Bodyshop Manager

Bodyshop Manager - Must have 3 years experience in running an Accident Repair Centre

Location: Basingstoke

Salary: up to £65k base salary OTE up to - £80k Plus Company Car / Allowance

Benefits:

• Competitive salary plus performance-related bonus
• 29 days holiday including Bank Holidays
• Pension contributions
• Health cash plan
• Ongoing training provided
• Opportunities for career progression due to ongoing business growth

Our client is an award-winning company with over 30 years of knowledge and expertise within the vehicle body repair sector.

Our client is dynamic in their approach and geared to completing outstanding repairs, by combining the latest techniques and most effective technology with delivering excellent customer service. They ensure that their customers are at the heart of what they do.

Whether it is minor car park damage or a road traffic accident their growing number of repair centres (currently 100 plus) provides a range of services that use modern repair methods to put your vehicle back to its pre-accident condition, ensuring they repair every vehicle with utmost pride and care.

You will be responsible for managing the team, that will carry out repair work for a variety of vehicles. You will be responsible for managing an on-site team of experts, including paint sprayers, panel beaters, MET technicians, estimators, and all administrative staff. You will understand the business needs, the accounts, reports, and KPIs, effectively manage site resources and costs to optimise capability and profitability, and actively and efficiently manage work provider and supplier relationships.

You will deal with any customer issues, and ensure time is prioritised for interviewing, to ensure open vacancies are filled swiftly.

About You:

• You will have prior experience as a Bodyshop Site Manager, with expertise in health and safety protocols, ensuring these measures are consistently adhered to. You will be responsible for planning your workload effectively to ensure vehicles are ready to agreed timescales; working skilfully and safely under pressure, and carrying out work in accordance with manufacturers' specifications.
• You will be able to lead and work as part of a team as well as on your own initiative with minimal supervision, be flexible in your approach, and continually work to high standards with customer satisfaction in mind. Additionally, you will have the ability to motivate your team to achieve daily, weekly, and monthly site targets.