Service Manager
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. Let's parse content.
We have:
- About DECCO Postharvest: description of company. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About DECCO Postharvest" is about company, not role. The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have "About the role" heading, but we have "About DECCO Postharvest". Might treat as "About the role"? However we need to preserve substantive info; we could put that content under a heading "About the role" or maybe "About DECCO Postharvest" is not one of the allowed headings but we could still use it? The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). It implies we should use those headings when appropriate. It doesn't forbid other headings, but likely they want those specific headings. The "About DECCO Postharvest" is like company overview; could be placed under "About the role"? Might be okay. But we could also create a heading "About DECCO Postharvest" as though not in list; but they said use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). It doesn't say only those, but examples. Safer to follow examples: use those headings. So we need sections: About the role (company description + role purpose), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to see which sections have content.
From posting:
- Role purpose: description of Service Manager responsibilities overview. Could go under About the role.
- Key Responsibilities: list of responsibilities. So Responsibilities section.
- Key Qualifications: includes Education & Experience, Competency & Skills, Supervisory Responsibilities, Travel, Location. That's qualifications.
- Key Competencies: list of competencies (results orientation, being resilient, customer focus, decision making & accountability). Those could be Skills or Qualifications? They are competencies; could be Skills section.
- Benefits, Pay, Schedule: not mentioned explicitly. There's no pay or benefits info. So we should NOT include those sections.
Thus we will have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose use
.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate etc.
We need to extract content.
Let's parse sections:
About DECCO Postharvest: description.
Role purpose: The Service Manager is responsible for leading service operations to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and financial performance. This role oversees service delivery, field or internal service teams, and continuous improvement initiatives while acting as a key liaison between customers, commercial teams, and internal stakeholders. This is a hands-on working manager role that is expected to actively support service execution, perform field service activities when required, and provide operational coverage during staffing shortages, peak workloads, or employee absences.
We can combine these into About the role section.
Responsibilities: list under "Key Responsibilities". Items:
- Service Operations & Delivery
- Lead and manage day‑to‑day service operations to ensure timely, high‑quality service delivery.
- Ensure consistent execution of service standards, procedures, and safety requirements.
- Resolve escalated service issues and customer complaints with professionalism and urgency.
- Drive continuous improvement in service processes, tools, and workflows.
- Actively participate in field service, troubleshooting, repairs, installations, commissioning, and customer support activities as business needs require.
- Provide direct operational coverage for service technicians and support personnel during PTO, vacations, leaves of absence, open positions, or other staffing shortages when alternate resources are unavailable.
- Maintain the technical skills and certifications necessary to safely perform service work and support customers in a hands-on capacity.
- Team Leadership & Development
- Manage, coach, and develop service technicians, industrial technicians, and other support staff.
- Set clear performance expectations and conduct regular reviews.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and customer focus.
- Lead by example through active participation in service activities and willingness to support the team in the field when needed.
- Customer & Stakeholder Management
- Build strong relationships with key customers and act as a trusted service partner.
- Collaborate with Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to align service delivery with business objectives.
- Support customer retention, renewals, and upselling opportunities through service excellence.
- Provide clear communication to customers regarding service schedules, issues, and resolutions.
- Financial & Resource Management
- Manage service budgets, labor utilization, and cost controls.
- Oversee and manage spending on capital projects and repair and maintenance
- Forecast service demand and ensure adequate staffing and resource planning.
- Track service profitability and recommend actions to improve margins.
- Compliance & Quality
- Ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and safety standards.
- Drive quality assurance initiatives and root‑cause analysis for recurring service issues.
- Maintain accurate service documentation, reports, and system records.
We need to preserve all. We'll output as
- each bullet. Could group under subheadings? Not required; just list.
Qualifications: includes Education & Experience, Competency & Skills, Supervisory Responsibilities, Travel, Location.
