Hal C. Manta
Park Ridge, IL. *****
Phone 773-***-****
Email: **********@*****.***
Summary: Professional Field Service and Service Operations
Manager/Director with extensive management experience. Highly
motivated and customer driven. Prominent skills include
customer relations, productivity motivation, profitability
analysis, proactive organizational structuring, and a strong
command of communication skills, both written and verbal with
a progressive track record of demonstrated success in
demanding positions.
Professional Experience:
Carter Brothers Security Services, LLC
800 S. Jolie, Oakbrook, IL.
2013 - Present
Market Operations Manager
Chicago Metro Area
. Coordinated and managed day to day field service
operations regarding installation and repair of all
AT&T DIGITAL Life security systems.
. Managed a highly diversified technical staff to
achieve team goals and objectives.
. Prioritized daily work assignment schedules.
. Managed and motivated technical staff to meet and
exceed established corporate metric objectives.
. Achieved number one metric ranking of all Carter
markets based on AT&T established metric criteria.
. Directed training and additional technical aptitude
information.
. Scheduled customer on site visits and met principle
customer liaisons on a regular basis. Performed on
site field inspections and customer relations.
. Acted as the daily primary liaison with AT&T area
management team to insure performance goals and work
load completion schedules.
Kelley Imaging Systems
8725 S. 212th St., Kent, WA. 98031
2011 - 2012
Manager, Service Operations
Seattle Metro Area
. Responsible for day to day service operations which
include Scheduling, Parts ordering, Service
training, Service Management - IT and Hardware,
Customer satisfaction and Service Department
metrics, performance reviews and profitability
accounting.
. Established and maintain all policy and procedures for
the Service Department including scheduling, training,
and part and supply ordering. 30 years of problem
solving experience.
. Established and maintained all policies and procedures
for Account Receivable and Accounts Payable, HR,
Payroll, training and software selection.
. Scheduled and coordinated all technical training
requirements for field service staff members.
. Responsible for inside sales which includes maintenance
agreement sales and renewals, Government and County
sales, Major Account acquisition and retention.
. Reduced field operating expense 18% through parts
inventory control and management.
. Scheduled service reviews with selected high profile
customer sites.
. Scheduled QBR with account executives and Customer
Relations Managers.
Pitney Bowes
Integrated Print Services
205 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL.
2009 - 2011
Manager, Regional Customer Care
Chicago Metro and New York Regions
. Management of all Field Service functions at the
regional level.
. Revised and augmented core staff responsibilities.
. Formulated business plans for all assigned regions.
. Designed and implemented new account assignments for all
staff members.
. Forecasted regional budget requirements.
. Implemented preventive maintenance programs in both
Chicago and New York metro regions.
. Defined and monitored all staff goals and objectives.
. Reduced asset expense by twenty percent while improving
key field performance statistics.
. Assigned and monitored all technical training
requirements for all technical personnel. Including
hardware and network certifications.
. Scheduled QBR with account executives and Customer
Relations Managers.
. Scheduled customer on site visits and met principle
customer liaisons in both regions on a regular basis.
. Scheduled and completed all staff performance reviews.
.
Mitutoyo America Corporation
965 Corporate Drive, Aurora, IL.
2005 to 2007.
National Field Service Manager
. Management of National Field Service Operations of
Digital and Analog Precision Measurement Devices.
. Day to day operational management of 75 Service
employees, including Service Dispatch, Parts/Inventory
Distribution and Service Billing departments.
. Responsible for implementation of IFS operating platform
service module.
. Established all policies and procedures into a manual
and on-line database.
. Created 27 new service on-line reports for
productivity measurement.
. Implemented Inventory Control audits and cycle counting.
. Improved gross revenue by 35% thru improved cost
analysis.
. Restructured maintenance pricing policies.
. Developed individual production benchmarking.
. Reorganized parts distribution methods and procedures.
. Established published guidelines and job descriptions
for the entire Field Service Organization.
. Defined technical career path for Service and Repair
Engineers.
. Implemented Sales lead program driven by Service
Engineers.
. Revised maintenance contract commission structure.
. Established escalation procedures within Field Service.
. Reduced variable expenses by 30% while improving service
performance.
. Implemented Zone and Page Scheduling for service calls.
. Reduced response time to customer base by 56%.
WMS Gaming, Inc,
800 S. Northpoint Blvd., Waukegan, IL.
2001 - 2005
Operations Manager, Part Sales
. Management of daily parts distribution to all domestic
and international Regional Sales/Service offices and
related customer OEM direct orders.
. Responsible for $35 million in annual revenue, increased
gross profit margin by 33%.
. Daily Management of a direct staff of 7 field service
managers and 7 parts managers.
. Overall Management of reconditioning parts department,
spare parts procurement, OEM and parts distribution
operation.
. Established Part Sales policies and procedures
including; verification of order distribution and
fulfillment, pricing guidelines and consolidation of
database information to insure data integrity.
. Established overall management of Part Sales Conversion
Kit production to facilitate end user implementation.
. Direct support of all Field Service functions for
regional branch offices.
Canon Business Solutions Inc.
425 North Martingale Road, Schaumburg, IL
1987 - 2000
Branch Service Manager, Operations
. Effective day-to-day management of field service branch
in support of 8000 customers.
. Design, coordinate, and implement various proactive
programs developed to increase customer satisfaction,
perception, and productivity of field service
operations.
. Annual revenue of $12.5 million, related profit/loss
analysis. Forecasting internal and departmental annual
revenue, departmental budgeting, and profit/loss quotas.
. Contributed to Canon Business Solutions Inc. in becoming
Canon U.S.A. Inc. largest sales subsidiary.
. Indirect management of Service Field dispatch and Parts
distribution center.
. Administered initial testing of Quality Assurance
Program: for Canon color laser copiers. Canon and their
National Dealership Network adopted variations of this
program.
. Conceived and coordinated internal Major Account Review
Program.
. Implemented branch National Account service review
program.
. Created the Account Management Program, to facilitate
all functions of field service operations.
. Performed Technician Performance review system.
. Implemented technical process benchmarking.
. Improved Service Department net profit margin from 29%
to 46% thru proactive and innovative service programs
designed to increase customer satisfaction.
. Implemented customer satisfaction survey to measure
results of new programs.
. Increased residual service contracted revenue base from
86% to 97%.
. Reduced customer field on-site response time from 7
business hours to 4 hours or less.
. Conceived and designed Customer Service Satisfaction
Guarantee, offering guaranteed response time, up time
percentage and parts availability guarantee.
1985 - 1987
Field Service Manager
1984 - 1985
Field Service Technician
Education: DeVry University
Chicago, IL
Associate Degree, Electronics Engineering
. Completed Customer Satisfaction Skills management
certification. 30 day off-site certification thru
American Management Association.
. Completed Fundamental Leadership Skills management
certification. 30 day on campus certification thru
American Management Association.
. Completed Service Financial Improvement Skills
management certification. 30 day on campus certification
thru American Management Association.
. Completed Inventory Control for Maximum Profitability
Skills certification. 15 day on campus certification
thru American Management Association.
. Completed WMS Institute Continuous Management
Improvement certification. 20 day off-site
certification.
. CPIM Certification.
. Utilized various operating systems and platforms
including: AS-400, DDMS, Oracle based applications, eA
and IFS.
References: Business and Personal references available on request.