Bodyshop Manager

Job Title: Bodyshop Manager – Prestige Accident Repair Bodyshop

Location: Totton, Southampton

Salary: £50,000 + Bonus – OTE £65,000 + company car

Benefits

· Competitive salary plus performance related bonus
· 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
· Pension contributions
· Company Car

Our client is one of the top 30 Automotive Dealer Groups in the UK and they operate across all of the South of England.

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 our client’s accident repair centres provide 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 our client’s team at their Totton Prestige Accident Repair Site, that will carry out repair work for a range of prestige 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 KPI's, 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 prioritized 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 skillfully and safely under pressure, and carrying out work in accordance with manufacturers specification.

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.

Our client is looking for someone who has at least 5 years experience as a Bodyshop Manager in an Accident Repair Bodyshop.

To apply for this role please submit your full and up to date CV to Jonathan Sweasey at Pybus Recruitment