Let's extract:
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations or related field or minimum 7 years of experience in repair, maintenance, constructing, and operation of machinery
- Minimum 3 years of proven experience managing teams and customer relationships
Competency & Skills:
- Valid driver’s license, able to drive company vehicle, and safely tow trailers
- Proficient computer skills: use of word processor (Word), Excel, PowerPoint and internet functions
- Customer-centric mindset
- People leadership and coaching
- Problem-solving and decision-making
- Financial and commercial acumen
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Control panel building and repair skills, PLC use experience a plus
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Number of direct reports – 9
- Budget responsibilities – Citrus Service cost center, specifics provided on KPIs
Travel:
- Primarily day travel within Visalia/Ventura areas.
- Occasional overnight travel to other regions to support operations and to attend company meetings.
Location:
- Ventura, Visalia and other surrounding areas as needed
We need to output as list items.
Skills: The Key Competencies section:
- RESULTS ORIENTATION: Strong capability in focusing on tasks and results to achieving goals, solving problems, maintaining productivity, and making fast decisions by using a critical thinking approach.
- BEING RESILIENT – Ability to manage crises and volatile situation effectively. Should be able remain objective and calm and show positive attitude & strong judgement when faced with adversity
- CUSTOMER FOCUS – Ability to building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions
- DECISION MAKING & ACCOUNTABILITY – Ability to Identify, understand & solve complex problems, issues and opportunities, take effective decisions basis available facts, constraints and possible consequences
We could treat these as Skills.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /. Use
for each section heading.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Not present.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not needed.
We must not include Pay/Benefits/Schedule sections.
Thus final HTML:
About the role
... combined description ...
Responsibilities
- ... each bullet ...
...
Qualifications
- ... each bullet ...
...
Skills
- ... each competency ...
...
Make sure to preserve all details exactly as in text, preserving punctuation, line breaks? We'll just put each bullet as - with the text.
We need to be careful not to lose any detail like "Citrus Service cost center, specifics provided on KPIs". Keep.
Now craft About the role paragraph: combine About DECCO Postharvest and Role purpose.
About DECCO Postharvest: "DECCO, an ADVANTA company, is the global leader in providing postharvest solutions to reduce food waste and enhance the freshness of fresh fruits and vegetables all along the food supply chain. DECCO delivers value every day to packers, shippers, supermarkets and consumers with customized coating, decay control, sanitization and disinfection products, application technology, on-site service and almost 90 years of postharvest expertise. Our 200+ dedicated DECCO employees operate in over 40 countries. Our purpose is to enable more and better Fresh Food for the world. More. Beautiful. Fresh"
Role purpose: "The Service Manager is responsible for leading service operations to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and financial performance. This role oversees service delivery, field or internal service teams, and continuous improvement initiatives while acting as a key liaison between customers, commercial teams, and internal stakeholders. This is a hands-on working manager role that is expected to actively support service execution, perform field service activities when required, and provide operational coverage during staffing shortages, peak workloads, or employee absences."
Combine into one paragraph maybe two sentences. We'll keep as two paragraphs? Could be one
containing both. We'll just put both sentences in one
separated by space.
Now Responsibilities list: need to include each bullet exactly as given.
Let's list them:
- Lead and manage day‑to‑day service operations to ensure timely, high‑quality service delivery.
- Ensure consistent execution of service standards, procedures, and safety requirements.
- Resolve escalated service issues and customer complaints with professionalism and urgency.
- Drive continuous improvement in service processes, tools, and workflows.
- Actively participate in field service, troubleshooting, repairs, installations, commissioning, and customer support activities as business needs require.
- Provide direct operational coverage for service technicians and support personnel during PTO, vacations, leaves of absence, open positions, or other staffing shortages when alternate resources are unavailable.
- Maintain the technical skills and certifications necessary to safely perform service work and support customers in a hands-on capacity.
- Manage, coach, and develop service technicians, industrial technicians, and other support staff.
- Set clear performance expectations and conduct regular reviews.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and customer focus.
- Lead by example through active participation in service activities and willingness to support the team in the field when needed.
- Build strong relationships with key customers and act as a trusted service partner.
- Collaborate with Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to align service delivery with business objectives.
- Support customer retention, renewals, and upselling opportunities through service excellence.
- Provide clear communication to customers regarding service schedules, issues, and resolutions.
- Manage service budgets, labor utilization, and cost controls.
- Oversee and manage spending on capital projects and repair and maintenance
- Forecast service demand and ensure adequate staffing and resource planning.
- Track service profitability and recommend actions to improve margins.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and safety standards.
- Drive quality assurance initiatives and root‑cause analysis for recurring service issues.
- Maintain accurate service documentation, reports, and system records.
Note: there is a line break after "repair and maintenance" maybe missing period; we keep as is.
Now Qualifications list:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations or related
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). It implies we should use those headings when appropriate. It doesn't forbid other headings, but likely they want those specific headings. The "About DECCO Postharvest" is like company overview; could be placed under "About the role"? Might be okay. But we could also create a heading "About DECCO Postharvest" as though not in list; but they said use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). It doesn't say only those, but examples. Safer to follow examples: use those headings. So we need sections: About the role (company description + role purpose), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to see which sections have content.
From posting:
- Role purpose: description of Service Manager responsibilities overview. Could go under About the role.
- Key Responsibilities: list of responsibilities. So Responsibilities section.
- Key Qualifications: includes Education & Experience, Competency & Skills, Supervisory Responsibilities, Travel, Location. That's qualifications.
- Key Competencies: list of competencies (results orientation, being resilient, customer focus, decision making & accountability). Those could be Skills or Qualifications? They are competencies; could be Skills section.
- Benefits, Pay, Schedule: not mentioned explicitly. There's no pay or benefits info. So we should NOT include those sections.
Thus we will have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose use
.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate etc.
We need to extract content.
Let's parse sections:
About DECCO Postharvest: description.
Role purpose: The Service Manager is responsible for leading service operations to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and financial performance. This role oversees service delivery, field or internal service teams, and continuous improvement initiatives while acting as a key liaison between customers, commercial teams, and internal stakeholders. This is a hands-on working manager role that is expected to actively support service execution, perform field service activities when required, and provide operational coverage during staffing shortages, peak workloads, or employee absences.
We can combine these into About the role section.
Responsibilities: list under "Key Responsibilities". Items:
- Service Operations & Delivery
- Lead and manage day‑to‑day service operations to ensure timely, high‑quality service delivery.
- Ensure consistent execution of service standards, procedures, and safety requirements.
- Resolve escalated service issues and customer complaints with professionalism and urgency.
- Drive continuous improvement in service processes, tools, and workflows.
- Actively participate in field service, troubleshooting, repairs, installations, commissioning, and customer support activities as business needs require.
- Provide direct operational coverage for service technicians and support personnel during PTO, vacations, leaves of absence, open positions, or other staffing shortages when alternate resources are unavailable.
- Maintain the technical skills and certifications necessary to safely perform service work and support customers in a hands-on capacity.
- Team Leadership & Development
- Manage, coach, and develop service technicians, industrial technicians, and other support staff.
- Set clear performance expectations and conduct regular reviews.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and customer focus.
- Lead by example through active participation in service activities and willingness to support the team in the field when needed.
- Customer & Stakeholder Management
- Build strong relationships with key customers and act as a trusted service partner.
- Collaborate with Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to align service delivery with business objectives.
- Support customer retention, renewals, and upselling opportunities through service excellence.
- Provide clear communication to customers regarding service schedules, issues, and resolutions.
- Financial & Resource Management
- Manage service budgets, labor utilization, and cost controls.
- Oversee and manage spending on capital projects and repair and maintenance
- Forecast service demand and ensure adequate staffing and resource planning.
- Track service profitability and recommend actions to improve margins.
- Compliance & Quality
- Ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and safety standards.
- Drive quality assurance initiatives and root‑cause analysis for recurring service issues.
- Maintain accurate service documentation, reports, and system records.
We need to preserve all. We'll output as
- each bullet. Could group under subheadings? Not required; just list.
