The Customer Service Manager (“CSM”) will be the single point of contact and voice of assigned customers, responsible for managing the customer relationship throughout the product life cycle following commercial operation. The CSM will be responsible for providing premier service and maintaining superior customer relationships to meet routine and special needs, including planned and unplanned maintenance work, spare parts, field service, upgrades and retrofits, and other requirements as they emerge. The CSM reports to the Regional Manager, Aftermarket Services, North America.
· Facilitate single-point communication with the customer; own all that happens within assigned accounts.
· Manage all aftermarket commercial and technical concerns commencing with commercial operation of the power plant equipment, including field service, parts, component repairs, shop repairs, retrofit and upgrade needs, account value, etc.
· Provide highly responsive technical support as required, routing technical support through the technical case management process with Customer Service Engineering.
· Administer Mitsubishi Power Aero contractual commitments during the warranty period, managing warranty budgets effectively.
· Manage and administer warranty parts shipments remaining from any new unit project obligations as well as service work obligations. Monitor/manage the material return process as required.
· Provide availability and reliability metrics for assigned accounts.
· Coordinate maintenance events with the customer to ensure high availability and reliability of equipment; communicate effectively to propose/plan/coordinate/present work to internal stakeholders who support the work (i.e., spare parts, overhaul and repair, retrofits and upgrades, field service, controls engineers, customer service engineers, or contractors).
· Coordinate sale of spare parts and present service bulletins to help customers meet fleet availability requirements and ensure they are informed.
· Establish good working relationships with customers to ensure continuous quality improvement and increased customer satisfaction while protecting Mitsubishi Power Aero interests.
· Coordinate and help to schedule engine shop repairs.
· Provide weekly status report detailing outages and commercial concerns.
· Utilize company digital platforms to report and manage technical cases, warranty cases, manage proposal opportunities, approve invoices, and maintain integrity of account data f for assigned accounts (CSRS, CRM, CTR, SAP, Cora, etc.).
· Facilitate/lead presentations to customers for upgrade and retrofit opportunities. Perform follow-ups with customers, lean forward to know and drive customer decision-making process, and support closure of each opportunity. Proactively stay engaged and aware during execution phase to assure customer satisfaction.
· Participate in Mitsubishi Power Aero user conferences and other customer relationship-building efforts and events sponsored by Mitsubishi Power Aero. Implement other ways to develop customer accounts to foster trusting relationships and develop short- and long-term service work plans.
· Travel to customer locations is expected to build relationships; handle emergency troubleshooting or repairs within the capability of the CSM and in support of maintenance planning; present upgrade opportunities; improve service bulletin implementation; and provide a superior customer experience.
· Maintain keen awareness of account value (i.e., historic, actual, and projected revenue per year by product line) and competently plan account short- and long-term goals to maximize value. Monitor accounts receivable status and support the Finance team as needed to ensure timely collections.
· Business acumen and contractual service business knowledge
· Strong ability to present and summarize topics for internal stakeholders and customers utilizing MS 365; capacity to interface maturely at various levels of the customer’s organization
· Proactive engagement and energy to raise customer service levels
· Must be fully proficient in English (verbal and written); additional language skills a plus
· Engineering or business degree; alternatively, minimum 20 years of experience in the power generation field
· Mitsubishi Power Aero product experience highly preferred, but not required; other aero-derivative or heavy-frame gas turbine technology acceptable
· Preferred base location is Central United States