Bodyshop Programme Manager

Glen Callum Associates; Stourbridge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive consultancy is seeking a Bodyshop Manager or Vehicle Damage Assessor to oversee compliance and drive improvements across the Benelux region. Applicants must be fluent in English and French, with experience in the body and paint sector. This home-based role includes travel and offers a competitive salary plus car allowance. Ideal for ambitious professionals aiming to enhance their careers in a major vehicle manufacturer-approved network.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Car allowance

Travel opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous experience in the body and paint sector is essential.
• Fluent in English and French; Flemish and Dutch are desirable.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Conduct audits on the network and verify self-audits.
• Produce repairer action plans from audit findings.
• Identify training needs and ensure attendance.
• Produce monthly reports for the Benelux market.
• Drive completion of repair data.
• Support improvements in the programme.

Skills

Experience in the body and paint sector

Fluent in English and French

Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to manage conflicting priorities

Stakeholder influencing

Commercially focused

Data analysis skills

Confident and credible

Job description

– Automotive Paint and Bodyshop Programme

We are seeking a candidate with experience as aBodyshop ManagerorVehicle Damage Assessor (VDA), looking to take the next step in their career, working with avehicle manufacturer approved bodyshop networkthroughout Benelux. This role will involve undertaking audits, managing compliance and working with the approved bodyshops to drive the network forward.

Awillingness to travel throughout the BENELUX regionis essential for this role.

This is a fantastic opportunity for aBodyshop ManagerorVehicle Damage Assessor (VDA)to expand their career, working with a major vehicle manufacturer, utilising their knowledge and experience of the bodyshop / collision repair industry.

What you’ll need:

• Previous experience of the body and paint sector is essential for this position, this could be an independent bodyshop, regional or national group or within the vehicle manufacturers network.
• Fluent in English and French languages is a must for this role. Additional languages of Flemish and Dutch are desirable.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Able to manage multiple conflicting priorities.
• Able to influence stakeholders across the brand and their partners.
• Commercially focused and driven by results.
• Able to analyse data to drive resolutions and improvements.
• Confident and credible.

What you’ll be doing:

• Carry out physical and virtual audits on the network and remote verification of self-audits.
• Produce individual repairer action plans from audit activity, liaising with individual locations to support them in maintaining the brand standards.
• Identify priority training requirements and liaise with the brand centrally to ensure attendance of network.
• Produce a monthly report for the Benelux market to required template.
• Proactively drive the completion of repair data for the approved repairers.
• Support the European Programme Manager in the identification of programme improvements.

Why Join Us?

• Salary:€€Competitive salary + car allowance
• Home based role with travel throughout the Benelux region –Ideal locations include Charleroi, Namur, Mons, LaLouvière, Wavre, Arlon and Southern areas of Brussels such as Uccle, Forest, Ixelles

What’s Next?

Are you an experienced BodyShop Manager or Vehicle Damage Assessor looking to take your career to the next level?

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Created on 01/08/2025 by TN United Kingdom