Area Manager

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Area Manager. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Unique leader opportunity –runway role to progress your career
• Discounted healthcare and access to global e-learning system
• Continuous improvement culture to accelerate progress and innovation

Who are we:

Gilbarco Veeder-Root (GVR) is the global leader of integrated technology solutions in the retail petroleum and commercial fuelling industries. For more than 150 years, we’ve kept the world moving and continue to lead the evolution of fuelling technology.  Chances are, when you fill up a tank or swipe a credit card, you’re likely to touch our technology, that spans across the world.

GVR is part of the Fortive group – a fortune 500, publicly listed company, with 20 brands and over 20,000 employees globally. Originating from the $20B Danaher Corporation; Fortive is a one-of-a-kind place. You get the excitement, and the opportunities for impact and visibility, of a start-up; and enjoy the security and the commitment to growth of a proven business with a history of success.

About the opportunity:

We’ve got a unique full time Area Manager career opportunity in our high performing Tasmanian team. This is no ordinary role and as such we’re looking for people who truly enjoy no 2 days being the same! The role will see you managing our Service function, defending and growing the Installation business as well as overall site operations management.

Your day to day accountabilities will include:

Service Management

• Daily work management including: scheduling, organizing and controlling the day to day activities of 4 service technicians to ensure the job is completed safely, timely, efficiently and effectively;
• Interfacing between the customer: you will act as the face of the GVR to the customer, ensuring and maintaining that SLA’s in service agreements are met;
• Looking at performance data to address performance issues and implementing solutions to increase productivity;
• Reporting on metrics and KPI’s;
• Coaching, mentoring and helping to develop the career’s and performance of the service technicians.

Site Operation Management

• Promoting Gilbarco’s safety culture and following our core belief of getting people home safely;
• Conducting on site (field) safety audits and pro-actively addressing hazards;
• Plan, co-ordinate and control the day-to-day activities of site (receiving, despatch, inventory, control of stock & ordering parts) ensuring excellent site operation;
• Successfully improving process and streamlining activities through continuous improvement and best practice process improvement;
• Increase and maintain the profitability of the Business Unit by controlling day to day operating costs and maximising revenue; through development of improved efficiencies.

Installation Management

• Increasing our current Installation footprint & work by owning and evolving existing customer relationships;
• Leading new Installation projects (in Tasmania) with new and potential customers (from a sales and business development perspective);
• Influencing & collaborating with all levels of internal stakeholders as part of the installation sales process (as required);
• Managing the customer expectations, disruptions, conflicts and owning the customer journey.

What you’ll need:

• Hands on people leadership experience;
• Similar experience in a multi- faceted operational and customer facing role;
• Superior stakeholder management, conflict resolution and influencing ability;
• Project management work style and exposure;
• Exposure to construction industry (ideal)
• Demonstrated success in strategic and executive level business partnering;

Who you are:

Management by Fact: Gathers, analyses and summarizes data to draw rational, fact-based conclusions.         

Adapting to Change: Able to effectively adapt an environment of change, uncertainty, and ambiguity. Intellect: Understands the conceptual, strategic, tactical and technical aspects of an issue.

Sense of Urgency: High energy, bias for taking-action. Spontaneously recognizes and resolves issues.                                                                                                              Sophisticated communicator, problem solver and influencer: strong interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence is natural to you. You pride yourself on driving decisions and owning a commercial outcome for all parties involved.

Our culture:

At GVR, we build extraordinary teams for extraordinary results! We believe in growth and invest in our people to make it happen. We’re committed to our customers and are always leaning into the next challenge, imagining the next breakthrough, and designing the next innovation. We keep the world moving and focus on improving lives.

We’re strengthened by diversity. As an equal opportunity employer, we’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace and providing a work environment in which everyone is included and treated fairly with respect.

Join us on our journey as we lead the evolution of petroleum technology, and where you’ll help to keep the world moving, what are you waiting for? Apply now!