Field Service Team Manager - South Africa

Alfa Laval; Kempton Park; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Alfa Laval MESEA is looking for a Field Service Team Manager to lead the Service Operations in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. You will oversee a team of Field Service Engineers, driving transformation, ensuring operational capability, and balancing customer, business and team needs.

You will mentor and develop the team, implement KPI-driven improvements, and manage remote teams with a focus on QHSE and timely invoicing.

Qualifications

• You should have a degree/diploma in Engineering or Similar.
• At least 5 years of experience managing teams of technicians/engineers.
• Strong experience in Service, maintenance, repair, and assistance process.
• Exceptional time management/organizational skills.
• We value knowledge in Alfa Laval equipment’s.
• Strong Communication & Presentation Skills.
• Solid Computer and Digital Competence.

Responsibilities

• Secure a strong QHSE culture within the team.
• Lead the team giving directions and ensuring that they are performing with a strong customer orientated mindset.
• Ensure that FSEs with the correct skills are selected in close cooperation with coordinators for complex jobs.
• Ensure that the team are equipped with the right tools and the tools are fit for purposes.
• Develop, motivate, and coach direct reports and secure a proper competence development
• Manage basic performance issues within the team appropriately and quickly.
• Conduct FSE’s employee reviews, include competence profile and skills matrix updates accordingly
• Ensure effective management of people in remote areas
• Ensure proper handover of jobs for invoicing on time
• Implement continuous efficiency improvements utilizing innovative processes and technologies.
• Leading change management to adapt to new market demands.
• Implement and follow up on relevant KPIs to measure and improve performance.

Skills

Leadership

Customer focus

Sales oriented

Change management

Coaching

Communication

Education

Degree in Engineering or similar

Job description

Field Service Team Manager

Every day, we get opportunities to make a positive impact – on our colleagues, partners, customers and society. Together, we’re pioneering the solutions of the future and unlocking the full potential of precious resources. Trusted to act on initiative, we challenge conventional thinking to develop world-leading technologies that inspire progress in vital areas, including energy, food, water and shipping.

As we push forward, the innovative, open spirit that fuels our 140-year-old start-up culture and rapid growth also drives our personal growth. So, as we shape a more resourceful, less wasteful world, we build our careers too.

About the job

Alfa Laval MESEA is looking for a new Field Service Team Manager for Service Operations Organization reporting to the Regional Field Service Manager.

As Field Service Team Manager, you will lead the Service transformation in a team of Field Service Engineers, for decanters, high speed separators and heat exchangers jobs across the Eastern and Southern Africa region. The main responsibilities will be to bring focused leadership to a team of service engineers to maintain operational capability whilst balancing the needs of the customer, business and the team.

Support and coordinate team members to:

• Secure a strong QHSE culture within the team.
• Lead the team giving directions and ensuring that they are performing with a strong customer orientated mindset.
• Ensure that FSEs with the correct skills are selected in close cooperation with coordinators for complex jobs.
• Ensure that the team are equipped with the right tools and the tools are fit for purposes.
• Develop, motivate, and coach direct reports and secure a proper competence development
• Manage basic performance issues within the team appropriately and quickly.
• Conduct FSE’s employee reviews, include competence profile and skills matrix updates accordingly
• Ensure effective management of people in remote areas
• Ensure proper handover of jobs for invoicing on time
• Implement continuous efficiency improvements utilizing innovative processes and technologies.
• Leading change management to adapt to new market demands.
• Implement and follow up on relevant KPIs to measure and improve performance.

Who you are

• A person who has high business acumen, customer focused mindset and sales oriented
• Persistent, flexible, and resilient, with high level of energy and proactiveness.
• Passionate about leading, developing, and motivating teams, and a change driver, making and executing the decisions.

What you know

• You should have a degree/diploma in Engineering or Similar
• At least 5 years of experience managing teams of technicians/engineers
• Strong experience in Service, maintenance, repair, and assistance process.
• Exceptional time management/organizational skills
• We value knowledge in Alfa Laval equipment’s
• Strong Communication & Presentation Skills
• Solid Computer and Digital Competence

Why should you apply :

• We offer you an interesting and challenging position in an open and friendly environment where we help each other to develop and create value for our customers.
• Exciting place to build a global network with different nationalities.
• Your work will have a true impact on Alfa Laval’s future success, you will be learning new things every day.

"We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioural traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games."