23.03.2016

SCHOTTEL is intensifying customer service

With the reorganization of its service interfaces, the SCHOTTEL Group is bundling After-Sales Service and System Technology. This ensures that the customers and service subsidiaries benefit from even greater marine propulsion and steering system expertise.

Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Buch is bundling SCHOTTEL’s expertise from Customer Support and System Technology in After-Sales Service.

Combined competence
After-Sales Service now combines SCHOTTEL’s customer service expertise that was previously spread over a number of decentralized interfaces of Customer Support and System Technology. The head of the newly organized division is Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Buch, who has worked in various management positions at SCHOTTEL since 2001 and has acquired considerable technical knowledge in design, software development and system technology in the field of marine propulsion systems.


Shorter response times, greater customer proximity
“Our objective is to provide even more intensive support to our international customers and service subsidiaries. They will now be able to process projects and customer requirements even more directly. We are presenting ‘one face to the customer’ with exceptionally close technical networking of our employees,” explains Stefan Buch. “This organizational streamlining is enabling us to establish shorter communication channels and concentrate our know-how. For the customer, this will manifest itself through faster communication, shorter response times and greater customer proximity.”


120 specialist staff in After-Sales Service
The 120-strong After-Sales Service team serves customers and service subsidiaries directly. The new organizational structure comes into effect on 1 April 2016. This will not initially affect contact data that customers already use.


About SCHOTTEL
“The SCHOTTEL Group, with its headquarters in Spay/Rhine, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of propulsion and steering systems for ships and offshore applications. Founded in 1921, the company has been developing and manufacturing azimuth propulsion and manoeuvring systems, complete propulsion systems with power ratings of up to 30 MW, and steering systems for vessels of all sizes and types, for about 60 years. Around 100 sales and service locations worldwide ensure customer proximity.