HOLT Truck Centers - Service Foreman

The Service Foreman’s main responsibility is to assist the Service Manager and the Service Advisors in the organization and execution of the service shop’s production. This is achieved by leading multi-skilled teams delivering the agreed service and quality at the promised time.

The incumbent in this position is expected to model the following practices on a daily basis:
1) Demonstrate alignment with the company's mission and core business values;
2) Collaborate with key internal/external resources;
3) Participate in ongoing self-development.

Essential Functions:

• Models, promotes, reinforces, and rewards the consistent use of HOLT’s Values Based Leadership (VBL) tools, models, and processes to ensure alignment with our Vision, Values, and Mission.
• Hires, develops, evaluates and influences effective and consistent productivity and teamwork to ensure the delivery of Legendary Customer Service (LCS).
• Works safely always and adheres to all applicable safety policies; complies with all company policies, procedures, and standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Service Shop Production:

• Optimize the service shop flow by leading the supporting technicians, acting in real time, ensuring safety, quality and cost-efficient job performances.
• Interact with the Service Advisor for planning of repair orders
• Monitor and act in real time to fulfill customer requirements
• Comply with health and safety guidelines and rules, ensuring compliance across their teams
• Lead the service shop by work prioritization and job assignment according to employees’ competence, abilities, and shop capacity
• Monitor work progress and spot deviations in delivery time
• Re‑plan the service shop to fit in any additional jobs during operations
• Review repair orders to ensure all actions have been documented according to the service shop policies and procedures
• Identify, suggest, and decide if additional work is needed, inform Service Advisors
• Provide technicians with instructions and directions ensuring proper use of skills, equipment, procedures, and tools
• Collaborate with technicians, regarding a problem or job, to find the best solution for the customer
• Assist technicians in the execution of tasks when needed
• Takes responsibility for service shop cleanliness and tidiness, taking actions when necessary
• Monitors the service shop production to encourage continuous improvement
• Test drive vehicles when required or if Technician is not available

Service Shop Communication

• Secure communication throughout the production and interface with other departments and customers.
• Interact with Service Advisor and customers to secure communication and flow of information
• Cooperate with other departments, ensuring a conscious and proactive approach
• Liaise with the Parts Manager or Dealer Management on issues affecting availability of parts, and to take responsibility to communicate parts ordering needs to proper personnel in the absence of the Parts Manager.

Service Shop Planning

• Ensure service shop utilization and efficiency by setting routines and planning the work.
• Set routines for spotting deviations and acting in real time (re‑work, warranty matters, etc.)
• Set routines to ensure available resources to complete planned work and fulfill customer expectations
• Set routines to secure resource availability regarding tools, special equipment, and parts
• Set the content for and hold daily planning and follow up meetings, assign repair orders, resources, etc.
• Set routines and rules to fulfill the Health and Safety requirements
• Plan the end of shift work handover
• Replace, repair, and calibrate tools, as well as require purchase of new tools securing the workshop infrastructure needed to carry out work
• Create proposals for improving the service shop offers, local campaigns, service menu options, service specials, etc.
• Create and foster an environment that embraces acceptance, cultivates teamwork, holds everyone accountable, and steadfastly commits to professional development.
• Facilitate and encourage team to maintain and enhance professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional…