Regional Operations Manager
Description
KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Accountable for performance, audits and controls financial status of branches in region
- Recognized as company expert for equipment repair standards and procedures
- Understands best practices and knowledge for internal/external to solve problems
- Communicates and implements corporate policies and projects to the field
- Evaluates key business challenges and solves complex problems that impact the region
- Develops and executes company operational principles and functional strategies
ESSENTIALS for SUCCESS:
- Minimum of 5-7 years of progressive operations experience, preferred within the trailer leasing industry
- Entrepreneurial approach and “can do” attitude
- Experience being the face of the organization with employees, key customers and other business partners
- Forward thinking, possessing the ability to effectively administer training to operations leaders
- Must be able to understand and coach leaders
- Ability to travel (by car or plane) at least 65% of the time. Average Travel: 3 out of 4 weeks per month
- Ability to drive personal automobile
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management or equivalent industry experience
- Minimum of 3-5 years of trailer leasing experience
- Excellent communication skills, self-motivated, self-starter, sense of urgency, personable and organized
- Well organized and detailed with the ability to prioritize and problem solve
- Strong customer focus and ability to manage customer expectations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Coaching Ability:
Ability to facilitate the development of others' knowledge and skills by providing timely feedback, enhancing self-esteem, listening with empathy, asking for involvement, setting challenging attainable goals and providing necessary resources and guidance to help them reach their goals.
Leadership Ability:
Ability to influence the actions and opinions of others in a desired direction.
Interpersonal Skills:
Ability to communicate with others in a sincere and helpful manner while simultaneously building credibility and rapport.
Conscientiousness:
Ability to be responsible, dependable, and persistent and achievement oriented in completing job tasks
Customer Service:
Ability to meet and/or exceed customers’ expectations regarding quality and consistency of service provided.
Decision Making Ability/Decisiveness:
Ability to make decisions quickly based on available information by taking action and staying the course of the decided action.
Delegation Ability:
Ability to establish a course of action for others to accomplish a specific goal.
Safety Awareness:
Ability to follow regulations and procedures, check equipment and recognize hazards to insure personal and public safety as well as utilize all Premier issued safety equipment.
Verbal Communication Skills:
Ability to express/present ideas or information through the use of the spoken word via telephone or face-to-face
Written Communication Skills:
Able to express ideas clearly in documents that have basic organization structure and grammar.
Planning and Organizing:
Ability to establish objectives and organize materials to maximize performance.
Problem Solving/Diagnosis Skills:
Ability to examine all possible problems by collecting evidence and weighing factual information.
Mechanical Aptitudes:
Working knowledge of basic mechanical principles, operations and functioning.
TECHNOLOGY SKILLS: