Workshop Planner

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one
of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses
headquartered in Dubai, United A"rab Emirates. Structured into five operating
divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare;
employing more than ‎35,000 employees across more than ‎20 countries in the
Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over ‎200 of the
world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group's
entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to
continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers
within the societies in which we operate.
By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity;
Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our
customers each and every day.

Overview of the role:
* The primary focus of the role will be to control and manage the repair and maintenance activities in the workshop and to achieve or exceed the business targets by ensuring that maximum productivity and technician efficiency on the floor as always.

What you will do:
* Workshop Capacity Planning and Loading.
* Optimizing Productivity, efficiency and workshop output and review for continuous improvement.
* Right job allocation for right technician.
* Controlling productive time and distribution of jobs.
* Administer Technicians' time booking in time clocking system.
* Control and Plan Carry over jobs as well as work in progress.
* To implement the Dealer standards on the workshop floor.
* Ensure Fixt it Right First Time (FRFT) by assigning right jobs to right technicians.
* Ensures a Quality job and delivers the vehicles at promised time.
* Additional repair jobs are informed to Service Advisors which ensures rectification of all the necessary repairs in the vehicles.
* Identify and recommend training needs for technicians.
* Quality Performance Development Review with technicians.
* Conduct effective daily and weekly meetings with Technicians team for necessary updates.
* Assist Technical Support Manager in providing Quality Inspection Check Sheets.
* Maintaining Service Bulletins and Workshop Manuals.

Required Skills to be successful:
‎1.- Customer management and coordination experience
‎2.- Communication skills
‎3.- Timely Resolution
‎4.- Proficient in Microsoft Office

About the Team:
* Reporting to the Workshop Supervisor and the primary focus of the role will be to control and manage the repair and maintenance activities in the workshop and to achieve or exceed the business targets by ensuring that maximum productivity and technician efficiency on the floor as always.

What equips you for the role:
* Diploma or Bachelor of Automobile /Mechanical Engineering
* ‎3 to ‎5 years' overall experience with automobile dealership - Out of which a minimum ‎3 years in Service Dept. at planner level
* Automotive dealer / distributor business processes, working knowledge of Microsoft office, ERP skills, people and technical skills
* Proficient in SAP or systems
* Team Leader experience

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