Regional Product Support Manager (East Region)

New Flyer; Ottawa; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A North American transit solutions leader is seeking a candidate for a role that involves maintaining service compliance, assisting in bus deliveries, and managing customer relationships. The ideal applicant has a minimum of 5 years in the transit industry, proficiency in French, and strong leadership skills. This position involves significant travel throughout Eastern Canada and offers competitive wages and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive Wages

Extended Health Benefits

Paid Time Off

Continuous learning environment

Tuition subsidies for courses

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in transit or applicable industry.
• Customer service experience required.
• Proficiency in French is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Maintain employee compliance with field service and customer processes.
• Assist customers in accepting new bus deliveries and repair defects.
• Lead a cross-functional service technician team.
• Manage work queues in Oracle OSVC and OSFC.
• Conduct meetings and ensure customer issues are addressed promptly.

Skills

Customer Service experience

Analytical skills

Proficient in all mechanical/electrical systems of transit vehicle

Proficiency in French

Education

Engineering or Business degree/diploma preferred

2-year Technical College or equivalent experience

Job description

Overview

New Flyer is North America\'s heavy-duty transit bus leader and offers the most advanced product line under the Xcelsior® and Xcelsior CHARGE® brands. It also offers infrastructure development through NFI Infrastructure Solutions™, a service dedicated to providing safe, sustainable, and reliable charging and mobility solutions. Further information is available at.

What you will do

• Maintain employee compliance with field service and customer processes to ensure a safe working environment within territory.
• Understand and utilize New Flyer Core values as a guideline for conducting all New Flyer business within and external to New Flyer.
• Assist customers in accepting new bus deliveries within 15 days of arrival onsite by repairing defects, expediting parts and general liaison with the customers management team.
• During the production and acceptance process, work closely with CPM/Production/Quality to ensure NF Team calibration and appropriate feedback as well as provide updates in the formal AWIP call each week.
• Will lead a cross functional service technician team as required to support vehicle from delivery through the life of the bus.
• Ensure New customer orders are properly launched with focus on customer introductions, processes, metrics and relationship.
• Work closely with Regional Director to adjust field plans while keeping customer current workload and future bids into account.
• Schedule and maintain meeting architecture with customer to ensure all issues are addressed in a timely manner.
• Write and submit detailed contact reports to document interactions with customer.
• Manage work queues in Oracle OSVC and OSFC to achieve operational goals including retrofits and customer warranty claim processing.
• Resolve customer concerns quickly with reasonable and cost-effective solutions for both customer and New Flyer.
• Participate in new bids submissions with Customer Care Bids Team to ensure the right items are priced vs deviated, etc.
• Maintain relationship with bus and parts sales teams to ensure clarity of customer concerns, relationship, and challenges.
• Work closely with Regional Director(s) to ensure appropriate workload level and process improvements.
• Responsible to ensure all key controls (ICFR Internal Controls) identified under their area of responsibility are designed and operating as outlined in the internal controls over financial reporting.
• Ensure policies and processes are established and adhered to ensure goals and objectives for all regulatory and legal requirements are met including organizational quality, environmental, health & safety programs.
• 60% Travel required throughout Eastern Canada.
• Other duties as assigned.

What you need to be successful

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in transit or applicable Industry.
• Proficiency in French required
• Proficient in all mechanical/electrical systems of transit vehicle.
• Customer Service experience.
• Analytical skills.
• Engineering or Business degree/diploma preferred.
• 2-year Technical College at minimum or equivalent experience.

Why join our team

• Competitive Wages.
• Extended Health Benefits
• Paid Time Off
• A continuous learning environment.
• Ability to advance your career with a growing company.
• Ongoing employee development through a variety of in-house training initiatives along with tuition subsidies for courses at outside institutions.

Our why

We exist to move people. Our mission is to design and deliver exceptional transportation solutions that are safe, accessible, efficient and reliable.

NFI Group is a leading independent global bus manufacturer providing a comprehensive suite of mass transportation solutions. News and information are available at the following websites: www.nfigroup.com, www.newflyer.com, www.mcicoach.com, www.arbocsv.com, www.alexander-dennis.com, www.carfaircomposites.com, and www.nfi.parts.