Workshop Manager – Montana Pretoria at Workersweb

• Manage and oversee all processes, procedures, personnel, and vehicles in the repo yard, and at the in-house workshop.
• 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 there is an 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 stocktake

Qualifications:

• Trade test qualification (Diesel or Petrol) preferable.
• Min 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Min 5 years in a management role.
• Understanding of general business principles.
• Read and write both English and Afrikaans.
• Computer literate.
• Valid license.
• Competencies: Ability to manage multiple tasks at the same time.
• Good attention to detail.
• Must have strong leadership qualities

Job Type: Full-time

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Montana, Gauteng: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Deadline: 2023/08/18