Service Manager

5 Months ago • 6-8 Years

Job Summary

Job Description

Tesla seeks a Service Manager in Ribe, Denmark to lead and inspire a service team, ensuring exceptional customer experiences and operational excellence. Responsibilities encompass team development, daily operations management, performance improvement, financial accountability, and contributing to future service solutions. The ideal candidate is a strong people leader with proven experience managing technical teams, ideally in the automotive industry. Strong communication (fluent Danish and English) and change management skills are essential. The role requires a keen eye for customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and financial responsibility, striving to exceed targets and improve service consistently.

Must have:

Strong people leadership skills
Proven team management experience in a technical service environment
Exceptional customer service orientation
Operational and strategic leadership abilities
Fluency in Danish and English

Good to have:

Automotive industry experience
Experience with change management

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Job Details

What to Expect

At Tesla, our Service Managers are the front-line leaders of our Service operation. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering an exceptional service experience to our customers, developing team members, managing day-to-day operations, and ensure Tesla Service meets the needs of our customers as well as our employees. We hire leaders who want to run a service business and be a part of our critical mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. Our Service Managers consistently deliver excellent results across all aspects of the business; customer satisfaction; people leadership; operations; and financials.To succeed at Tesla, you must be energetic, highly organized, and smart working as well as having a passion for true leadership and our brand.

What You’ll Do

Inspire and lead all individuals at your location, to create top talent and future leaders of the company.
Coach and mentor your team for successes, recognizing their strengths and growth areas to achieve individual and operational growth
Provide your team with the right tools to succeed, eliminate any roadblocks, and lead by example to show what good looks like, meeting and exceeding targets
Keen eye for customers, drive attention on customer experience to exceed their expectations through the service experience.
Understand and own every aspect of service center metrics, driving continuous improvements and partnering with support teams to drive performance when necessary.
Financial accountability of the service center, ensuring the location is healthy and in line with set expectations.
Location responsible, ensuring the place of work is well organized for individuals and business needs, partnering with facilities to drive improvements.
Support in the development of future solutions – ideate, share and develop future proof solutions to improve service

What You’ll Bring

A strong people leader, with proven background managing teams in a service-focused technical environment. You engage, energize, and promote an inclusive team environment.
Knowledgeable – you have the ability and drive to quickly develop a good understanding of set processes and workflows. Automotive industry experience is a bonus.
Operational and strategic in your leadership, while always remaining hands-on.
Experienced within change management, with the proven ability to lead and engage people through and beyond change
Ability to communicate effectively and respectfully. Fluent in Danish and English.
Required to hold a valid Driver’s license
Eligible: to work in Denmark