Product Support Manager Global Grade 12 at Barloworld Equipment

Key Outputs

• Grow market share and recognize new sales and aftersales opportunities
• Manager and lead the team of PSSR’s to achieve set target and objectives.
• Build, establish and maintain strong, long-term customer relationships and ensure customer solutions.
• Own the customer experience and drive net loyalty score.
• Leads solution development and innovative efforts and ideas as identified and developed in conjunction with the Customer service team (CST) and regional BWE operations to meet customer needs.
• Handles complaints and problems in a timely and effective manner.
• Meets account performance objectives and customer expectations.
• Growth of new and potentially significant customers.
• Achieves After Sales performance metrics
• Relevant reporting.
• After Sales funnel management
• Identify and visit potential customers to achieve incremental parts sales
• Identify and implement marketing strategy
• Implement actions reflected in an annual marketing plan
• Gain intimate knowledge of the customer’s business, understand their requirements and act as a key partner to achieving set business performance targets.
• Use experience and available resources to accelerate and influence the delivery of interim containment and permanent corrective actions to mitigate the impact of product issues.
• Co-ordinate and manage subject matter expert and OEM representative’s deliverables in contribution to site health.
• Implement and run to completion continuous improvement programs to improve the performance and productivity of the equipment on site.
• Analyses the site performance on a continuous basis and proactively address emerging issues before they have an impact on the customer business (both CAT/Barloworld and 3rd party suppliers on the equipment)
• Tracking and reporting of site performance trends and key performance metrics
• Be the trusted partner through establishing and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external customers.
• Co-develop, implement and manage product support and equipment management processes at site with the customer, CAT and site management.
• Conduct Cat Care and customer events, training, and customer visits
• Provide Parts Product expertise to assist PSSRs, ISRs, Parts Counter, Machine Sales, Rental, Used Equipment, and Power Systems with their sales efforts
• Develop equipment performance baseline and trends and work with relevant stakeholders to understand variation and downtime drivers.
• Create a coverage and sales strategy for assigning customer accounts to sales channels, optimise coverage and set staffing levels
• Influence the CAT brand perception on sites and create a positive customer experience.
• Budgeting and managing of parts and after sales income and expenses
• Qualification, Experience and Competencies

Minimum Required Qualification

• Relevant Tertiary Qualification or Equivalent
• B. Engineering Degree (Mechanical or Electrical) an advantage
• Qualified Earthmoving Equipment Mechanic or relevant Technical Red seal
• Caterpillar certified earth-moving technician an advantage
• BWE Leadership Development Course (MMDP) an advantage

Minimum Required Experience

• 5 to 7 years’ related business experience in parts/service environment
• PSSR Advanced Certification Completion (if internal)
• High competence in Microsoft Office
• SAP and CRM experience
• Proven Product Knowledge
• Sound Business Acumen

Minimum Required Competencies

• Sales Competencies (according to Global S Competency Assessment)
• Influencing and Negotiation
• Problem solving
• Analysis
• Innovation / Creativity
• Assertiveness (Includes Willingness to challenge and confront)
• Decisiveness / Action Orientation
• Investigative Orientation (Probing/Information seeking)
• Commercial orientation / Applied Business Numeracy
• Practical Execution Management (Planning and Organising)
• Networking / liaison
• Customer Service Orientation / Customer Responsiveness
• Organisational awareness
• Mechanical ability