Jobs at BMW Group South Africa

Main duties:

• Managing, planning, leading, organizing and controlling of Body/Paint shop and contract management of the Parts & Accessories (P&A) Warehouse as part of the Vehicle Distribution Centre (VDC) Technical services contract. Track zero movements on parts (obsolescence), accurate stock levels, audits.
• Ensure parts and labour are recovered from other BMW departments and contract partners.
• Monitor the day-to-day activities of BMW staff, Temporary Employee Services and Service Provider staff.
• Disciplinary responsibility for BMW staff.

Key Accountabilities:

• Manage Bodyshop and Paint shop Activities/vehicle scheduling, preparation, paint process.
• Co-ordinate and support workshop on technical issues.
• Attend Motor Claim meetings as a member of the Vehicle Appeal Committee.
• Attend Court cases for Fleet vehicles if needed.
• Manage contractors to achieve Key Performance Indicators for P&A Warehouse and Panel Shop.
• Monitor time & efficiency. Check workshop loading and throughput.
• Responsible for Approved Used Car (AUC) throughput, from arrival till final buy off.
• Monitor/Mentor quality buy off at final inspection, according to AUC standards.
• Undertake carbon fibre body repairs as well as armoured protection vehicle repairs. Visit dealers on request for technical advice on repairs.
• Ensure the implementation and maintaining of all system requirements, according to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 in the area of responsibility.
• Manage state of the art processes and the latest technology as used in the Paint and Panel industry.

Qualification requirements:

• Technical Diploma or Artisan Qualification in Body, Paint and Accident repair.

Required Skills,Knowledge and Experience:

• 5 Years in Motor Industry
• Technical knowledge, experience of the accident repair and Bodyshop industry.
• Leadership knowledge of running a parts department.
• Leadership and Coaching skills.
• Language skills: Proficient in English. German would be advantageous.
• Computer skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office, SAP, Electronic Parts Catalogue (ETK).
• Other: Understanding of the Value-added Production Systems principles and methods and/or Lean Six Sigma.
• Good analytical skills.
• Sound communication and social skills.
• Persuasive and high level of assertiveness.
• Leadership and Management Skills to manage the department.
• Financial understanding of budgets, costing and quoting.
• Product knowledge to advise external customers.
• Identify, understand and give priority to satisfying the needs of customers. Striving to deliver long-term, sustainable customer satisfaction. Introducing strategies and processes to ensure customer needs are met.
• Ability to support internal and external teams to enable them to deliver.

Closing Date: 2 February 2026.

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Key Responsibilities

• Accountable to the Quality Manager, Assembly.
• Responsible for the correct use of portable measuring equipment only – ROMA arms, Leica tracker, Calibri, etc.Responsible for conducting regular, accurate measurements on the relevant Assembly Plant processes requiring measurements.
• Responsible to raise a flag, if, during measuring, measurement discrepancies are detected.Responsible to propose corrective actions / adjustments to correct deviations, to the relevant Quality or Production Engineers.
• Responsible to implement the agreed changes and actions as defined by the Quality or Production Engineer.
• Responsible for the documentation of the measurement results.Responsible to propose Continuous Improvement actions to ensure stability / improved Quality.
• Support problem root cause investigations that require measurements in Assembly Plant, with agreement from the Quality Manager.

Impact on innovations and changes

• Improvement of process stability and Quality stability.

Purpose and subject of the interaction/communication with internal/external interfaces, negotiating mandate

• Quality Improvement.

Education:

• Minimum N6 Mechanical Engineering or Equivalent. Diploma/BTech/Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Work Experience:

• 1-2 years in the Manufacturing industry.
• Measurement experience with manual measurement machines advantageous.

Additional skills: Special skills / technical ability etc.

• Jigs and fixtures operation and purposes.
• Geometrical knowledge.
• Root cause analysis skills.
• Presentation skills.
• Microsoft office advanced skills.
• Polyworks software.
• EEMA software. 

Closing date: 2 February 2026.