Positive Regional Operations Manager with an optimistic attitude toward striving to be the best in terms of performance and customer satisfaction. Proficient at carrying out regular operational reviews and leading regional management teams. Knowledge of budgeting, succession planning and performance management.
Hands-on Regional Operations Manager with exceptional gifts in budgetary and cost control. Adaptable and versatile to oversee multiple locations. Exceptionally skilled at motivating location managers to perform duties and achieve highest potential.
Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Uses independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success.
Contract management and execution
• Monitor implementation of contracts in his/her area for customers (ex: Distributing work instructions and monitoring performance of Service Providers, Monitoring operational costs)
• Guarantee the respect of contractual commitments,
• Implement in your area the service providers performance monitoring and provide action plans up aiming to put Service Provider performances back on target.
• Enforce the qualification/ disqualification of Service Providers in the area.
Area Operational Management
• Optimize costs of operations
• Contribute in settling litigation
• Report on operation according to needs,
• Follow Operational KPI’s and improve performance of his/her team
• Develop and manage his team
• Guarantee the deployment of safety rules in his/her area.
• Guaranty implementation of ordering / reception of tires on his perimeter
• Guaranty implementation of derogation process when necessary
Product & Service technical knowledge
• Matches product/service to obvious customer needs.
• Locates and uses expertise of others to improve product/service knowledge.
• Displays knowledge of how products/services compare with those of the competition.
Team Management
• Manage employees according to the leadership model
• Ensure ethical business practices are followed.
• Champion, demonstrate, and uphold our core values: Customer Centric, Respect, Integrity, Teamwork, responsible, accountable, & winning.
• Coach, train and evaluate the team’s performance on a periodic basis and ensure compliance with the working methods and if needed, bring the necessary changes for professional development.
• Analyze the Indicators report for establishing the variable remuneration criteria.
• Propose quantitative and qualitative objectives for the team.
SERVICE PROVIDER MANAGEMENT
• Implement the geographic service delivery strategy in your local area (number of technicians, location, network coverage, etc.
• Seek, qualify and homologate new partnership with service providers and set up contract, infrastructure, technical capability, location, cost of the service, etc.
• Manages existing partner relations within established agreements and/or implement new agreements in new territory
• Ensure the network evolve according to the Company quality standards.
• Ensure the business model of the provider is aligned with the company vision (financial, environmental and social sustainability)
• Audit the provider on the support provided to customers.
• When applicable, ensure the material is available at the service provider.
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT & ACTIVITIES MONITORING
• Coordinates and monitor activities to ensure respect of timetable.
• Manage the Service provider contracts and payments of the service provided to the customer
• Monitors partnership arrangements to ensure that the objectives of the partnership remain on target.
• Monitors service providers performance (NPS) on his/her perimeter, and, when necessary, implement action plans aiming to put Service Provider performances back on target.
• Assess the Service Provider the operational/financial/ environmental performance
• Ensure that safety are respected by the provider
• Ensure that the provider has the proper inventory to support the customer
TRAINING AND NETWORK IMPROVEMENT
• Trains the service provider network on the different offers in the territories.
• Work closely with Service consultant to help define the service installation process, the accessories assembling manuals and the work instructions
• Analyze technical reports requesting financial compensation due to product or installation failures that may have caused damages to the customer's vehicle.
• Prospect and open new technical installation (provider) locations for the deployment of the solution.
Ensures preventive follow-up (inspection) of vehicles according to the periodicity defined in the contract & country road laws or contract specifications
• Knows the driving conditions and contributes to the tire recommendation process
• Schedules and executes necessary operations to maximize tire life. Maintain Services equipment, tooling and premises.
• Comments and ensures validation by the customer of operating documents (ex : non seen veh list)
• Use Michelin solutions’s tools and processes (ex: Fleet Inspection Tool, TYC portal , supply, …)
• Ensures invoicing of damaged items
• Optimizes the operational stocks (rolling and standing)
• Applies safety instructions in the execution of work
In 2022 I won the Michelin Excellence award for being an overall team player.