Operations Manager- Service​/Repair; Manhattan) TK Elevator Corporation

With customers in over 100 countries served by more than 50,000 employees, TK Elevator achieved sales of around €9 billion in fiscal year 2022/2023. We ensure high levels of customer service globally from our extensive network of about 1,000 locations. Over the past several decades, TK Elevator has established itself as one of the world’s leading elevator companies and became independent after separation from the thyssenkrupp group in August 2020.

The company’s most important business line is the service business proudly provided by around 25,000 service technicians. The product portfolio ranges from standardized elevators for low-rise residential buildings to highly customized solutions for skyscrapers. In addition, it covers escalators, moving walks, passenger boarding bridges and stair and platform lifts. Integrated cloud-based solutions, such as the MAX platform, are delivering enhanced services.

With these digital offerings, there are no longer any limits to urban mobility. TKE – move beyond.
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TK Elevator is currently seeking an experienced Operations Manager
- Service/Repair in Manhattan, NY.

Responsible for successfully managing all service and repair operations to ensure that the department functions profitably and exceeds the annual budgetary plan.

• Supervises superintendents and employees by providing direction and training, and communicating company policies, procedures and objectives. Includes hiring, and supervising performance management and progressive discipline.
• Administers company safety program. Includes performing safety audits on a weekly basis and stressing the importance of safety to all employees.
• Visits job sites and performs quality audits to ensure that repairs are being completed efficiently and in a cost effective manner. Expectation is for a manager to spend four hours a day in the field working with technicians and meeting with customers.
• Uses accounting reports and Map Point to review route management and callbacks. Includes making necessary changes to improve profitability.
• Provides technical input to sales staff on the scope of work and materials needed to bid repair work. Includes calculating labor and material costs.
• Monitors the three callbacks in 30 days program and take a lead in keeping cancellations under 3%.
• Works with Branch Manager and service and repair Sales Managers to address customers’ needs. Communicates daily with customers that have down cars.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of all federal, state and local elevator industry code requirements.
• Maintains strong familiarity of company products by attending company training classes & reviewing factory equipment updates and supplier goods. Includes working with regional field trainers.
• Administer parts program for contract service and repair to meet budget expectations and customer satisfaction.

• Bachelor's degree (only to be substituted with extensive industry and management experience); or two years' experience managing on a branch departmental level; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Requires a valid driver’s license and a satisfactory Motor Vehicles Report.
• Thorough knowledge of the elevator industry and general management methods within the elevator industry
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form, and deal with several abstract and concrete variables

Salary range: $198,000- $242,000. The role offers a car allowance or company vehicle, fuel card, and annual incentive program.

Provided they meet all eligibility requirement under the…