Bodyshop Manager

Meridian Business Support are delighted to be working with one of the UK’s leading independent accident repair groups to recruit for a Bodyshop Manager in Luton. Our client have 30+ sites throughout the UK and have partnered with most major insurance companies and vehicle manufacturers to ensure quality and care are at the forefront. The role of a Bodyshop Manager is to control all the activities within the Bodyshop ensuring that all work is undertaken in a timely and correct manner thereby always ensuring customer care/satisfaction. To carry out estimates as specified by insurers/customers ensuring that the vehicle repair can be carried out efficiently. Main Responsibilities: Responsible for managing an on-site team of experts, including paint sprayers, panel beaters, MET technicians, estimators and all administrative staff. You must have experience with managing a team and be driven by results Understand the business needs, the accounts, reports and KPI's, effectively manage site resources and costs in order to optimise capability and profitability and actively and efficiently manage work provider and supplier relationships Deal with any customer issues and must have experience with managing complaints Prior experience as a Bodyshop Site Manager, with expertise in health and safety protocols, ensuring these measures are consistently adhered to required Responsible for planning your workload effectively to ensure vehicles are ready to agreed timescales; working skillfully and safely under pressure, and carrying out work in accordance with manufacturers specification  Lead and work as part of a team as well as on your own initiative with minimal supervision, be flexible in your approach and continually work to high standards with customer satisfaction in mindThe successful candidate would preferably have 3 years experience in a similar role. Pay and Benefits: From £55,000 to £60,000 dependable on experience and qualifications Hours are 8am – 5pm Monday – Friday, 30-minute lunch break. Competitive salary plus team bonus 30 days holiday including public holidays, plus additional days with service Pension contributions Colleague recognition scheme Health cash plan: claim back medical costs Rewards platform: high street discounts Cycle to work schemeMeridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy. For more information, please contact Kevin in the office on (phone number removed) or (url removed) Our privacy policy can be found on our website