Body Shop General Manager
CurrentProvide strong business leadership within the business, ensuring a committed “hands on” approach to daily operation. Direct seven full time employees while maintaining a reasonable department operating profit. Maintains customer satisfaction standards while controlling expenses for the $2M+ local shop. Direct the activities of body shop employees to meet deadlines, productivity levels and quality standards. Negotiates repairs with customers as well as insurance providers.Key Accomplishments:▪ Continuously implements process improvements that save internal costs such as reorganizing back inventory, auditing all files, parts and repair orders; and establishing and enforcing SOPs to maximize service and revenue.▪ Maintain fiscal accountability of $150K/month ($1M+/year) incoming revenue and all accounts needs. ▪ Freed up busy phone lines by implementing Office-at-Hand technology to grow from a single line to multiple lines. ▪ Streamlined the ordering system to include online capabilities that automated processes and allowed customer autonomy.▪ Audit all work orders, files, repair orders, and parts for discrepancies’, inventory needs and document errors.