Qualifications: includes Education & Experience, Competency & Skills, Supervisory Responsibilities, Travel, Location.
Let's extract:
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations or related field or minimum 7 years of experience in repair, maintenance, constructing, and operation of machinery
- Minimum 3 years of proven experience managing teams and customer relationships
Competency & Skills:
- Valid driver’s license, able to drive company vehicle, and safely tow trailers
- Proficient computer skills: use of word processor (Word), Excel, PowerPoint and internet functions
- Customer-centric mindset
- People leadership and coaching
- Problem-solving and decision-making
- Financial and commercial acumen
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Control panel building and repair skills, PLC use experience a plus
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Number of direct reports – 9
- Budget responsibilities – Citrus Service cost center, specifics provided on KPIs
Travel:
- Primarily day travel within Visalia/Ventura areas.
- Occasional overnight travel to other regions to support operations and to attend company meetings.
Location:
- Ventura, Visalia and other surrounding areas as needed
We need to output as list items.
Skills: The Key Competencies section:
- RESULTS ORIENTATION: Strong capability in focusing on tasks and results to achieving goals, solving problems, maintaining productivity, and making fast decisions by using a critical thinking approach.
- BEING RESILIENT – Ability to manage crises and volatile situation effectively. Should be able remain objective and calm and show positive attitude & strong judgement when faced with adversity
- CUSTOMER FOCUS – Ability to building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions
- DECISION MAKING & ACCOUNTABILITY – Ability to Identify, understand & solve complex problems, issues and opportunities, take effective decisions basis available facts, constraints and possible consequences
We could treat these as Skills.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /. Use
for each section heading.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Not present.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not needed.
We must not include Pay/Benefits/Schedule sections.
Thus final HTML:
About the role
... combined description ...
Responsibilities
- ... each bullet ...
...
Qualifications
- ... each bullet ...
...
Skills
- ... each competency ...
...
Make sure to preserve all details exactly as in text, preserving punctuation, line breaks? We'll just put each bullet as - with the text.
We need to be careful not to lose any detail like "Citrus Service cost center, specifics provided on KPIs". Keep.
Now craft About the role paragraph: combine About DECCO Postharvest and Role purpose.
About DECCO Postharvest: "DECCO, an ADVANTA company, is the global leader in providing postharvest solutions to reduce food waste and enhance the freshness of fresh fruits and vegetables all along the food supply chain. DECCO delivers value every day to packers, shippers, supermarkets and consumers with customized coating, decay control, sanitization and disinfection products, application technology, on-site service and almost 90 years of postharvest expertise. Our 200+ dedicated DECCO employees operate in over 40 countries. Our purpose is to enable more and better Fresh Food for the world. More. Beautiful. Fresh"
Role purpose: "The Service Manager is responsible for leading service operations to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and financial performance. This role oversees service delivery, field or internal service teams, and continuous improvement initiatives while acting as a key liaison between customers, commercial teams, and internal stakeholders. This is a hands-on working manager role that is expected to actively support service execution, perform field service activities when required, and provide operational coverage during staffing shortages, peak workloads, or employee absences."
Combine into one paragraph maybe two sentences. We'll keep as two paragraphs? Could be one
containing both. We'll just put both sentences in one
separated by space.
Now Responsibilities list: need to include each bullet exactly as given.
Let's list them:
- Lead and manage day‑to‑day service operations to ensure timely, high‑quality service delivery.
- Ensure consistent execution of service standards, procedures, and safety requirements.
- Resolve escalated service issues and customer complaints with professionalism and urgency.
- Drive continuous improvement in service processes, tools, and workflows.
- Actively participate in field service, troubleshooting, repairs, installations, commissioning, and customer support activities as business needs require.
- Provide direct operational coverage for service technicians and support personnel during PTO, vacations, leaves of absence, open positions, or other staffing shortages when alternate resources are unavailable.
- Maintain the technical skills and certifications necessary to safely perform service work and support customers in a hands-on capacity.
