Excalibur, is looking for a manager with exceptional leadership and management skills, with expertise in all phases of custom auto painting, restoration and auto body and insurance repair. Excalibur needs a manager who can take ownership of the shop, staff performance, to include estimating, sales, profitability, customer service, production, employee relations, insurance relations, and more. We seek an outstanding individual who has people skills with both the client and the employee. Compensation TBD. Incredible opportunity for profit share. You must be willing to submit to a background check and drug test. Bring your creative and competitive A game! Bare in mind we are exploring taking sharing our shop and craft in a reality show. We will also enter restoration competitions and car shows.
Your duties would include but not limited too:
- Please send your resume no more than 3/pages with a cover letter telling us what your plan would be to take Excalibur to the next level.
-Writing estimates ( we use Mitchell Estimating)
- Scheduling appointments (calling customers back to get their work)
- Staying in touch with customers through out the process
-Supplying all techs with an estimate or work order before the job is started (with a due date on it!)
- Managing the body techs' daily schedule
-Getting the techs ready every morning ( making sure they know what has to be done in what order)
-Preform quality checks on the technicians through the day on their jobs
- Tracking their hours ( flat rate & hourly guys, to include 1099 independent contractors)
- Ordering parts
-Checking in parts (making sure they are correct & there is no damage)
-Ordering and keeping inventory of supplies
- Communication with insurance companies
-Coach and develop your staff, and address any situations as they arise to maintain a positive and cooperative work environment
-Walking the vehicle for final grade ( was everything done on the estimate & properly?)
-Maintain and foster vendor relationships
Requirements:
-Working knowledge of collision repair
-A working understanding of Auto Claims process
- Appraiser's License
- 10+ years of experience preferred
- Knowledge of managing
- Basic Computer skills
-A desire to help us improve the process that serves our customers
About Excalibur Custom Cars & Auto body Repair:
Located in beautiful sunny Tampa, Florida, close to the home of Bush Gardens & Disney World! We are a locally owned and operated custom car and auto repair service facility. Centrally located in the heart of sunbelt of Florida, and about 6 miles down the road from Bush Garden , 1 hour from Disney World.
Our state of the art facility and an additional state of the art body shop, we are Tampa's premier custom car and auto repair authority. Our company began in 2000. Today, we represent nine new car franchises including Honda, Chevrolet, Ford, Bugatti, Maserati, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep, Subaru, Saab and Scion, just to name a few.
Though we continue to grow, it is important for all of our customers and associates to know that we are still committed to the same goals that we were so many years ago: to provide fair, honest, reliable and excellence in services to all customers. We hope that our motto speaks for itself. Excalibur. You'll Love The Service!