JOB TITLE: Field Service ManagerDEPARTMENT: OperationsREPORTING TO: Operations Director MEALOCATION: JohannesburgADDITIONAL INFO:
Willing to travelling long distance when needed
Must be medically fit
Valid Driver's License is essential
Must be willing to work weekends remotely
PURPOSE OF POSITION
To provide the leadership to the site based Commercial and Industrial Field Teams and ensure that the organisation is structured optimally from an operational perspective to deliver on customer and SLA requirements. In addition, the leader is expected to build technical capacity and capability in line with the Strategic Plan, the Budget and Policy Deployment in terms of customer satisfaction, service delivery and operational financial performance.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Overall responsible for HSSE and Compliance; to ensure an incident and injury- free workplace and compliance towards Mining customer policies, Vontier/GVR policies and all relevant laws and legislations.
Owner of strategic initiatives related to operational teams in the region.
Ensure all technicians and sub-contractors are adequately trained on all Gilbarco AFS products and HSSE requirements and that regular training session, and at least bi-monthly technical meetings and/or toolbox talks,are convened.
Responsibility for budget & forecast cost performance for the Service operations team.
Co-operate with Mining sales team and COE to drive and deliver profitable growth through delivering upgrade opportunities on current business.
Drive lean transformation of the operation to improve Safety, Quality, Delivery & Cost within the Service & Installation value stream.
Build and secure quality in teams and service processes to attain or exceed contracted SLA levels, equipment downtime 3hr/ machine/ month and achieve First-Time-Fix
95% * Optimize service productivity in all departments to increase Jobs per person per day and technician utilization.
Manage and grow high performing technical capacity and capability to support the Africa Region, with focus on HSSE, Quality, On-time-Delivery and Cost control to optimize customer experience and profitability.
Make sure that the teams embrace and actively use the full range of VBSxe2x80x99s tools to secure full control of all business KPI`s through daily management.
Build team to deliver market leading performance in the South African and global market in line with current business needs and strategic plan objectives.
Mining VAN Stock, Quotes, Open Deliveries, Account Receivables and related working capital administration.
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
As per Board-approved DOA and as necessary for functions outside the DOA.
As delegated by the Managing Director, when necessary.
POSITION RELATIONSHIPSInternal
Needs to report key issues and corrective actions to the Sales Team Mining, DDS and CEO teams of Gilbarco AFS as deemed necessary.
Needs to work closely with peers, and specifically the Head of HR and the Mining HR manager, Engineering, DDS, COE, regional sales manager, Finance Director and the local Business Leaders to execute the strategic plan, budget and policy deployment (PD) requirements of the business.
Needs to develop a strong working relationship with all direct reports and ensure that business performance is reviewed regularly on a data-driven basis with corrective actions and countermeasures initiated as required.
External
Needs to be highly customer focused, and able to form effective working relationships with key customers and suppliers E.g. Suppliers, Distributers and Contractors.
MEASURES OF PERFORMANCELeading Indicators
Zero Loss Time incidences (LTI), 100% near miss / potential incidences with implemented corrective action within x days, 100% employee participation in NM / PI reporting
Service (Installation and Project) profitability to meet budget target
Deliver budgeted upgrade sales target in conjunction with sales team
Drive continuous productivity level improvements measured by completed jobs per man per day
Operational costs at or below forecast/budget targets on a monthly basis, with countermeasures implemented to reduce costs when targets are missed.
Chargeable Service and Installation Run-Rate revenues at or above targets on a monthly basis.
Working Capital improvements, with a YOY improvement
+1.0 turns (weighted). * Meet / exceed all customer contracted reporting and KPI Matrix.Lagging Indicators
Overall SLA at
95% on a continuous basis. * First-Time-Fix at95% on a continuous basis. * Customer Satisfaction Index95% * Zero Odo Stills and RNFs
OTD
96% * Productivity80% * Run Rate Revenue Targets
Direct Margin in line with budget.
100% contract increases timeously within agreed margins with the pricing committee
Open Deliveries maintained at R150,000 or less
PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCEEducation/ achievements
Degree in general management, commerce or mining will be an advantage.
Computer Science or MBA
Six Sigma or Lean experience
Experience/ Knowledge
5 Year Technical and Managerial experiencewith Gilbarco AFS products and solutions or similar
Field Service and Operational management,
Customer Service Delivery.
Specific Skills People Manager with Financial and P&L
Management, Contract Management skills
Customer Service Delivery Management
Potential Skills
DDS and COE experience due to high dependency between the divisions
Contract Management Capabilities
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