Workshop Manager

Remuneration:	R25000 - R35000 per month
Location:	Pretoria
Reference:	#CAW004457/NT
Company:	SydSen Recruit

Our client is looking for a workshop/service manager to manage and oversee all processes, procedures, personnel and vehicles in the repo yard, and at the WRC in-house workshop.
 
Job duties:

• Set routines for daily planning on WIP
• Set routines for daily planning on parts ordering, deliveries and alternatives
• Carry out regular meetings with staff, directors, and other stakeholders
• Verify efficient flow in the workshop, ensuring good quality and good turnaround time
• Monitor the ongoing condition of workshop tools and equipment, arranging purchase, repair and calibration
• Monitor and handle all process deviations and initiate proper actions and escalations
• Coordinate the spare parts activity to ensure parts availability together with the warranty liaison, to ensure warranty procedures are adhered to
• Keep record of and manage the vehicles at outwork suppliers
• Arrange and approve all auto electrical work on site
• Manage the company issued card for daily purchases
• Approve and/or decline all quotations for vehicle repairs, towing, CAPEX, and other expenditure
• Approve and/or decline all requests for purchase orders.
• Manage the workshop facilities, and yard in general
• Create working time schedules for all workshop work
• Attend to daily workshop reporting, sent daily to BoD
• Manage workshop and yard personnel
• Manage inter departmental relations with all employees and stakeholders
• Monitor the processing of complaints and process major or complicated complaints
• Participate in meetings with key stakeholders when required
• Manage and monitor workshop efficiency and effectiveness
• Ensure all admin is done correctly, and on time on a daily basis
• Ensure repair and maintenance spend is within budget parameters
• Ensure vehicle locations on database, matches physical vehicle locations
• Ensure vehicles made ‘floor ready’ meets the expected standard
• Proactively initiate improvement activities, ensuring conditions are in place to achieve workshop and yard goals
• Weekly reports on MTD spend, productivity, and other workshop/yard activities
• Weekly stocktaking

Job requirements:

• Trade test qualification (diesel or petrol) preferable
• Min five years’ experience in a similar role
• Min five years in a management role
• Understanding of general business principles
• Ability to manage multiple tasks at the same time
• Good attention to detail
• Read and write both English and Afrikaans
• Computer literate
• Valid licence
• Must have strong leadership qualities

Please note only candidates with the required experience will be contacted and considered. If you are not contacted within 14 days, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.

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Posted on 03 Aug 10:30, Closing date 2 Sep