Voith GmbH

Business Manager (Appleton, Wisconsin (US))

Voith GmbH$90K — $120K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or relevant job experience
  • 5+ years of managing service solutions, customer expectations, and P&L
  • Experience with industrial automation and Quality/Distributed Control Systems (QCS/DCS)
  • Familiarity with Good Maintenance Practices and Root Cause Failure Analysis
  • Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
  • Proven leadership and delegation abilities
  • Strong business acumen, including financial planning and negotiation skills

Responsibilities

  • Develop long-term relationships with customers and exceed expectations
  • Manage service contracts timely and cost-effectively for customer satisfaction
  • Engage in sales pursuits and support project implementation
  • Operate as a working leader on existing customer contracts
  • Manage overall P&L, including budget and compensation responsibilities
  • Lead contract reviews and negotiations for maximum retention
  • Report and analyze financial and operational estimates regularly
  • Establish positive employee relations and foster a productive team environment
  • Coach team members to achieve customer results and process improvements
  • Champion safety culture in line with organizational regulations

Benefits

  • Standard office hours with flexibility for extended hours during peak periods
  • Opportunity for career development discussions and growth plans
  • Engagement in diverse service team management
  • Supportive environment for coaching and performance feedback
  • Commitment to employee safety and environmental requirements
Full Job Description
Position Summary:

A Business Manager leads service business through developed business plans, and delivery and execution of service solutions in compliance with customer specifications and contractual agreements, leading a team of field personnel, managing a P&L, growing the service business inside existing and new customer locations, and reporting the current and future performance of the department. Key responsibilities include daily engagement and teaming with customers, team members, sales and marketing, and project operations to ensure customer satisfaction, excellence in delivery, and profitable growth.

Key Responsibilities:
• Develop long-term, high quality sustainable business relationships with customers by engaging with management teams and consistently exceeding expectations
• Ensure timely and cost-effective management of service contracts by providing preventive maintenance and service according to contract requirements, ensuring guaranteed customer savings, delivering on commitments, and maximizing customer satisfaction and peace of mind
• Actively participate in sales pursuits and project implementation with appropriate Account Managers.
• If capable, operate as a working leader on existing customer contracts in support of service operations
• Manage overall P&L including department budget, location costs, and team compensation. Take full responsibility for achieving cash goals, including actions in support of past due receivables collections
• Lead contract reviews and negotiations with service customers and vendors to maximize contract retention
• Report, analyze, interpret, and maintain monthly, quarterly, and annual financial and operating estimates on revenue and cost, data/variances to regional management
• Lead by example to establish and maintain positive employee relations and maximum productivity by fostering open communication, providing regular performance feedback and ongoing talent assessment, identifying, and communicating goals for measuring team performance, conducting career development discussions with reports and help them to build development plans in support of current and future technology needs as well as customer relations skills
• Coach team members to drive achievement of customer results, implementation of process improvements, customer satisfaction and increase performance levels wherever possible
• Effectively manage a dispersed and culturally diverse services team
• Champion our safety culture through demonstrated understanding, commitment and action supporting the organizations safety and environmental requirements/regulations

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or relevant job experience
• Must have at least 5 years of managing service solutions, customer expectations, and P&L
• Successful experience servicing industrial automation, technical knowledge/application of Quality and Distributed Control Systems (QCS/DCS) and process control
• Understanding of Good Maintenance Practices, Root Cause Failure Analysis, and task scheduling
• Demonstrated track record interfacing and presenting solutions to manufacturing customers on levels from line management to plant/facility management
• Polished professional with excellent organizational, communication orally, in writing and interpersonal skills
• Proven track record of demonstrated leadership, ability to delegate authority, hold others accountable, and exceed assigned goals and objectives
• Demonstrated business acumen including financial planning, budgeting, and negotiation skills
• Strong problem-solving skills: ability to identify, anticipate problems before they occur
• Ability to grasp technical and customer issues and turn into business actions
• Demonstrated effectiveness to produce needed results in a multiple task, deadline driven environment; able to move from one task to another seamlessly
• Ability to understand and convey complex technical solutions, hardware and software deliverable and technical and financial results/issues, to OnCare and customer management
• Track record of management abilities that reflect strong people leadership skills including but not limited to coaching, performance managing, evaluating, communicating, developing talent within the organization

Work Environment

Primarily office-based with standard working hours. Occasional extended hours may be required during peak financial reporting periods.

About Voith GmbH

The Voith Group [f???t] is a German manufacturer of machines for the pulp and paper industry, technical equipment for hydropower plants and drive and braking systems. The family-owned company, which operates worldwide and has its headquarters in Heidenheim an der Brenz, was founded in 1867.
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