At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead exciting vehicle retrofit campaigns and manage a dynamic team to ensure success.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking automotive company with a focus on innovation and teamwork.
- Benefits: Enjoy life insurance, discounts, career progression, and flexible working hours.
- Other info: Great opportunities for professional development and a vibrant workplace culture.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the automotive industry while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Degree in Engineering or Business, plus experience in project management and team leadership.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 60000 Β£ per year.
As the Service Campaign Manager, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful rollout of proactive rework initiatives (referred to as 'campaigns'), for vehicles in the field.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute detailed plans for vehicle retrofit campaigns.
- Create detailed campaign assessment documents to support senior management decision-making.
- Evaluate campaign necessity, considering safety risks, customer demand, cost, and other decision-making criteria.
- Calculate estimated costs for each campaign, including parts, labour, and associated expenses.
- Estimate campaign completion timelines, accounting for vehicle availability, labour capacity, and rework duration.
- Manage the campaign team, contractors, suppliers & related stakeholders to ensure field campaign work is carried out in the most cost and time efficient manner.
- Review technical engineering work instructions to assess real-world feasibility for rework activities.
- Effectively plan & complete vehicle recalls/retrofits, in accordance with TSB instructions.
- Effectively plan work teams to maximise efficiency.
- Communicate with Regional Service Managers, Mobile Service Engineers, and Contractors, to track vehicle completion.
- Liaise with third party contractors and service providers to ensure seamless implementation.
- Load & control sales orders for campaign material.
- Manage Campaign stock control on Sage i.e. Sales Orders, production receipts, issues & stock transfers.
- Investigate & solve campaign material delivery discrepancies.
- Develop and maintain close working relationships with customers, depots, engineering teams, field service engineers, and contractors.
- Clearly communicate campaign rework details and implementation plans with customers.
- Ensure change detail is relayed to all relevant customers, for Customer vehicle change traceability.
- Verify sub-contractor invoices.
- Ensure campaigns are delivered within the allocated budget.
- Monitor adherence to estimated timing plans, adjusting resources as needed.
- Track the progress of all active campaigns and drive them to closure.
- Ensure campaign progress is reported to internal and external parties in a prompt and effective manner.
- Present weekly updates on campaign status to the senior management team.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Management, or a related discipline.
- Minimum of 5 GCSEs (or equivalent), including English and Maths at Grade C or above.
- Minimum of 3 years' experience in a project or service management role within a manufacturing, engineering or automotive environment.
- At least 2 years' experience managing a team or leading cross-functional project teams.
- Strong understanding of technical engineering documents and the ability to translate into practical implementation.
- Excellent organisational, planning and task management skills.
- Financial awareness, including budgeting and cost estimation.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and project tracking tools.
Benefits
- Life Insurance
- Medicash scheme
- Discount with local businesses e.g. Galgorm Spa Resort and McAtamney's.
- Canteen
- Career progression
- Professional development
- Flexitime
To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page.
Service Campaign Manager TLNT1_NI in Ballymena employer: IrishJobs
At Wrightbus, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation. As a Service Campaign Manager, you will benefit from career progression opportunities, professional development, and a supportive environment that values your contributions. Located in a vibrant community, our employees enjoy perks such as a Medicash scheme, discounts with local businesses, and flexible working arrangements, making Wrightbus a rewarding place to build your career.