- Manage, coach, and develop service technicians, industrial technicians, and other support staff.
- Set clear performance expectations and conduct regular reviews.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and customer focus.
- Lead by example through active participation in service activities and willingness to support the team in the field when needed.
- Build strong relationships with key customers and act as a trusted service partner.
- Collaborate with Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to align service delivery with business objectives.
- Support customer retention, renewals, and upselling opportunities through service excellence.
- Provide clear communication to customers regarding service schedules, issues, and resolutions.
- Manage service budgets, labor utilization, and cost controls.
- Oversee and manage spending on capital projects and repair and maintenance
- Forecast service demand and ensure adequate staffing and resource planning.
- Track service profitability and recommend actions to improve margins.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and safety standards.
- Drive quality assurance initiatives and root‑cause analysis for recurring service issues.
- Maintain accurate service documentation, reports, and system records.
Note: there is a line break after "repair and maintenance" maybe missing period; we keep as is.
Now Qualifications list:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations or related
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). It doesn't say only those, but examples. Safer to follow examples: use those headings. So we need sections: About the role (company description + role purpose), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to see which sections have content.
From posting:
- Role purpose: description of Service Manager responsibilities overview. Could go under About the role.
- Key Responsibilities: list of responsibilities. So Responsibilities section.
- Key Qualifications: includes Education & Experience, Competency & Skills, Supervisory Responsibilities, Travel, Location. That's qualifications.
- Key Competencies: list of competencies (results orientation, being resilient, customer focus, decision making & accountability). Those could be Skills or Qualifications? They are competencies; could be Skills section.
- Benefits, Pay, Schedule: not mentioned explicitly. There's no pay or benefits info. So we should NOT include those sections.
Thus we will have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose use
.
We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate etc.
We need to extract content.
Let's parse sections:
About DECCO Postharvest: description.
Role purpose: The Service Manager is responsible for leading service operations to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and financial performance. This role oversees service delivery, field or internal service teams, and continuous improvement initiatives while acting as a key liaison between customers, commercial teams, and internal stakeholders. This is a hands-on working manager role that is expected to actively support service execution, perform field service activities when required, and provide operational coverage during staffing shortages, peak workloads, or employee absences.
We can combine these into About the role section.
Responsibilities: list under "Key Responsibilities". Items:
- Service Operations & Delivery
- Lead and manage day‑to‑day service operations to ensure timely, high‑quality service delivery.
- Ensure consistent execution of service standards, procedures, and safety requirements.
- Resolve escalated service issues and customer complaints with professionalism and urgency.
- Drive continuous improvement in service processes, tools, and workflows.
- Actively participate in field service, troubleshooting, repairs, installations, commissioning, and customer support activities as business needs require.
- Provide direct operational coverage for service technicians and support personnel during PTO, vacations, leaves of absence, open positions, or other staffing shortages when alternate resources are unavailable.
- Maintain the technical skills and certifications necessary to safely perform service work and support customers in a hands-on capacity.
- Team Leadership & Development
- Manage, coach, and develop service technicians, industrial technicians, and other support staff.
- Set clear performance expectations and conduct regular reviews.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and customer focus.
- Lead by example through active participation in service activities and willingness to support the team in the field when needed.
- Customer & Stakeholder Management
- Build strong relationships with key customers and act as a trusted service partner.
- Collaborate with Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to align service delivery with business objectives.
- Support customer retention, renewals, and upselling opportunities through service excellence.
- Provide clear communication to customers regarding service schedules, issues, and resolutions.
- Financial & Resource Management
- Manage service budgets, labor utilization, and cost controls.
- Oversee and manage spending on capital projects and repair and maintenance
- Forecast service demand and ensure adequate staffing and resource planning.
- Track service profitability and recommend actions to improve margins.
- Compliance & Quality
- Ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and safety standards.
- Drive quality assurance initiatives and root‑cause analysis for recurring service issues.
- Maintain accurate service documentation, reports, and system records.
We need to preserve all. We'll output as
- each bullet. Could group under subheadings? Not required; just list.
