Assistant Service Centre Manager

Perfect Placement; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive service centre group is seeking an Assistant Service Centre Manager in Swindon. The role involves managing a team, handling customer inquiries, and ensuring operational efficiency. With a competitive starting salary and genuine career development opportunities, this position is ideal for candidates with automotive service experience.

Benefits

Performance related bonus scheme

30 days annual leave

Workplace pension scheme

In-house technical training/development

Genuine career development prospects

Qualifications

• Similar management/supervisory experience in an automotive service centre required.
• Capable of assisting in the workshop would be beneficial.
• A valid UK driving licence is essential.

Responsibilities

• Managing a team of Vehicle Technicians.
• Organising workload and workshop bookings.
• Dealing with customer enquiries in person and by telephone.

Skills

Management experience

Customer service

Team leadership

Job description

Location Swindon, England Sector Automotive Salary £45,000.00 to £60,000.00 per annum

Assistant Automotive Service Centre Manager required in Swindon.

• Up to £40-45,000 starting annual salary plus performance-related bonus providing a £46-60,000+ annual on-target-earnings.
• 8:30am-5:30pm Monday to Friday, with Saturdays 8:30am-4:30pm on a rota (paid as overtime).
• Genuine career development prospects with a family-run business operating for over 40 years.

Our client is an independent automotive service centre group with 18 locations nationwide, and is currently recruiting for an Assistant Service Centre Manager for their site in Swindon.

Reporting to the Centre Manager and responsible for roughlynine members of staff, your key responsibilities shall include:

• Managing a team of Vehicle Technicians.
• Organising workload and workshop bookings.
• Operating workshop loading system.
• Dealing with customer enquiries in person and by telephone.
• Quoting for repairs, selling labour hours available via customer bookings.
• Accurately recording faults with vehicles/completing job sheets.
• Obtaining authority for repairs.
• Managing and ordering parts.
• Creating invoices and taking payment from customers.

To be eligible, our clients are looking for candidates with similar management/supervisory experience in an automotive service centre. Experience from an automotive mechanical background/being capable of assisting in the workshop, would be beneficial, but our client is willing to consider candidates with purely front-of-house experience. The successful candidate must also be able to maintain exceptional quality while meeting targets and also liaise with the Centre Manager, co-workers and customers. A valid UK driving licence is essential.

What's in it for you? For your hard work as an Assistant Service Centre Manager, our client is offering:

• Up to £40-45,000 starting annual salary pending experience.
• Performance related bonus scheme providing an annual on-target-earnings between £46-60,000 per annum.
• Overtime, subject to availability, paid at an enhanced rate.
• 30 days annual leave (including the bank holidays).
• Workplace pension scheme
• In-house technical training/development.
• Genuine career development prospects to progress into a centre management role.
• Working hours from 8:30am-5:30pm Monday to Friday, with Saturdays 8:30am-4:30pmon a rota (paid as overtime).

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