FOUNDATION AUTOMOTIVE is seeking an experienced Body Shop Manager to join our team at Chevrolet of Mandan.
As a Body Shop Manager, you will be responsible for developing business through insurance adjusters, customers, and other sources to assure an adequate sales volume.
You will need to provide a reasonable department operating profit and maintains customer satisfaction standards while controlling expenses.
You will also direct the activities of body shop employees in performing body repairs, including meeting time schedules and productivity levels and maintaining quality standards.
Why Foundation Automotive?
Personal Automotive Discounts at all of our participating dealership partners
Full Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance & 401K Benefit Options
Employee Appreciation Events and a family-oriented and people first culture
FSA & HSA Accounts Available
Company sponsored lunches
Travel Assistance and Insurance
Responsibilities:
Forecasts goals and objectives for the department and strives to meet them.
Hires, trains, motivates and monitors the performance of all body shop employees.
Prepares and administers an annual operating budget for the body shop.
Directs and schedules the work of all body shop employees.
Establishes and maintains good working relationships with insurance adjusters.
Establishes and maintains good working relationships with customers to encourage repeat and referral business.
Implements aggressive marketing plan to increase body shop business.
Monitors technicians' daily productivity reports and corresponding payroll records.
Gives fair estimates on costs and time required for body work.
Follows up on parts department orders to ensure parts availability.
Monitors progress and completion of vehicles in the shop, ensuring that proper repair and safety procedures are followed.
Maintains high-quality service repairs and minimizes comebacks.
Conducts periodic spot checks of completed jobs for thoroughness and quality.
Checks quality of completed work.
Handles customer complaints immediately and according to dealership's guidelines.
Monitors paper flow to ensure that all documents are accounted for, filled out completely and legibly and filed or distributed to the appropriate parties.
Prepares final billing for completed repair orders.
Controls accounts receivables for body repair work.
Requirements:
Previous Body Shop Management experience required
Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record
Successful completion of pre-employment screening
Authorization to work in the USA
Who We Are: Foundation Automotive is a growing automotive group with thirty-seven dealerships across the United States.
Our vision is to be the North American benchmark for top-tier automotive solutions and a company of trust, excellence, and innovation for our customers and employees – our mission is to provide modern automotive solutions across North America.
We enrich the lives of our customers and employees by putting our Core Values first and are in the business of helping people succeed.
Our brands share a common vision that allows us to drive forward Employee Empowerment, Customer Satisfaction, Teamwork, Honesty, and Integrity, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement.
Together, we are Foundation Automotive.
Additionally, Foundation Automotive has assembled an all-star executive management team that has a shared vision of a People-first oriented culture.
As an organization that values integrity and doing what is right, you can rest assured that we can be held accountable for your success as well as delivering on a progressive open-door policy.