This position is responsible for ensuring excellent consumer experience in after-sales, in-home-service.
The Regional Service Manager, Service Delivery will endeavor to support the EMA sales organization and provide after-sales technical support for consumers of Electrolux products.
The Regional Service Manager leads all service operations including customer relations, third party service provider pricing and P&L budgeting for the assigned region.
The Regional Service Manager will ensure quality excellence in service delivery through Electrolux Branded Service and third-party service providers, to include prioritization of work orders and ensuring that all safety protocols are followed.
The Regional Service Manager will maintain work schedules, performance metrics and profitability of the field service technicians of the assigned region.
The Regional Service Manager will provide leadership and instruction to the assigned region.
Analyzing business needs and building action plans to meet those needs as well as hiring, terminating, negotiating and performance managing service contractors within the assigned region are key responsibilities of this position.
The Regional Service Manager will fill the role of being the primary professional representative of Electrolux to all external entities.
While managing all service activity within the region the Regional Service Manager will seek out opportunities to minimize warranty expenses by planning and executing activities within the assigned region.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Business Management or equivalent years of experience
7-10 years of experience in the appliance industry
3 years of Service Management Experience
Must be people-oriented with the ability to build business relationships
Exceptional customer service and organizational skills are required
Proficient computer skills including MS Office Suite, smartphones, and tablets
Ensure service personnel capacity is in place to meet service demand and maximize service options
Assist in resolving service provider incident and consumer service issues inside assigned region.
Create relationships and negotiate service call rates with new and existing service providers
Recruit new service provider to develop and maintain a quality Authorized Electrolux Home Products service team
Review and monitor provider performance results
Attend sales meetings within assigned region for interaction with sales managers
Audit service claims to ensure provider compliance
Control service provider cost and expense charges to minimize loss of Electrolux revenue
Create business plans and provide feedback to the service providers to improve quality of service and cost
Act as the Electrolux representative at industry and associate conventions and meetings
Manage special projects such as product reworks and investigations
Maintain a dedication to providing exceptional customer service
Work with routing team to monitor and improve the daily routes of field service technicians.
Maintain or exceed productivity KPI’s of the assigned region.
Utilizing weekly metric batch report and market dashboard.
Actively engage with technicians.
Provide performance feedback regularly following the formal performance management process.
Provide constant feedback and communication with workgroup.
Partner with Training department to facilitate technical training necessary for technicians to be successful.
Be actively engaged with your team by being available and in contact frequently.
Work with LK Specialist to ensure service capacity meets or exceeds demand.
Primary representative of Electrolux Service for the assigned region
Provide leadership for technicians within territory.
Actively partner with Talent Acquisition to recruit technicians.
Engage with new hires to provide a best in class onboarding experience ensuring all tools necessary to perform the role have been received in a timely manner.
Provide reports to leadership regarding activities of the field service to address any issues that may arise.
Provide problem solving support for your team; ensuring all employees are set up for success.