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Work History
Education
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Kiel Stauffer

Keizer,OR

Summary

Skilled Shop Foreman with solid experience in managing workshop operations, overseeing team performance, and ensuring high-quality workmanship. Strengths include strong leadership abilities, comprehensive knowledge of shop equipment operation, and adeptness in problem-solving to optimize productivity. Significant impact made in previous roles through effective inventory management, proactive maintenance scheduling, and fostering a safe working environment.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Audi Shop Foremen

Audi Beaverton
Beaverton , Oregon
01.2013 - 01.2025

Successfully led a team of over 25 Audi technicians; we, as a team, strove to provide the best customer experience possible by monitoring and actively implementing changes to uphold CSI standards of 98% FRFT.

Foremen's Responsibilities

  • Dispatching work to each tech, skill set, and learning needs.
  • Talking with our clients, notating their concerns, and performing client test drives.
  • Maintaining tech training in the CRC, and setting up ILTs for each.
  • Keeping special tools inventoried, free from damage, and replaced if necessary.
  • Performing reviews of each tech.
  • Monitored tech timecards, PTO requests (ADP), hours, efficiency, FRFT, and bonus completion.
  • Training new hires and helping to familiarize them with our tech processes and ECT.

Audi technician responsibilities.

-Perform service and repair assignments correctly in the specified time frame, ensuring that repairs pass quality inspections and test drives.

-Diagnose and repair mechanical and electrical problems in accordance with manufacturer specifications.

-Performing vehicle inspections and quoting repairs as needed while being informative and transparent.

Volkswagen Technician

Herzog Meier
Beaverton, OR
01.2011 - 12.2012
  • Perform automotive repairs and services in accordance with store and factory standards.
  • Diagnose the cause of malfunctions, and implement effective solutions.
  • Road-test vehicles to ensure the quality of repair work.
  • Document all work performed on repair orders.

Volkswagen Technician

McDonald Auto Group
Littleton, CO
01.2010 - 12.2010
  • Perform automotive repairs and services in accordance with store and factory standards.
  • Diagnose the cause of malfunctions, and implement effective solutions.
  • Road-test vehicles to ensure the quality of repair work.
  • Document all work performed on repair orders.

Volkswagen Technician

Sheppard Motors
Eugene , OR
01.2005 - 12.2009
  • Perform automotive repairs and services in accordance with store and factory standards.
  • Diagnose the cause of malfunctions and implement effective solutions.
  • Road-test vehicles to ensure the quality of repair work.
  • Document all work performed on repair orders.

Education

Associate of Applied Science - Automotive

Universal Technical Institute
Avondale, AZ
06-2004

Skills

  • Team leading
  • Skill building
  • Training
  • Using ETKA
  • Knowledge of Audi Warranty
  • Process building
  • Teamwork and collaboration

Accomplishments

2013 Generations Best award.

Audi Magna elite dealer 5 times in a row 2018 to 2022

Affiliations

I had the opportunity to be a Service Manager at Sunset Beaverton's satellite facility Audi's Portland, during this time I wrote service and managed a team of nine technicians and three service writers for several months. This allowed me to see the client facing side of the business and gave me a new prospective in a manager position. Below I have listed a few of the things I had the privilege to do during this role.

  • Calling clients on the survey list that requested.
  • Calling and selling work to clients.
  • Facilitate loaner car agreements.
  • Working with AASM on issues

Timeline

Audi Shop Foremen

Audi Beaverton
01.2013 - 01.2025

Volkswagen Technician

Herzog Meier
01.2011 - 12.2012

Volkswagen Technician

McDonald Auto Group
01.2010 - 12.2010

Volkswagen Technician

Sheppard Motors
01.2005 - 12.2009

Associate of Applied Science - Automotive

Universal Technical Institute
Kiel Stauffer