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VMU Manager Job in Didcot

Oxfordshire
Didcot
Commercial Dealership, Service Department, Management
£45000 per annum
148061
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Vehicle Maintenance Unit Manager - Didcot
  • Salary: Around £45,000 per annum, pending experience.
  • Hours: 45-hour week. 7:00am-4:30pm, Monday to Friday. Some flexibility required.
  • Benefits:  Access to hundreds of practical, recreational and salary-sacrifice discounts, a staff wellness programme, enhanced maternity/paternity pay, and regular recognition rewards for staff.
Our client, a franchise-approved commercial vehicle dealer group with multiple sites nationwide, is looking to hire a Manager to oversee the Vehicle Maintenance Unit (VMU) they have in Didcot. 
 
Reporting to the senior management team, and working as part of a friendly workshop team maintaining a fleet of light commercial and heavy goods vehicles, as a VMU Manager, your key objectives will include:
  • To plan and control your workforce resource availability to meet customers’ fleet demands.
  • To manage and control labour costs, including any use of third parties. 
  • To comply with safety audits and manage the working code of practice for contractors.
  •  Ensuring planning for facilities, bays, machines, tools, diagnosis installations, etc., is carried out correctly, optimal design of workplaces and processes. 
  • Preparing planning and calculations for investments in workshops, facilities and HR, together with the senior management team.
  • Regularly review prices for workshop services and, after prior agreement with senior management, adapt them to suit the market.
  • Measure and report on daily workshop performance around retail sales, warranty and internal contract.
  • Work in progress (WIP) management and cash control. 
  • Employing new staff and carrying out effective induction.  
  • Managing, coaching and motivating employees, ensuring retention of high-quality team members. 
  • Defining target agreements with employees and reviewing the level of target achievement.
To be eligible, you will need to be level 3 qualified (NVQ/City & Guilds/IMI) in Vehicle Maintenance and Repair (either light or heavy) and ideally have experience at a supervisory/managerial level. You will be a resilient person, a strong communicator with your team and our client's customers, a brilliant team player inspiring others, and have strong time management skills with the ability to prioritise and complete tasks within timeframes to meet customer demands and maintain workshop efficiency. A HGV driving licence is highly advantageous but is non-essential.

What's in it for you? Quite a lot, it seems! For your hard work as VMU Manager, our client is offering…
  • Around £45,000 per annum, pending experience.
  • Overtime, subject to availability, paid at an enhanced rate of time and a half.
  • 30 days annual leave (including bank holidays).
  • Branded overalls and boot allowance.
  • Workplace pension scheme.
  • Additional company benefits include access to hundreds of practical, recreational and salary-sacrifice discounts, a staff wellness programme, and regular recognition rewards for staff. 
  • Full training provided, including IRTEC Inspection Accreditation and manufacturer-accredited technical development. 
  • Fantastic career prospects with a multi-award-winning dealer group operating for over 50+ years.
  • 45-hour week. 7:00am-4:30pm, Monday to Friday. Some flexibility required.Enhanced late shift allowance. 
Contact Josh Buck, Automotive Recruitment Specialist at Perfect Placement covering Didcot and Oxfordshire, today to discover more about this fantastic opportunity.

Perfect Placement are specialists in Automotive Recruitment. So if you are looking for a New Job in the Motor Trade, be sure to contact our team today.
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