Malaysian Scania Technicians Compete at the Scania Top Teams Competition Again

This has been awhile. Scania Malayia recently held the Malaysian leg of the Scania Top Teams competiton for their technicians. I managed to find some time during my busy post-lockdown schedule to attend this event. This could have been the first competition of sorts for technicians assembled at one place since the country went thought lockdown after lockdown to combat the recent Covid-19 pandemic. Five teams managed to compete in the finals from a total number of twelve (which are from the 12 branches throughout Malaysia) and Team B100 from Scania Malaysia's Ipoh workshop secured the win.

The best thing about this is that B100 will travel to Thailand where they will compete with their Scania colleagues from Singapore and Philippines in the Asia-Pacific Regional Finals. If they win there, they will have a chance to represent Asia-Pacific in the Grand Finals in Europe. Who says that being a technician will stop you from international recognition? It doesn't. 

So Scania Top Teams is one of the ways the company rewards their staff. Scania is one of those companies that actually reward the truck and bus drivers too in their driver's competitions so these are actually interesting professions to pursue and this is the reason I usually end up actually attending andd covering such events so that if any one reads these sort of articles I publish, the word is spread about.

Those interested to join Scania and be a technician, and then enter a Scania Top Team competition, can start by applying to be part of the Scania family and experience the Scania culture and what makes it unique. Call Scania Malaysia at 03-7845 1000 or email at smyenquiries@scania.com or scania.academy@scania.com to talk to them directly. Please do not contact me as I don't work for Scania!

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

 THE FUTURE TOP TEAM OF SCANIA SERVICES ARE IN THE MAKING

Heba El Tarifi, Managing Director, Scania Southeast Asia.

Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam, 6 August – Scania Top Teams, five out of our twelve

branches in Malaysia made it to the National Final today. These Scania technicians

are dedicated specialists who contribute to Scania’s premium brand image and well

trusted and respected name in the heavy-duty commercial transportation industry.

The winning team, B100 from Scania Malaysia Ipoh workshop will be flown off to

Thailand to join their colleagues from Singapore and Philippines for the Asia-Pacific

Regional Final and the winner will represent the region for the Grand Final in Europe.

Dr Ahmad Zainal Abd Aziz, Head of Automotive Department and Suhardi Md Yunus,

Head of Commercial Vehicle Department, of Institut Kemahiran Tinggi Belia Negara

Dusun Tua (IKTBNDT) graced the event with 15 trainees. They were invited to

observe the competition and to attend a career talk.

Dr Ahmad Zainal Abd Aziz, Head of Automotive Department and Suhardi Md Yunus, Head of Commercial Vehicle Department, of Institut Kemahiran Tinggi Belia Negara Dusun Tua (IKTBNDT)

Top Team is a global competition for professional service teams within the Scania

service network. Everyone who works in the service area is welcomed to compete in

teams of three to five people. The most common contestants are service technicians,

parts specialists and service advisors. Scania Top Team begins at the teams’

workshops with theoretical challenges in two parts. As teams advance to the national final

stage, the theoretical exercises are supplemented by practical ones. The competition

requires a high level of technical knowledge, team spirit and discipline. The format of the

competition follows daily work patterns with the most essential objective being to satisfy the

needs of our customers.

The Scania Top Team competition is a way of recognising the importance of service

personnel to be the best, and top of their profession. It is brains, technological skills

and teamwork that characterise the service personnel who Scania recruit and

develop over the years. The industry’s need for service personnel such as service

technicians, parts experts and service advisors, is growing. Truck, bus and engine

uptime determine customer profitability. And uptime, to a large extent, lies in the

hands of skilled and motivated service personnel. Essentially these traits were

evident in all the qualifying teams, however the winning team demonstrated a

superior level to secure the Top Team title.

The purpose of the Top Team competition is to increase knowledge about Scania’s

products and services, as well as to strengthen collaboration between service, parts

and service advisor personnel. Scania Top Team also gives a good overview of the

national competence levels regarding Scania’s service offer and the actions needed

in order to keep expertise on top.

Apart from strengthening the Scania image to employees and customers, Top Team

also creates an understanding and commitment to Driving the Shift towards a

sustainable transport system.

Only 12 teams, out of 1,500 teams worldwide from 70 countries, will go through to the

Grand final round in Europe, competing for a handsome first prize of 50,000 Eur to the

winner, 30,000 Eur to the first runner-up and 20,000 Eur to the second runner-up.

“By focusing on developing our front-line expertise, the Scania’s Service Technicians,

we are ensuring the quality of the support and services we provide to our customers.

Securing vehicles uptime is what matters to our customers and what helps them grow

their business and profitability. As our industry undergoes the greatest technological

shift of a lifetime, Scania’s front-line experts gathered in the ultimate challenge will be

taking a leading position in driving the shift. We hope to attract more talents through

these exemplar performance from these teams today. Congratulation to B100 from

the Scania Malaysia Ipoh workshop for working as a team full of individual brilliance

to win the 2022/2023 National Top Team competition.” expressed Heba El Tarifi,

Managing Director, Scania Southeast Asia.

This generation of technicians and the future ones are expected to drive real change

in line with the transport industry undergoing a technological shift. Top team

members will have a unique opportunity to affect and implement the technology

needed to create a sustainable transport system.

Those interested to join the future generation of Scania Top Team, can start by

applying to be part of the Scania family and experience the Scania culture and what

makes it unique. Call us at 03-7845 1000 or email at smyenquiries@scania.com or

scania.academy@scania.com to talk to our People & Culture personnel for an

appointment. Be part of the Scania family and enjoy a glorious career.