A fast-growing Japanese manufacturer in Almere, The Netherlands, is currently recruiting a General Manager Product Support.
Your role will include providing top quality after-sales product support, initiating leads to the customers for spare parts and services, and focusing primarily on Customer (dealer-) retention through after-sales product support as well as team management.
The ideal candidate should have 5+ years of construction equipment products.
Business level of English is required for this role.
TYPE : Permanent, full-time
HOURS : 9 : 00-17 : 30, Mon to Fri
SALARY : up to €90k, (base salary, depending on experience)
START : ASAP
LOCATION : Almere, The Netherlands
GENERAL MANAGER - PRODUCT SUPPORT RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Be responsible for the day-to-day operation and ensure that all departments operate within the agreed budget and to achieve agreed targets
- Be responsible for the product support department's operational systems, processes and policies in support of the organization's visions
- Develop and oversee the overall strategy and its annual growth plans and budgets
- Identify and promote the product support strategy and an optimal service / support plan to strengthen the dealer support and their brand in the market and drive aftersales target achievement
- Strive to achieve the product support objectives and objectives of the business for the near and long term
- Improve and create policies to enhance efficiencies and to fulfil and improve international standards
- Be responsible for developing new service packages based on dealers and end user’s requirements
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and
- Generate new service business sales through the development and deployment of service program strategies, including value-added, new services with other departments to maximize stock business
- Use your experience and conflict resolution skills to resolve critical customer issues and complaints to ensure high level of customer satisfaction
- Analyse current and future staffing needs for an appropriate planning
- Performs additional duties as required to achieve company goals and increase overall company profitability
- As a member of the management team of the company contribute to the overall development of the company
- Other assignments as designated by the MD
GENERAL MANAGER - PRODUCT SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS :
Bachelor’s degree : technical or engineering education5+ years of relevant experience in Construction Equipment productsProject skillsEnglish speaking, writing, and reading skillsStrong technical aptitude with a solid knowledge of heavy crawler excavators (hydraulics)Ability to work towards root cause analysis on technical issues and solving conflictEffectively communicate with customers, dealers, various their internal departments, and colleagues at all levelsExcellent computer skills or