Bodyshop Manager

B. U. Bhandari Mercedes-Benz; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Statutory Benefit

Medi claim Policy

Incentive

Job summary

B. U. Bhandari Mercedes-Benz is seeking a Body Shop Manager to lead the Body & Paint Shop operations, ensuring efficiency, profitability and alignment with strategic goals.

You will oversee budgeting, invoicing, stock control, and staff training while coordinating with insurers, manufacturers and suppliers to maintain high standards. The role focuses on achieving targets, maintaining quality, and driving process improvements across the workshop, with close attention to cost controls and asset

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering in Automobile/Mechanical is required.
• Management degree will have an added advantage.
• 8-10 years' experience in accident management in a premium segment brand.

Responsibilities

• Ensure budget objectives for body & paint shop with monthly/weekly review.
• Operate body & paint shop efficiently and control premises and assets.
• Ensure accurate invoicing and repair estimates.
• Manage stock purchases for profit and maintain pricing policies.
• Train and coach body & paint shop staff and track training records.
• Maintain productivity and liaison with insurers, manufacturers and suppliers.
• Review pricing, labour rates and dealer policies regularly.
• Monitor shop performance daily and optimize utilization and efficiency.

Skills

Leadership ability

Budgeting

Quality standards

Strategic planning

Team management

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Automobile/Mechanical

Management degree

Job description

Job Summary:

As a Body Shop Manager you are responsible for efficient and profitable operations of body & paint shop. In this function, you ensure that strategic and operational goals are met and that the derived measures are implemented.

Your key responsibilities are:

• Ensuring the Body & paint shop department achieves budget objectives by continual (weekly/monthly) examination of accounts, operating controls and composite figures in conjunction with the Service Head
• Operating the Body & Paint shop efficiently.
• Ensuring accurate invoicing and repair estimate
• Ensuring premises, equipment and other assets are controlled and used effectively.
• Ensuring all stock purchases are controlled and sold at a profit.
• Training and coaching Body & Paint shops staff and technician as required.
• In consultation with training personnel, identify the training needs. Plan training schedule to keep all technical staff up-to-date with modern developments and maintain training records.
• In conjunction with the achievement of employee efficiency targets, maintaining Workshop productivity records to monitor the effective use of employee.
• Maintaining effective liaison with Insurance Company, Insurance Surveyor and within inter Departmental Managers.
• Maintaining direct liaison with Manufacturer, Suppliers, Statutory representatives and all other contacts.
• Timely reviewing all pricing policies, labour rates, fleet discounts, parts pricing and all other dealership policies.
• Purchasing stock, consumables, short-life tools and other Body & Paint shop related products within agreed limits.
• Monitoring Body shop productive performance daily, by total and individual technician.

Organizational competence

• You have the ability to put in place structured processes and ensure a high level of quality in Body & Paint Shop as well as to create a sense of awareness about this.
• You implement decisions effectively and achieve agreed objectives.
• You set high standards of quality, ensure their sustainability vis a vis colleagues and employees, as well as maintaining these standards yourself.
• You use interfaces and exchange experiences actively and across divisions.
• You communicate processes clearly to others involved.
• You are open to new solutions or process optimizations.
• Ability to control clerical work, administration, organization, systems, financial matters and leadership ability. Action goal: At all times, you guarantee the efficiency of the Body & Paint Shop by efficient and quality-effective processes.

Business competencies

• You have the ability to plan and set out future-directed strategic and operational goals for the long run, as well as ensure profitability of Body & Paint Shop at all times.
• You actively generate ideas for forming strategic and operational goals.
• You have a distinct long-term vision and keen sense for market trends.
• You recognize and consider changing demands; you can derive targets from key figures.
• You pay attention to the operative utilization of capacity in the Body & Paint Shop
• You initiate and actively manage new customer acquisitions. Action goals: you play an important role in increasing the earning of the dealership.

Technical competencies

• You have the ability to use your professional knowledge in planning and controlling body & paint shop activities.
• You optimize the utilization of available tools, systems and instruments in planning, managing and developing body & paint shop activities.
• You can analyse and assess the key figures of derive targets as well as utilize them actively in planning and controlling body & paint shop activities. Action goals: you ensure an effective business operation.

Requirements

Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor of Engineering in Automobile/Mechanical
• Management degree will have an added advantage
• Minimum 8-10 years' experience in the Accident Management in premium segment brand.

Benefits

1. 1. Statutory Benefit
2. 2. Medi claim Policy
3. 3. Incentive