Manages employees and operations of the service department.
Key Result Areas
- Service Department Operations
- Customer Service
- Management
Major Duties and Responsibilities
1.) Service Department Operations.
- · Provide prompt, dependable, high quality vehicle service to (internal and external) customers,
- · Ensure the service department contributes an acceptable level of gross net profit.
- · Maximize productivity levels of service technicians.
- · Ensure service personnel are well trained and available when needed.
- · Ensure Technicians receive jobs based on skill level and current resource utilization.
- · Review work-in-progress to ensure quality and timeliness.
- · Occasionally assist technicians when they are having difficulty performing service work.
- · Oversee or create estimates for wreck repairs, work honestly and effectively with insurance companies.
- · Establish procedures to initiate and finalize all customer paid warranty and internal repair orders, ensuring required information is documented.
- · Develop procedures in conjunction with the parts manager that ensure a smooth flow of parts to service technicians during jobs.
- · Oversee warranty repairs and OEM requirements, ensuring claims are accurate and warrantable items returned to OEM if required.
- · Become familiar and efficient with all phases of the computer system required for service and parts management.
- · Ensure employees keep a clean, efficient, and orderly department.
2.) Customer Service
- · Maintain a high degree of customer satisfaction.
- · Greet customers immediately, in a courteous manner.
- · Handle customer complaints reasonably, showing empathy and a positive attitude, and demonstrate our commitment to “Make Things Right.” Follow up immediately with any customer concerns.
- · Gain the trust and confidence of new customers when they are introduced to the service department.
3.) Management
- · Grow the volume of service work.
- · Maintain budgeted revenue and expense objectives.
- · Develop promotional campaigns in conjunction with the parts and sales departments.
- · Maintain efficiency reports on service representatives.
- · Provide reports to general manager and controller, as requested.
- · Develop monthly and annual objectives for the department in collaboration with the general manager.
- · Complete required training sessions to keep current with service department issues.
4.) Other Duties
Supervisory Responsibilities
- · Establish departmental work schedule, balancing the workloads of all employees.
- · Monitor and address all comebacks with individual technicians.
- · Establish job assignments for all service employees within their skill levels.
- · Set policies and procedures for service department.
- · Manage employee performance (evaluate and counsel).
- · Assist with recruiting, interviewing, hiring and termination of employees.
- · Work with HR Manager to maintain record of all employees performance reviews.
- · Ensure appropriate training is provided to all service employees and completed timely.
- · Promote teamwork within the department as well as with other departments.
Commitments
- Treat all employees and customers fairly, courteously, and with dignity.
- Model superior customer service behavior for all service personnel, maintaining positive relationships with customers, employees, the controller, department managers, and owners.
- Be prompt and available for flexible scheduling.
- Be honest and fair in all business dealings.
- Demonstrate an interest in growing the service business.
- Focus on quality.
Qualifications & Job Requirements
- · Three years progressive experience within the service department of a motor vehicle dealership.
- · Prefer knowledge and experience with Harley-Davidson motorcycles, and other products sold by the dealership, or the demonstrated ability to quickly learn them.
- · Experience with point-of-sale and parts and service management computer software or the ability to quickly learn. Must be experienced in tracking and creating reports.
- · Current, valid motorcycle license
Physical Demand
- The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
- Occasionally required to bend, stoop, crouch, reach, and handle tools.
- Occasionally required to bend, stoop, crouch, reach and lift 50 lb. of material.
- Occasionally requires the ability to balance and push up to a 1,000 lb. motorcycle.
Working Conditions
- Frequently works near moving mechanical parts.
- Is potentially exposed to battery acid, gasoline, chemical cleaning materials or other toxic materials commonly found in a motor vehicle service department.
- Occasionally, exposed to exhaust fumes or other airborne particles.
About the Store
- Store is in its 49th year under the current ownership
- Many events with customer interaction: Bike Nights, Open Houses, Parties, Children Events, Rides, Rallies, etc.
- Many 20-year-plus employees
- Open to new ideas