Qualifications: includes Education & Experience, Competency & Skills, Supervisory Responsibilities, Travel, Location.
Let's extract:
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations or related field or minimum 7 years of experience in repair, maintenance, constructing, and operation of machinery
- Minimum 3 years of proven experience managing teams and customer relationships
Competency & Skills:
- Valid driver’s license, able to drive company vehicle, and safely tow trailers
- Proficient computer skills: use of word processor (Word), Excel, PowerPoint and internet functions
- Customer-centric mindset
- People leadership and coaching
- Problem-solving and decision-making
- Financial and commercial acumen
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Control panel building and repair skills, PLC use experience a plus
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Number of direct reports – 9
- Budget responsibilities – Citrus Service cost center, specifics provided on KPIs
Travel:
- Primarily day travel within Visalia/Ventura areas.
- Occasional overnight travel to other regions to support operations and to attend company meetings.
Location:
- Ventura, Visalia and other surrounding areas as needed
We need to output as list items.
Skills: The Key Competencies section:
- RESULTS ORIENTATION: Strong capability in focusing on tasks and results to achieving goals, solving problems, maintaining productivity, and making fast decisions by using a critical thinking approach.
- BEING RESILIENT – Ability to manage crises and volatile situation effectively. Should be able remain objective and calm and show positive attitude & strong judgement when faced with adversity
- CUSTOMER FOCUS – Ability to building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions
- DECISION MAKING & ACCOUNTABILITY – Ability to Identify, understand & solve complex problems, issues and opportunities, take effective decisions basis available facts, constraints and possible consequences
We could treat these as Skills.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /. Use
for each section heading.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Not present.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not needed.
We must not include Pay/Benefits/Schedule sections.
Thus final HTML:
About the role
... combined description ...
Responsibilities
- ... each bullet ...
...
Qualifications
- ... each bullet ...
...
Skills
- ... each competency ...
...
Make sure to preserve all details exactly as in text, preserving punctuation, line breaks? We'll just put each bullet as - with the text.
We need to be careful not to lose any detail like "Citrus Service cost center, specifics provided on KPIs". Keep.
Now craft About the role paragraph: combine About DECCO Postharvest and Role purpose.
About DECCO Postharvest: "DECCO, an ADVANTA company, is the global leader in providing postharvest solutions to reduce food waste and enhance the freshness of fresh fruits and vegetables all along the food supply chain. DECCO delivers value every day to packers, shippers, supermarkets and consumers with customized coating, decay control, sanitization and disinfection products, application technology, on-site service and almost 90 years of postharvest expertise. Our 200+ dedicated DECCO employees operate in over 40 countries. Our purpose is to enable more and better Fresh Food for the world. More. Beautiful. Fresh"
Role purpose: "The Service Manager is responsible for leading service operations to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and financial performance. This role oversees service delivery, field or internal service teams, and continuous improvement initiatives while acting as a key liaison between customers, commercial teams, and internal stakeholders. This is a hands-on working manager role that is expected to actively support service execution, perform field service activities when required, and provide operational coverage during staffing shortages, peak workloads, or employee absences."
Combine into one paragraph maybe two sentences. We'll keep as two paragraphs? Could be one
containing both. We'll just put both sentences in one
separated by space.
Now Responsibilities list: need to include each bullet exactly as given.
Let's list them:
- Lead and manage day‑to‑day service operations to ensure timely, high‑quality service delivery.
- Ensure consistent execution of service standards, procedures, and safety requirements.
- Resolve escalated service issues and customer complaints with professionalism and urgency.
- Drive continuous improvement in service processes, tools, and workflows.
- Actively participate in field service, troubleshooting, repairs, installations, commissioning, and customer support activities as business needs require.
- Provide direct operational coverage for service technicians and support personnel during PTO, vacations, leaves of absence, open positions, or other staffing shortages when alternate resources are unavailable.
- Maintain the technical skills and certifications necessary to safely perform service work and support customers in a hands-on capacity.
