Taimoor Khawaja, Regional Head of Aftersales

Taimoor Khawaja

Regional Head of Aftersales

Chery International

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Automotive
Experience
13 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 9 Months

Regional Head of Aftersales at Chery International
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since March 2023
Automotive Aftersales Manager at Al Futtaim Motors
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2021 to February 2024
Regional Service Executive/ Service Engineer/Asst. Manager Service at Hino Motors Middle East FZE
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • August 2015 to April 2021

Responsible territory for After-sales service operations Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan & KSA
- Handling the Middle East & North Africa distributor - Technical / Non-technical After sales Training and Service Operations
- Assists in the development, implementation and administration of programs and standards designed to enhance the image of the Dealer network
- Coordinates the yearly business plan process for the distributor and monitors it on a monthly basis
- Strengthen business acumen in core areas such as service marketing, management, and strategy
- Assisting technical depart in handling the technical issues and Communicating with Hino Motors, Ltd-Japan and Hino Motors Middle East distributor network
- Studying the service activity/action plans to upgrade the underperforming distributors in middle east market and finding countermeasures
- Assisting technical instructor in trainings for MENA region
- Assessing, monitoring, follow-up, support for Service Activities
- Supporting distributors to increase Service business by different means, esp. Service Promotions
- Creating proposal for Parts & Service Promotions through Hino TS Activities
- Authorized Instructor for Hino Service Advisor and Eco & Safety Drive
- Other special assignments and duties of a general or unspecified nature as may be required to achieve the overall effectiveness of the Distributor Development
- New Product Training / Product Launch Support
- Assist and support in Regional Managers Meeting & Hino 3S Skills Contest

Aftersales Engineer / Service Marketing Engineer at Al Rostamani Group - United Diesel
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2012 to July 2015

- Identify customer needs & wants. Meeting customer needs - To know about the product and to achieve sales budget for Parts and Service - Endeavor to achieve gross profit % target - Delivering technical information about the latest upgrades to the customer - In-house training to technicians and Workshop staff - Building trust and relationship with customer and offers them solution for their needs - Explaining advantages of using Genuine Parts and Services to customer - After-sales Marketing and selling service contracts - Achieving maximum seasonal campaign ratios - Provide Technical Support to the workshops and customers - Monitor, review and implement occupational health and safety, operational standards, warranty processes, technical support training activities. - Support all sites with training in relation to technical support in terms of campaigns, service schedules and equipment audits - Conduct ongoing site visits in relation to training needs analysis - Ensure the successful implementation of technical training, ‘right first time’ activities, parts and distributor fundamentals training activities - ISO Certification in charge - Capable of using ERP / SAP softwares
- Marketing aftersales services
-Customer retention & market segmenting
- Working as a PSSR (Parts and service sales representative) for Renault and UD trucks

Technical/Service Advisor at Suzuki Sukkur Motors
  • Pakistan
  • August 2010 to September 2012

My main responsibilities were to:
•Welcome the clients into the service station and inquire about the troubles they are facing with their Automobiles
•Analyze the extent of damage the vehicle has suffered
•Work with the service department and body shop to ensure that vehicles are reconditioned as expected and on schedule
•Interact with customers on a daily basis to provide problem resolution and estimate cost of vehicle repairs
•Schedule repair and maintenance appointments

Education

Bachelor's degree, Automotive
  • at N.E.D University of engineering and technology
  • December 2011

Final Year Team Project: Design and fabrication of battery operated magnetic force assisted, mechanical braking system Courses Studied: Introduction to Automotive Systems, Statistics & Quality Control, Business Communications & Ethics, Product Development and Operations Management, Vehicle Dynamics, Automotive Transmission & Drives, Vehicle Design, Body Engineering and Automotive Structure, Vehicle Thermal Management

Specialties & Skills

Maintenance Management
Technical Service
MS Office Automation
Automotive Engineering
Maintenance Engineering
Autocad
MS Office
ADP Autoline
Technical advisor
Warranty
Automotive
Automotive technology
Automotive After sales
Automotive Sales
Dealer Management System (DMS)
Diagnostic Tech Tool-Volvo and Renault
Aftersales Service Development
Dealer Development
Technical Training
Eco and Safety Drive Instructor
Hino Service Advisor Instructor
Service Manager Training
Hino DXII
business communication

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Body Mounting Seminar (Training)
Training Institute:
Hino Motors, LTD Japan
Eaton Transmission FS8209A Overhauling (Training)
Training Institute:
Eaton Middle East
Authorized Eco & Safety Drive Instructor (Certificate)
Authorized Hino Service Advisor Instructor (Certificate)
Service Manager Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Hino Motors, LTD Japan
Opti Driver Gearbox (Training)
Training Institute:
Renault Trucks
Date Attended:
September 2013
Duration:
16 hours
Basic Fault Tracing and Wiring Diagrams (Training)
Training Institute:
Volvo Middle East
Date Attended:
November 2013
Workshop Reception (Training)
Training Institute:
Volvo Middle East
Date Attended:
October 2013
Service and Maintenance 4130ME (Training)
Training Institute:
Renault Trucks
Date Attended:
July 2013
Duration:
16 hours
Leadership skills and Communications skills of Trainer (Training)
Training Institute:
Volvo Middle East
Date Attended:
February 2014
Rear Axle Overhauling (Training)
Training Institute:
Volvo Middle East
Date Attended:
September 2014
ISO 9001-2008 QMS Awareness Training (Training)
Training Institute:
United Diesel LLC
Date Attended:
August 2014
Workshop Planning (Training)
Training Institute:
Volvo Middle East
Date Attended:
March 2014
Impact and Preventive maintenance (Training)
Training Institute:
Volvo
Date Attended:
August 2013
Warranty Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Renault Techline- Middle East
Date Attended:
November 2012

Hobbies

  • Going out with friends, Playing strategic games like Chess, Eating, Shopping.