Service Manager - Plymouth

Vospers; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave (including bank &

Birthday day off

MOTs, servicing, sales and parts staff

Sickness scheme

Employee assistance programmes

Cycle to Work scheme

Motorv8 and Vospers 5 training schemes

Manufacturer-specific training

Staff and customer referral scheme

Job summary

Vospers in Plymouth is seeking an Aftersales Manager to lead a professional service department, maximise profitability, and drive exceptional customer service. The role requires building a capable team and delivering cost-effective, high-quality repair and maintenance services.

You will be responsible for achieving department budgets, managing reports, and ensuring compliance with company guidelines while fostering continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the service department achieves budget objectives by monitoring accounts and KPIs.
• Operate the department efficiently with focus on productivity and labour utilisation.
• Generate daily, weekly and monthly reports from dealer management systems.
• Adhere to Vospers company guidelines for all business transactions.
• Develop knowledge of market competition within the dealer area.
• Ensure premises and assets are controlled and used effectively.

Job description

About Us

Vospers is a family run business and leading Southwest motor dealer group that believes in the importance of our people. That's why we offer a supportive working environment, career prospects, and great benefits, including:

• 30 days annual leave (including bank holidays) increasing with length of service + a paid day off for your birthday!
• Full range of motoring discounts on MOTs, servicing, sales, and parts
• Access to an online platform with discounts across multiple retailers
• Paid sickness scheme
• Full range of employee assistance programmes and support services
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Professional development via our Motorv8 and Vospers 5 training schemes
• Manufacturer-specific training
• Generous staff and customer referral scheme

Job Title

Aftersales Manager

The Role

The main purpose of a Vospers Aftersales Manager is to maximise service department profitability through the development of a professional and efficient team, while ensuring that each customer receives exemplary customer service.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the service department achieves budget objectives by continual examination of accounts, operating controls and composite figures to initiate improvements and corrective action where variations occur.
• To operate the department efficiently, this will be measured by productivity and utilization, labour efficiency and KPI'S.
• Ensure all daily, weekly and monthly reports are drawn from the dealer management systems to enable the monitoring of the accounting practices.
• Ensure all business transactions are made within Vospers Company guidelines.
• Continually develop knowledge relating to competition within the market place, especially within the dealer area of responsibility.
• To ensure premises, equipment and other assets are controlled and used effectively and efficiently.

• Promote and explain Customer Viewpoint standards to your team ensuring the department excels in customer satisfaction.
• Motivate staff through positive leadership and frequent appraisal meetings to determine clear and obtainable objectives.
• Encourage and endorse joint identification of training and support needs, confirming all personnel are trained to a level so they are able to carry out their work in an efficient and professional manner.
• Provide coaching when required if individual goals are not met, helping to continually guide and control the effectiveness of the team.
• Communicate important results, ensuring that all staff are kept up to date on department progress and success.
• To improve the quality of customer service and retention through enhancing facilities, improving personnel skills and high standards of quality workmanship.
• To ensure all customer complaints are dealt with promptly, courteously and sympathetically and to maintain an accurate written record of all complaints and actions taken to restore customer satisfaction, and ensure the same type of complaint does not reoccur.
• To address issues relating to participation in customer service reporting. Define measures to prevent reoccurrence, set targets and allocate specific responsibilities, and to monitor progress to completion.
• Ensure customer satisfaction through continuous quality control checks and support all Technicians in diagnoses and difficult work.

Location

Marsh Mills, Plymouth

Salary

Dependent on experience and qualifications, to be discussed at interview

Hours

Monday to Friday

Care - Accountability - Performance - Respect - Integrity

We are proud that so many of our people stay with us and develop their careers at Vospers over the long term. Over 100 of our staff have completed between 10 and 40-years' service with the company. At Vospers, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in Vosper's workforce.

Vospers are a Disability Confident and Youth Friendly Employer

No terminology in this advert is intended to be deemed discriminatory. We are happy to accept applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or marital status.