Production Manager
Direct Line Group
Date: 11 hours ago
City: Aldershot
Contract type: Full time

DLG is evolving. Across every facet of our business, our teams are embracing new opportunities and putting customers at the heart of everything they do. By joining our Auto Services team you’ll become a part of a network of repair centres with one simple mission. To deliver high-quality repairs as quickly and efficiently as possible for our more than 100,000 customers. As we look to the future, you can look to yours too. From technical capability to customer relations, here you’ll find a place where you can really thrive. We’ve got this!
What You'll Be Doing
The future is ambitious now the technologies used in Body Shops are evolving every single day, which is really helping us re-shape vehicle repair industry. That’s why we’re excited to be growing our teams and looking for people to join us as a
As a Production Manager we want you to bring your previous experience, skills and knowledge to the team, you will run, motivate, develop and lead your team, ensuring the team delivers a world class customer service, meeting customer’s needs and keeping promises, whilst meeting performance targets and operational objectives within DLG Auto Services. If you love to stay busy this role is really for you.
What You’ll Need
You will lead and coordinate the workflow of repairs within DLG Auto Services ensuring financial, volume and quality targets are achieved, ensuring high quality repairs within company procedures to maximise customer satisfaction. The effective management of the productive and support departments, and providing the delivery of high standard of engagement, motivation and employee relations. This role will report to the site manager
This role will include understanding and knowledge of
40 or 45 hour a week contracts available
Benefits
We recognise we wouldn't be where we are today without our colleagues, that's why we offer excellent benefits designed to suit your lifestyle:
Be yourself
Direct Line Group is an equal opportunity employer, and we think diversity of background and thinking is a big strength in our people. We're delighted to feature as one of the UK's Top 50 Inclusive Employers and are committed to making our business an inclusive place to work, where everyone can be themselves and succeed in their careers. We know you're more than a CV, and the things that make you, you, are what bring potential to our business. We recognise and embrace people that work in different ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you
What You'll Be Doing
The future is ambitious now the technologies used in Body Shops are evolving every single day, which is really helping us re-shape vehicle repair industry. That’s why we’re excited to be growing our teams and looking for people to join us as a
- Production Manager
As a Production Manager we want you to bring your previous experience, skills and knowledge to the team, you will run, motivate, develop and lead your team, ensuring the team delivers a world class customer service, meeting customer’s needs and keeping promises, whilst meeting performance targets and operational objectives within DLG Auto Services. If you love to stay busy this role is really for you.
What You’ll Need
You will lead and coordinate the workflow of repairs within DLG Auto Services ensuring financial, volume and quality targets are achieved, ensuring high quality repairs within company procedures to maximise customer satisfaction. The effective management of the productive and support departments, and providing the delivery of high standard of engagement, motivation and employee relations. This role will report to the site manager
This role will include understanding and knowledge of
- The management and co-ordination of productive and support staff to ensure effective workflow of repairs to meet the volume, sales, cost and customer/quality targets.
- Ensuring all Blueprint/Procedural/BS10125 regulations are adhered to at all times.
- You will have accountability for meeting and improving on customer satisfaction targets
- You will achieve and maintain and embed all “best practice” and “lean activities” as instructed by business strategy.
- Achieving budget sales and cost targets weekly, monthly and annually
- Ensuring all health and safety policy and procedures are followed at all times with all staff utilising safe working practises and monitor the correct use and storage of PPE.
- Achieving plan departmental and site productivity by effective holiday planning, workshop loading, scheduling, motivation and performance management of the productive staff.
- Achieving top and bottom box CSI by remaining on or better than target in each individual matrix measured by The Leadership Factor.
- Achieving company requirements for all legal and head office submissions.
- Group Learning Policy completion to a level of 100%, quarterly.
- Apply Standard Operating Procedure in accordance with policy standards
- Ensuring regular 1 to 1’s and quarterly reviews are undertaken in a timely manner and ratings are correctly applied.
- Build alongside the centre manager to ensure talent identification and appropriate succession planning is in place.
- Experience of high volume accident repair management and scheduling (essential)
- Deep understanding and experience of BS10125 regulations (essential)
- Knowledge and experience of Thatcham repair methods
40 or 45 hour a week contracts available
Benefits
We recognise we wouldn't be where we are today without our colleagues, that's why we offer excellent benefits designed to suit your lifestyle:
- 9% employer contributed pension
- 50% off home, motor and pet insurance plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover
- Additional optional Health and Dental insurance
- EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax efficient way.
- Generous holidays
- Buy as you earn share scheme
- Employee discounts and cashback
- Plus, many more
Be yourself
Direct Line Group is an equal opportunity employer, and we think diversity of background and thinking is a big strength in our people. We're delighted to feature as one of the UK's Top 50 Inclusive Employers and are committed to making our business an inclusive place to work, where everyone can be themselves and succeed in their careers. We know you're more than a CV, and the things that make you, you, are what bring potential to our business. We recognise and embrace people that work in different ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you
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