ConMet is seeking an experienced, customer-focused
Director of Customer Service to lead our customer service and warranty organizations. This strategic leadership role is responsible for improving customer experience, managing warranty and customer facing service administration, resolving escalated issues, and driving cross-functional improvements across quality, operations, engineering, supply chain, sales, and finance.
The ideal candidate brings strong leadership experience in a manufacturing, automotive, commercial vehicle, or industrial environment, along with expertise in warranty programs, customer service management & systems, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement with a focus on customer experience.
What You'll Do- Lead, coach, and develop customer service and warranty teams.
- Understand existing systems and organizations and develop improvements to systems, processes and organizational resources to optimize our customer experience.
- Oversee and implement improved service standards, KPIs, escalation processes, and operating rhythms that deliver consistent customer experience.
- Oversee the end-to-end warranty claim process, including investigation, approval or denial, payment, reporting, and closure.
- Partner with Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sales, and Suppliers to resolve customer concerns and implement corrective actions.
- Analyze customer service and warranty data to identify trends, recurring issues, cost drivers, and improvement opportunities.
- Serve as a senior escalation point for significant customer concerns, service failures, and warranty disputes.
- Develop reporting and dashboards for customer satisfaction, claim turnaround time, backlog, repeat issues, claim rates, and warranty costs.
- Support product launches, process changes, and strategic initiatives by ensuring customer service and warranty readiness.
- Oversight will be at various locations and will require travel as appropriate.
What You'll Bring- Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of experience in customer service, warranty administration, quality, operations, or a related field.
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing teams and cross-functional initiatives.
- Strong knowledge of warranty processes, customer service systems, customer escalation management, root-cause analysis, and corrective action.
- Experience in manufacturing, automotive, commercial vehicle, or industrial operations.
- Strong communication, analytical, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience in manufacturing customer service and warranty management inclusive of both OEM and aftermarket oversight.
- Familiarity with SAP, ERP, CRM, warranty management, and reporting tools.
- Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous-improvement experience.
- Financial acumen related to warranty reserves, claim costs, and cost management.
This is an
onsite (not hybrid or remote) office job based at ConMet's corporate headquarters in Vancouver, Washington. Non-local candidates must be open to relocation (relocation assistance available).
Note: Employer will not sponsor visas for position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis.
Compensation & Benefits- The full salary range for the position, across all geographies, is $148,000 - $255,000 per year. The upper portion of the salary range is typically reserved for existing employees who demonstrate strong performance over time. Starting salary will vary by location, qualifications, and prior experience.
- Targeted annual bonus is based on company performance to objectives during the fiscal plan year which runs from October 1 - September 30.
- Comprehensive employee benefits package, including medical/dental/vision coverage, life and disability protection.
- Vacation plan - ConMet offers exempt employees a paid vacation benefit that provides the flexibility to take time off from work based on factors including good discretion, sound performance, and consideration of overall team and business needs.
- Paid sick leave up to 10 days (80 hours) per calendar year
- ConMet offers an extremely strong retirement package:
- ESOP - Participation (100% company paid) in the ConMet/Amsted Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP). The Company contributes 10% of considered compensation into this plan each fiscal year.
- 401k - The Company provides a 401(k) Plan with a 4% employer contribution match.
- Ten paid holidays per year.
- Wellness reimbursement.