- Manage, coach, and develop service technicians, industrial technicians, and other support staff.
- Set clear performance expectations and conduct regular reviews.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and customer focus.
- Lead by example through active participation in service activities and willingness to support the team in the field when needed.
- Build strong relationships with key customers and act as a trusted service partner.
- Collaborate with Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to align service delivery with business objectives.
- Support customer retention, renewals, and upselling opportunities through service excellence.
- Provide clear communication to customers regarding service schedules, issues, and resolutions.
- Manage service budgets, labor utilization, and cost controls.
- Oversee and manage spending on capital projects and repair and maintenance
- Forecast service demand and ensure adequate staffing and resource planning.
- Track service profitability and recommend actions to improve margins.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and safety standards.
- Drive quality assurance initiatives and root‑cause analysis for recurring service issues.
- Maintain accurate service documentation, reports, and system records.
Note: there is a line break after "repair and maintenance" maybe missing period; we keep as is.
Now Qualifications list:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations or related
. We must preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate etc. We need to extract content. Let's parse sections: About DECCO Postharvest: description. Role purpose: The Service Manager is responsible for leading service operations to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and financial performance. This role oversees service delivery, field or internal service teams, and continuous improvement initiatives while acting as a key liaison between customers, commercial teams, and internal stakeholders. This is a hands-on working manager role that is expected to actively support service execution, perform field service activities when required, and provide operational coverage during staffing shortages, peak workloads, or employee absences. We can combine these into About the role section. Responsibilities: list under "Key Responsibilities". Items: - Service Operations & Delivery - Lead and manage day‑to‑day service operations to ensure timely, high‑quality service delivery. - Ensure consistent execution of service standards, procedures, and safety requirements. - Resolve escalated service issues and customer complaints with professionalism and urgency. - Drive continuous improvement in service processes, tools, and workflows. - Actively participate in field service, troubleshooting, repairs, installations, commissioning, and customer support activities as business needs require. - Provide direct operational coverage for service technicians and support personnel during PTO, vacations, leaves of absence, open positions, or other staffing shortages when alternate resources are unavailable. - Maintain the technical skills and certifications necessary to safely perform service work and support customers in a hands-on capacity. - Team Leadership & Development - Manage, coach, and develop service technicians, industrial technicians, and other support staff. - Set clear performance expectations and conduct regular reviews. - Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and customer focus. - Lead by example through active participation in service activities and willingness to support the team in the field when needed. - Customer & Stakeholder Management - Build strong relationships with key customers and act as a trusted service partner. - Collaborate with Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to align service delivery with business objectives. - Support customer retention, renewals, and upselling opportunities through service excellence. - Provide clear communication to customers regarding service schedules, issues, and resolutions. - Financial & Resource Management - Manage service budgets, labor utilization, and cost controls. - Oversee and manage spending on capital projects and repair and maintenance - Forecast service demand and ensure adequate staffing and resource planning. - Track service profitability and recommend actions to improve margins. - Compliance & Quality - Ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and safety standards. - Drive quality assurance initiatives and root‑cause analysis for recurring service issues. - Maintain accurate service documentation, reports, and system records. We need to preserve all. We'll output as
- each bullet. Could group under subheadings? Not required; just list.
Qualifications: includes Education & Experience, Competency & Skills, Supervisory Responsibilities, Travel, Location.
Let's extract:
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations or related field or minimum 7 years of experience in repair, maintenance, constructing, and operation of machinery
- Minimum 3 years of proven experience managing teams and customer relationships
Competency & Skills:
- Valid driver’s license, able to drive company vehicle, and safely tow trailers
- Proficient computer skills: use of word processor (Word), Excel, PowerPoint and internet functions
- Customer-centric mindset
- People leadership and coaching
- Problem-solving and decision-making
- Financial and commercial acumen
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Control panel building and repair skills, PLC use experience a plus
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Number of direct reports – 9
- Budget responsibilities – Citrus Service cost center, specifics provided on KPIs
Travel:
- Primarily day travel within Visalia/Ventura areas.
