Service Manager

Sri Healthcare; Louisville, Northern (KY, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Paid holidays

PTO

401(k) match

FSA (Flexible Spending)

HSA

Medical, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

Long-Term Disability

Job summary

NOVO Health Services in Louisville is seeking a Service Manager to own the route operations, hire and coach Route Service Representatives, and run routes when needed to support growth.

You will manage audits, scrub counts, route reconciliations, truck maintenance logs, and linen reconciliation, while delivering the right product, at the right time, to each hospital customer.

Qualifications

• Leadership and people-management experience.
• Customer-centric mindset with strong communication.
• Knowledge of DOT/FMCSA compliance and safety rules.
• Financial awareness and budgeting experience.
• Adaptability to rapidly changing, route-based environments.
• Reliable transportation and credentialing readiness.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage daily route operations, audits, scrub counts, and reconciliations.
• Hire, train, and coach Route Service Representatives and cover routes as needed.
• Lead route logistics, vehicle logs, and linen reconciliation to ensure on-time deliveries.
• Drive customer experience and maintain safety and DOT compliance across routes.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Customer focus

DOT/FMCSA knowledge

Budget/financial awareness

Adaptability

Transportation/logistics

Education

High School Degree

Bachelor's degree (plus)

Job description

Get to know us: NOVO Health Services offers linen management solutions to the healthcare industry. NOVO Health keenly focuses on safety and infection control and provides its partner hospitals with a value-driven linen management control system that measures and monitors linen utilization by department to eliminate excess internal costs. NOVO's wide range of service programs offer a variety of options to provide a seamless, single source distribution system. NOVO's regional healthcare linen facilities are HLAC accredited and operate with state-of-the-art processing equipment and processes.Own the Routes. Own the Team. Own the Customer Experience.Service Manager | Louisville | NOVO Health ServicesThis isn't a desk job managing from a distance. You'll hire, train, and coach the Route Service Representatives who deliver clean linen and pick up soil product every day — and you'll be ready to run a route yourself when the business needs you to. Your fleet, your team, your accounts, your results.NOVO Health Services keeps hospitals running by keeping their linen supply moving. We're an essential part of the healthcare system — and growing fast. That growth means real advancement paths for leaders who can deliver.What makes this different:* Full ownership of the customer experience. You manage the daily account functions — audits, scrub counts, route reconciliations, truck maintenance logs, linen reconciliation — that determine whether customers stay.* Real leadership, not just supervision. You hire, train, develop, and coach your RSRs so each one delivers on the simple pledge: the right product, the right quantity, in the right time window.* You're in it. You'll cover routes during absences, run route logistics around vacations and holidays, and act as RSR during a market startup — this is a leader who works alongside the team, not above it.* Work that matters. Every route keeps hospitals stocked and patients cared for.You're the right fit if you:* High School Degree,* Bring previous management experience and strong leadership skills, ideally in a route-based or distribution environment* Have a demonstrated quality focus and a customer-centric mindset* Know your way around DOT/FMCSA compliance and can keep a fleet safe, clean, and road-ready* Bring financial awareness and are comfortable with the numbers behind the routes you run* Can adapt fast — competing demands and a rapidly growing customer base don't rattle you* Have reliable transportation and can pass customer credentialing requirementsA bachelor's degree is a plus, but we care more about what you've actually run and delivered.Ready to run your own routes and your own team? Apply now — we'll walk you through the full role, the team, and what success looks like in the first 90 days.What we can offer you as a full-time associate: Competitive pay Paid Holidays Paid Time Off Program (PTO) 401(k) w/Employer Match Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Health Savings Account (HSA) Medical, Dental, and Vision Programs Basic Life/AD&D Insurance Long-Term Disability (LTD)Why work for Novo Health Services? NOVO Health Services strives to be the employer of choice in the hospital sterile and hygienically clean linen industry. To do that, we provide a safe, positive work environment where our associates experience tremendous growth and related opportunities for advancement. Complete an on-line application at www.novohealthservices.com! All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin veteran, or disability status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. Drug-Free Workplace.