Area Service Manager A, CH, HU

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Where is the work:
Field-based: Work is conducted on-site at customer locations.

What's in it for you
As an Area Service Manager in our dealer network, you will play a pivotal role in developing and executing our service strategy within our indirect sales organization.

You will work closely with dealer principals and service managers to secure, develop, and grow their service capability, operational excellence, and customer satisfaction. You will leverage your deep technical credibility to guide dealers on service strategy and grow revenue through sales of parts and ensure that excellent Thermo King service standards are maintained in the dealer network.

This is a highly consultative role combining engineering expertise, structured escalations, and commercial enablement to drive long-term regional aftermarket growth.

This role will be reporting to the regional director of truck and trailer business in X Region, EMEA.

What you will do

- Achieve Services Sales Growth: maximize aftermarket sales according to AOP through the existing dealer network and follow up on performance targets with existing and occasionally new dealers.
- Dealer Service Business Coaching: Act as a strategic, consultative partner to dealer principals; guide them to structurally develop, track, and scale their local parts, maintenance, and digital service contract businesses.
- Structured Escalation & Advisory: Serve as the ultimate technical authority for dealerships in your area. Ensure complex technical field escalations are handled efficiently, routing systemic issues to the internal Service Excellence team while maintaining proactive communication back to the customer.
- Dealer Network Capability & Training: Secure the technical quality, readiness, and certification of our dealer network. Oversee that dealer technicians are trained and certified on our latest equipment, applications, and technology innovations (with a strong focus on electrification and smart connectivity).
- Strategic Market Intelligence: Identify regional market trends, competitive pressures, and regulatory changes to build localized service strategies and value propositions. Collaborate with Product Management to feed back field insights and customer needs for future product development.
- Cross-Functional Sales Enablement: Partner closely with Area Sales Managers to provide deep technical insights during joint customer business reviews, assisting them with complex technical sales support and post-sale service alignment.

What you will bring

- Educational Background: A Bachelor’ s degree in Engineering or a related technical field is preferred (or an equivalent combination of technical education, vocational certifications, and hands-on operational experience).
- Industry Experience: Proven experience in a service department, technical advisory, or field operations role- ideally within transport refrigeration, heavy machinery, automotive, or industrial HVAC sectors.
- Consultative & Commercial Aptitude: Strong business acumen with demonstrated coaching or relationship-management skills; comfortable discussing business plans and operational metrics with business owners.
- Languages: Fluent in German and professional-level English is mandatory.
- Interpersonal Strengths: Exceptional cross-cultural communication, cross-functional coordination, and customer-relationship building abilities.
- Travel: Ability to travel up to 60% of the time across the designated region to maintain strong, in-person dealer partnerships.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.