Senior Manager Western Regional Service Branch

• Actively seek opportunities for business growth via the current route to market.
• Develop trusting relationships with key decision makers within the market.
• Travels to potential and existing clients for sales support/evaluation as needed.
• Positively effect the sales performance of GEA Service – North America while representing the company in a professional manner.
• Actively promote the GEA CREATE organizational concept – to external customers and internal employees.
• Actively prepare proposals for smaller scale projects (service projects) including rebuilding service and field service visits.
• Occasional responsibility for order entry into ERP system, project management, execution, and invoicing
• Maintain potential Service Orders on Hotlist and appropriate CRM database
• Participate in the negotiation of offers, quotations, and contracts (customer T&C’s)
• Provides market feedback (competition, trends, etc.) to Director of Service
• Assists customer/user in plant system problem solving. 
• Participate in the preparation of annual service departmental budget and capital appropriation.
• Interfaces with vendors, customers/users on situations requiring supervisory decision making.
• Apprises management of trends in equipment performance or reliability and solutions to warranty situations.
• Reviews time sheets, service tickets, and expense reports prior to submitting to York, PA.
• Initiates and manages service orders and service agreements.
• Manage schedule of service work.
• Provide training, coaching, development, and motivation. 
• Identify areas of improvement and propose corrective actions that meet challenges and leverage growth opportunities. 
• Aids in the collection of delinquent accounts.
• Supervises rebuild technicians.
• Reviews inspection reports and compressor modification sheets.
• Assists in compressor research and development.
• Assists customer/user in problem solving via phone conversations.
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or another related field. 
• At least three years of experience in industrial refrigeration. 
• At least three years of experience in sales and business development.
• At least five years of leadership experience. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with remote field service management strongly considered.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills.
• Detail orientated.
• Good managerial and supervisory abilities.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strategically minded.

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