National Express Hiring for General Manager Transit 1 Job at Richmond, VA Full Time

Description

National Express LLC (NELLC) is the North American subsidiary of National Express Group, PLC, one of the premier transportation firms in the United Kingdom. We operate across 34 states and three provinces. All organizations share a strong commitment to provide the highest level of transportation safety, quality transportation, outstanding customer service and positive employee relations. National Express School (NEXS) operates more than 22,500 school buses, serves more than 550 school districts in 31 states and three provinces, and transports more than 1.3 million students on a daily basis. National Express Transit (NEXT) operations transport more than 22 million passengers annually with more than 2,800 vehicles. National Express Shuttle (WeDriveU) serves more than nine million corporate and university passengers annually. NELLC’s corporate headquarters, located in Lisle, Illinois, houses the administrative and corporate support functions for the organization. Our 290 local customer service centers (CSCs) are supported by regional operations teams located throughout North America. Learn more at nellc.com.

Responsibilities:

• Delivers overall performance and results for the CSC.

• Collaborates with company leaders to understand overall business goals and creates a CSC operating plan to support these objectives.

• Ensures the CSC is a “customer-centric” team that is focused on building strong and effective partnerships

• Develops CSC plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges as guided by the Regional Manager and company standard operating procedures and policies.

• Communicates company values, strategies and objectives in an effort to share information and while encouraging feedback and input.

• Review budgets and develop the annual operating plan business review.

• Develop short and long-range business plans to increase incremental business, revenues and margins.

• Directs, coaches and develops CSC staff including Operations Manager, Dispatcher, Office Administrator, Operators, Maintenance, and Safety Manager to obtain the required skills and abilities to act independently in their job assignments.

• Builds company image by collaborating with customers, government, community organizations, and employees while demonstrating strong and ethical business practices.

• Creates a culture of safety while providing a high quality of service.

• Identifies key safety issues affecting the safety of passengers and employees and takes corrective action to resolve these concerns

• Meets regularly with customers to review service quality and performance.

• Enhances and builds on current customer relationships to ensure customer retention.

• Works with Regional Vice President and Marketing & Sales department in gathering data and assisting in the sales process in pursuit of new business

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, management or related field or 10-12 years of comparable experience; MBA preferred

• At least 3 years of supervisory experience and P&L oversight

• Proven ability to meet service delivery expectations including customer and safety

• Ability to travel up to 10%

• Bi-lingual abilities a plus

• Knowledge of risk assessment to resolve customer issues which do not expose the Company to unnecessary risk.

• Knowledge of the companies, service promise, services, capabilities, policies, procedures and practices to effectively manage CSC personnel.

• Knowledge of customer service best practices to build strong customer relationships

• Knowledge of contract administration principles and practices to develop contractual agreements and/or Requests for Proposal documents.

• Knowledge of leadership and management practices and techniques.

At National Express our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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Job: Operations Field

Primary Location: United States-Virginia-Richmond-Richmond, VA

Work Locations Richmond, VA (7072_Richmond, VA)301 East Belt BoulevardRichmond, 23224

Organization Transit

Schedule Full-time

Employee Status Regular

Job Level Manager

Job Shift Day Job

Travel No

Req ID: 222179