Parts Manager

Role Summary

This Job Profile is not validated by Subject Matter Experts yet. Oversees the efforts of a team of technical service representatives, applying specialized technical or scientific knowledge/product applications. Maintains ongoing relationships with key customers and interfaces with sales staff on a regular basis and serves as an expert in handling complex queries.

Job Responsibilities

Customer Service Help establish and implement customer service standards while supervising a significant customer service team or similar unit. Deal with most complex and valuable issues. Resolving Customer Issues Aggregate customer issues and collate the most commonly raised issues in order to create/develop response strategy.

Operational Compliance Maintain and renew a deep knowledge and understanding of the organization's policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, and ensure own work adheres to required standards. OR Identify, within the team, patterns of non-compliance with the organization's policies and procedures, and with relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, taking appropriate action to report and resolve these and escalating issues as appropriate.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Data Enter customer information that has been gathered through research and/or through direct customer contact into the customer relationship management system, to ensure that the organization has quality data to enable effective customer retention and business development activities OR Ensure that team members maintain up-to-date customer relationship management data, identifying and resolving issues.

Customer Relationship Management / Account Management Develop and implement a relationship management plan for existing customer accounts to identify and build relationships with relevant decision makers and influencers within the customer organization and to enable effective two-way flow of information and resolution of issues.

Collect feedback from identified customers or customer segments to ensure their needs are met, providing themes, summary analyses, and recommendations for changes based on customer input. Customer Needs Clarification Set clear objectives for each sales call or meeting; use standard materials to make a presentation to the customer; and ask relevant questions to evaluate the customer's level of interest and to identify and respond to areas requiring further information or explanation.

Faults Diagnosis and Correction Provide fault isolation and resolution to limit and address issues promptly. Internal Client Relationship Management Build effective working relationships within the internal client organization, delivering high-quality professional services with guidance from senior colleagues. Personal Capability Building Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.

Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media. Work Scheduling and Allocation Assign short-term work schedules to a team of subordinates in order to achieve expectations while following established timelines.

Performance Management Respond to personal objectives and use performance management systems to improve personal performance.  OR Monitor the performance of the team; allocate work and review completion, take appropriate corrective action to ensure timeliness and quality; contribute to formal individual performance management and appraisal.

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level 6