Workshop Supervisor - Ribe

2 Days ago • 6-8 Years • Operations

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Job Description

The Workshop Supervisor at Tesla in Ribe, Denmark, leads and manages a team of service technicians, ensuring the smooth operation of the service center. Responsibilities include overseeing health and safety compliance, conducting performance reviews, planning work assignments, managing tools and inventory, and driving continuous improvements. The role requires strong leadership, technical automotive expertise (preferably with EV experience), problem-solving skills, and excellent communication. The supervisor acts as a brand ambassador, providing exceptional customer service and directly interacting with customers when needed. The position demands flexibility to work day and evening shifts.

Must have:

Technical automotive background
Leadership and team motivation
Problem-solving and analytical skills
Excellent communication skills
Health and safety compliance
EV experience preferred

Good to have:

Experience with Electric Vehicles
Proficiency in local languages

What to Expect

Our Workshop Supervisors are the front-line leaders of our Service operation. They act as brand ambassadors, delivering an exceptional experience to customers, managing day-to-day operations as well as proactively developing team members to reach their full potential. We hire leaders who want to run a service business and be a part of our critical mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

Our Workshop Supervisors consistently deliver excellent results across both people leadership and business operations. To succeed at Tesla, you must be energetic, highly organized, and smart working as well as having a passion for true leadership and our brand.

What You’ll Do

Supervise the health and safety compliance across the center, setting the tone and always leading by example
Oversee and lead a team of service technicians to achieve results and set targets.
Conduct regular one-to-ones and feedback sessions with team members, providing constructive and clear coaching, identifying training needs, and driving their development.
Plan, prepare and distribute work based on skill level, capacity and resource
Monitor performance consistently and be responsible for quality within your team, reporting progress to management daily, together with any specific incidents
Identify any roadblocks disturbing workflow and ensure that everyone has the tools and training to perform their role successfully
Responsible for tooling inventory management, cost controls, and tool orders
Ensure that work standards and available procedures are up-to-date accurate and that all work is compliant
Hold daily meetings with the team, outlining expectations and workload for the day ahead
Act as the main point of contact within Front of House and warehouse, connecting with customers directly if required to limit escalation cases
Motivate, lead and inspire the team in continuous improvements and efficiencies
Liaise daily with internal teams within the Service Centre including Sales & Delivery and local Senior Management

What You’ll Bring

Technical automotive background as a Service Technician is highly preferable, ideally with experience working with Electric Vehicles
Proven ability to lead by example and be innovative with processes and efficiencies
Analytical ability to understand and impact key performance indicators
Problem solving initiative to fix problems when they arise, but also understand why and how they happened
Ability to motivate a team, to engage and facilitate others to achieve and succeed
A calm, considered approach with exceptional communication skills
Flexibility; willing to work both day and evening shifts based on local market needs
Digitally savvy – ability to adopt and adapt quickly to new technology and systems as well as standards tools like MS office
Able to communicate, read, and write effectively in the English language, and other local languages based on local market needs
Must have and continue to maintain a valid driving license and safe driving record
Eligible: to work in Denmark

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