
F&I Pro Help Desk Manager
Daimler Truck North America
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Fort Mill • North Carolina • South Carolina • United States
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About the role
- Lead F&I Pro Help Desk Operations: Directly supervise and lead a team of F&I Pro Help Desk Analysts, including hiring, onboarding, training, performance evaluation, and ongoing development
- Set clear performance expectations and conduct regular coaching, feedback, and performance reviews to drive individual and team effectiveness
- Establish and manage analyst schedules, coverage models, and workload balancing to meet service-level expectations
- Monitor individual and team performance metrics, addressing gaps and recognizing high performance
- Drive Team Development: Foster a collaborative, accountable, and customer-focused team culture that supports continuous improvement and employee engagement
- Act as an escalation point for complex dealer or internal issues, modeling effective problem-solving and decision-making
- Support Digital Product Strategy: Serve as subject matter expert for key dealer-facing tools including F&I Pro, WalkMe, DocuSign, and the team’s new AI Chatbot, ensuring functionality, adoption, and continuous enhancement
- Collaborate closely with relevant product owners and IT partners to identify, develop, and implement improvements and product fixes
- Coordinate and execute testing for system updates, support backlog grooming sessions, and submit Jira tickets for production and emergency fixes
- Ensure Post-Launch Support Readiness: Equip the help desk team with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively support new product introductions
- Ensure analysts are trained on product updates and prepared to address dealer and internal stakeholder questions, providing timely and accurate assistance across all supported platforms
- Deliver Ad Hoc System Training: Provide on-demand training to F&I Pro users for tools such as F&I Pro, DocuSign, WalkMe, and the AI Chatbot
- Focus on addressing immediate training needs and system updates, while supporting the Sales Enablement & Training Manager in broader, curriculum-based training initiatives aimed at long-term dealer adoption and effectiveness
- Leverage Dealer Feedback: Collect relevant dealer feedback to gather insights, prioritize enhancements, and improve the overall dealer experience
- Share findings with the F&I Pro Product Owner and other relevant functions
- Foster Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborate with internal teams, including Sales, Revenue Operations, Insurance, Business Solutions, IT, Operations, Dealer Credit, Fleet Credit, and Legal, to align support strategies and proactively resolve operational challenges
- Apply continuous improvement principles to optimize processes and actively identify and communicate opportunities for system or process enhancements
- Measure Help Desk Impact: Define key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate the effectiveness of help desk dealer support initiatives, and continuously refine strategies based on data insights
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university/college OR 5+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
- Experience leading, supervising, or managing teams, preferably within a help desk, customer support, or dealer-facing environment
- Ability to build, develop, and lead high-performing support teams in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated success coaching, developing, motivating, and holding employees accountable to performance standards
- Experience in a customer or dealer support role, with a strong understanding of service operations and issue resolution
- Strong commitment to delivering exceptional customer service with a positive, customer-focused mindset
- Strong decision-making and escalation management skills, including acting as a point of resolution for complex or high-impact issues
- Demonstrated ability to align team objectives with departmental and organizational strategy
- Strong cross-functional leadership capabilities, with the ability to collaborate effectively across business and technology teams
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey expectations, priorities, and feedback
- Exceptional organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail
Benefits
- annual bonus program
- 401k company contribution with company match up to 6% as well as non-elective company contribution of 3 - 7% depending on age
- starting at 4 weeks paid vacation
- 15 calendar holidays
- 8 weeks paid parental leave
- employee assistance program
- comprehensive healthcare plans and wellness programs
- onsite fitness (at some locations)
- tuition assistance and volunteer paid time off
- short-term and long-term disability plans
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
team managementperformance evaluationcoachingproblem-solvingdecision-makingcustomer supportservice operationsissue resolutiontrainingcontinuous improvement
Soft Skills
leadershipcollaborationcustomer-focused mindsetcommunicationorganizational skillsattention to detailmotivationaccountabilityadaptabilitystrategic alignment