment such as mechanical and electronic service tools, and diagnoses computer software to isolate failed components to enable a successful repair; validates repair by duplicating complaint to ensure it has been resolved; documents results of troubleshooting in business systems to communicate what has been done for payment and historical tracking.
- Electronic Service Tool Application - Identifies the suite of available hardware and software tools required for a service event; utilizes the appropriate electronic tool set to maintain the product or diagnose and troubleshoot an issue; interprets electronic tool results or recommendations to determine next steps for service resolution.
- Service Documentation - Creates and verifies customer, equipment and technical information; captures specific data using required service tools; follows procedures and documents required information in the service management system in order to have an accurate record of the work done.
- Technical Escalation - Obtains product technical issue information and utilizes available resources including data management tools; elevates issues to a higher level of expertise, balancing timeliness of customer response with investigation efforts; captures all troubleshooting steps in the appropriate database in order to ensure seamless transitions and accurate response to ticket resolution in a timely manner.
- Warranty Process - Analyzes customer issues to verify root cause of failure and associated progressive damage using Cummins published service information; interprets the warranty administration manual to determine eligibility for coverage and claim requirements; identifies items associated with repair that can be covered and communicates to stakeholders; files a claim in the appropriate system using proper documentation and requirements to receive accurate settlement.
- Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.
Education, Licenses, Certifications
College, university, or equivalent degree in a relevant discipline or relevant experience equivalent required.
This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.
Experience
Intermediate level of relevant work experience in a technical field, including team leadership experience, required.
Job
Service
Organization
Cummins Inc.
Role Category
On-site with Flexibility
Job Type
Exempt - Entry Level
Relocation Package
No
100% On-Site
No
Centralized Monitoring Lead in LATAM (Remote)
Locations:
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Santiago, Chile
- Lima, Peru
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Bogota, Colombia
Employment Type: Full time
Work Schedule: R
Job Overview
The Leader of the Centralized Monitoring team, partner with the project and clinical lead to achieve the delivery of the project's overall objectives to the sponsor's satisfaction per contract, while optimizing speed, quality and cost of delivery and in accordance with IQVIA SOPs, policies and practices.
Essential Functions
- Leader of the Centralized Monitoring team, partner with the project and clinical lead to perform oversight on clinical deliverables on global assigned projects as per the protocol, SOPs, respective regulation/guidelines and project Clinical Operations Plan.
- Unblinded Clinical Lead, including IP management for the assigned study to identify risk and proposed mitigation (including re-supply, re-labelling, Import/export licenses etc.)
- May act as Clinical Lead when there is not assigned to the study and at project close out.
- Manage project resources (CRAs/ Central Monitors/ Clinical Trial Assistants/ Centralized Monitoring Assistants)
- Manage, monitor and complete study/site metrics trending (trend analysis of clinical aspects of the trial, share trends and agree on action plan, review, triage and action clinical study alerts, monitor clinical operation plan compliance etc.).
- Contribute to developing the study specific analytics strategy and work on developing advanced analytics.
- Support project management team to develop monitoring strategy, including monitoring triggers/thresholds.
- Attend study team and /or client meetings.
- Provide Inputs to clinical study teams, key decision makers, and internal team members to manage continuous process improvements, issue escalation, workload projections.
- Development and use of study management plans, and/or RBM specific tools and templates, and/or other study specific plans to evaluate the quality and integrity of the study.
- Ensure complete and accurate documentation of all the study specific tools and templates and keep the project Audit ready, including eTMF oversight.
- Mentors or coaches for junior staff.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in life sciences or related field.
- +3 years of relevant clinical monitoring experience (as remote or on site CRA). Advanced knowledge of clinical trial conduct and skill in applying applicable clinical research regulatory requirements; i.e., ICH GCP and relevant local laws, regulations and guidelines, towards clinical trial conduct.
- +2 years in a Lead role.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including advanced command of English (Mandatory).
- Strong organizational, problem solving and decision making skills.
- Results and detail-oriented approach to work delivery and output.
- Excellent motivational, influencing, negotiating and coaching skills.
- Ability to work on multiple global projects and manage competing priorities.
- To lead team and effectively work in team.
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