- Occasional overnight travel to other regions to support operations and to attend company meetings.
Location:
- Ventura, Visalia and other surrounding areas as needed
We need to output as list items.
Skills: The Key Competencies section:
- RESULTS ORIENTATION: Strong capability in focusing on tasks and results to achieving goals, solving problems, maintaining productivity, and making fast decisions by using a critical thinking approach.
- BEING RESILIENT – Ability to manage crises and volatile situation effectively. Should be able remain objective and calm and show positive attitude & strong judgement when faced with adversity
- CUSTOMER FOCUS – Ability to building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions
- DECISION MAKING & ACCOUNTABILITY – Ability to Identify, understand & solve complex problems, issues and opportunities, take effective decisions basis available facts, constraints and possible consequences
We could treat these as Skills.
Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no /. Use
for each section heading. We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Not present. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not needed. We must not include Pay/Benefits/Schedule sections. Thus final HTML:
About the role
... combined description ...
Responsibilities
- ... each bullet ... ...
Qualifications
- ... each bullet ... ...
Skills
- ... each competency ... ...
- with the text.
We need to be careful not to lose any detail like "Citrus Service cost center, specifics provided on KPIs". Keep.
Now craft About the role paragraph: combine About DECCO Postharvest and Role purpose.
About DECCO Postharvest: "DECCO, an ADVANTA company, is the global leader in providing postharvest solutions to reduce food waste and enhance the freshness of fresh fruits and vegetables all along the food supply chain. DECCO delivers value every day to packers, shippers, supermarkets and consumers with customized coating, decay control, sanitization and disinfection products, application technology, on-site service and almost 90 years of postharvest expertise. Our 200+ dedicated DECCO employees operate in over 40 countries. Our purpose is to enable more and better Fresh Food for the world. More. Beautiful. Fresh"
Role purpose: "The Service Manager is responsible for leading service operations to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and financial performance. This role oversees service delivery, field or internal service teams, and continuous improvement initiatives while acting as a key liaison between customers, commercial teams, and internal stakeholders. This is a hands-on working manager role that is expected to actively support service execution, perform field service activities when required, and provide operational coverage during staffing shortages, peak workloads, or employee absences."
Combine into one paragraph maybe two sentences. We'll keep as two paragraphs? Could be one
containing both. We'll just put both sentences in one
separated by space. Now Responsibilities list: need to include each bullet exactly as given. Let's list them: - Lead and manage day‑to‑day service operations to ensure timely, high‑quality service delivery. - Ensure consistent execution of service standards, procedures, and safety requirements. - Resolve escalated service issues and customer complaints with professionalism and urgency. - Drive continuous improvement in service processes, tools, and workflows. - Actively participate in field service, troubleshooting, repairs, installations, commissioning, and customer support activities as business needs require. - Provide direct operational coverage for service technicians and support personnel during PTO, vacations, leaves of absence, open positions, or other staffing shortages when alternate resources are unavailable. - Maintain the technical skills and certifications necessary to safely perform service work and support customers in a hands-on capacity. - Manage, coach, and develop service technicians, industrial technicians, and other support staff. - Set clear performance expectations and conduct regular reviews. - Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and customer focus. - Lead by example through active participation in service activities and willingness to support the team in the field when needed. - Build strong relationships with key customers and act as a trusted service partner. - Collaborate with Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to align service delivery with business objectives. - Support customer retention, renewals, and upselling opportunities through service excellence. - Provide clear communication to customers regarding service schedules, issues, and resolutions. - Manage service budgets, labor utilization, and cost controls. - Oversee and manage spending on capital projects and repair and maintenance - Forecast service demand and ensure adequate staffing and resource planning. - Track service profitability and recommend actions to improve margins. - Ensure compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and safety standards. - Drive quality assurance initiatives and root‑cause analysis for recurring service issues. - Maintain accurate service documentation, reports, and system records. Note: there is a line break after "repair and maintenance" maybe missing period; we keep as is. Now Qualifications list: - Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Operations or related