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Service Area Manager

FleetPride · TX · Remote available · Full time

Posted Sep 22, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

Tell me about a time you improved EBITA or profit for a group of locations.

What they are checking: Whether they have driven real financial results, not just managed day-to-day operations.

How do you hire the right service manager for a branch?

What they are checking: Whether they have a clear way to judge leadership, technical knowledge and fit before hiring.

Tell me about a time you had to let a manager go. How did you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can make hard people decisions fairly and with good documentation.

Tell me about a time you developed a manager who later got promoted.

What they are checking: Whether they invest in growing leaders, which keeps branches strong over time.

What would you do

You oversee several service centers. How do you figure out which one needs your attention most this month?

What they are checking: Whether they use KPIs and visits to spot problems early across locations they are not at every day.

One branch keeps missing its sales budget. How do you work with its service manager?

What they are checking: Whether they coach and diagnose before blaming, and set clear goals and follow-up.

This role requires regular travel. How do you stay connected with managers when you are not on site?

What they are checking: Whether they keep regular contact so problems surface quickly between visits.

A branch is short on technicians and work orders are piling up. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they can balance staffing, customer promises and recruiting in a tight technician market.

About the work

What KPIs do you watch most closely in a heavy-duty repair shop?

What they are checking: Whether they know shop metrics like technician productivity, labor rate and comebacks.

How do you roll out a new standard procedure across several branches?

What they are checking: Whether they can drive consistent practice across sites through communication, training and checks.

How would you grow service sales and marketing for your locations?

What they are checking: Whether they think about winning new fleet business, not just running the shops they have.

How do you make sure required training is completed at every branch?

What they are checking: Whether they track and enforce training, which matters for safety and compliance.

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The full job description

As published by FleetPride.

FleetPride is the largest after-market distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts in the U.S. with some of the best and brightest people in the business! Partner with the best in the heavy-duty industry and apply today! GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION Provide leadership to multiple service managers in their assigned area and motivate personnel to meet or exceed the annual EBITA, sales budgets and KPI goals. Drive and implement standard practices and procedures at assigned service center locations. This role will drive and lead operational efficiencies as well as sales and marketing for assigned locations. This role requires regular travel to the locations within the assigned area. DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES • Hire and supervise Service Managers for the branches in the area assigned. • Actively participate in staffing process at each branch to ensure positions are filled in a timely manner with the right people in the right roles. • Communicate with direct reports on a regular basis to ensure procedures are followed, new procedures and methods are considered, and new approved methods or procedures are known and carried out on a timely basis. • Enforce company policies and procedures, abide by same. • Provide hands-on support to service managers that assists with career development, coaching and training. • Responsible to ensure all required training is completed in a timely manner in their responsible area. • Identify best practices and implement across all branches in their responsible area. • Identify top performers and position them to coach others to maximize efforts. • Ensure that new and existing team members are trained on FleetPride’s latest safety policies, programs, and procedures. • Review financial results of all branches in assigned area monthly to ensure that performance is at a minimum meeting strategic objective. If objectives are not met, formulate plan, and discuss methods of improvements with Service Manager. • Assist Accounts Receivables on any requests for overdue accounts. Make collection calls on problem accounts when necessary. • Work with the Service Manager on talent to hire and retain technicians at each branch. Provide guidance on market compensation rates and programs. • Work with Service Manager on a plan to support and grow the local market which would include growing current business as well as finding new customers. • Approve expenses up to budget limits. • Visit each branch location regularly, with a focus on the bottom performing branches. EDUCATION & TRAINING • High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate); Associate degree in Business Administration preferred. KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE • Minimum of 8 years of experience in heavy duty truck service industry, including a minimum of 5 years in a supervisory position. • Understanding of quantitative/qualitative analysis • Understanding of analytical, statistical, and financial processes and procedures • Strong professionalism, credibility, and inter-personal skills. SKILLS & ABILITIES • Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself and other individuals and organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. • Judgment & Decision making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. • Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. • Communicating: Conveying information to others in an effective manner. Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. • Active Learning: Understanding the implication of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. • Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others. • Mathematics: Ability to solve simple equations; ability to use mathematics to solve problems. • Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. • Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions • Advanced knowledge of MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Access. • Knowledge of iSeries and Power BI reporting tools • Valid drivers’ license with clean driving record. • Ability to travel most of the time. WORKING CONDITIONS • Inside/outside conditions, varied temperature changes, minimal chemical hazards, vibration, dust, vehicle noise • Frequent travel FleetPride is the leader in the industry comprised of retail, service, distribution and wholesale divisions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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