Bodyshop Manager

Bodyshop Manager

Location: Reading

PAYE Rate: £50,000 p/a + bonus giving a OTE of £70,000 p/a

Hours will be between 7am and 6pm

Igloo is looking for a Bodyshop Manager to join our client in Reading. The role offers the right candidate an excellent opportunity to work within one of the UK s leading automotive companies, who have operations across the country.

The Role:

As a Bodyshop Manager, you will be responsible for but not limited to:

• Overseeing the everyday running of the business
• Maximising profitability
• Managing staff
• Controlling training
• Controlling Health and Safety
• O.S.H.H
• Interviewing
• Appraisals
• Liaising with customers via phone and in person
• Setting up job cards with quality check sheets added
• Allocate work to productive staff
• Load workshop T card or module system
• Quality check repairs and final quality control
• Daily update of customer contact list for reception staff
• Arranging sub-contract work on or off site
• Liaising with estimators if extra work is required
• Checking correct welding/repair methods are being used
• Liaising with other departments
• Ensuring maximum customer care throughout
• Dealing with Engineer sand auditors if required
• Updating reception of any changes and workshop capacity
• Update communications log on management system

What kind of person we are looking for?

• Previous automotive experience within a similar role
• Previous Vehicle Damage Assessor (VDA) & Vehicle Estimation experience
• Excellent attention to detail
• Must be able to work under own initiative as well as being a team player