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Parts Advisor Job in Cheltenham

Gloucestershire
Cheltenham
Parts Department, Car Dealership
£25000 - £29000 per annum
125732
Vehicle Trade Parts Advisor required in Cheltenham.
  • Up to £28-29,000+ uncapped annual on-target earnings.
  • Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm with 1 in 4 Sat 8:30am-1:00pm.
  • Fantastic long-term career prospects with an AM Top 200 retailer and a business awarded a "star'’ rating in the Sunday Times annual ‘Best Companies to Work For' listing.
Due to internal promotion our client, a large franchise-approved car dealer group with multiple sites across the South West and West Midlands region, requires a Vehicle Trade Parts Advisor to join their busy franchise-approved car dealership in Cheltenham.

Reporting to the Regional Parts Manager and working alongside a large team predominantly in our client's Trade Parts Department, you will be the first point of contact for all retail and trade vehicle parts enquiries ensuring that all customers, both face to face and over the phone, are promptly dealt with.

Responsibilities of the Parts Advisor will include:
  • Responding to customer queries and concerns efficiently and professionally.
  • Escalating customer issues with management when the need arises.
  • Adhering to company policies and procedures when interacting with customers.
  • Following up on customer calls to ensure that customers are satisfied.
  • Staying up to date with products, services and policies by attending training sessions.
  • Ensuring that you accurately comprehend customer requests and issues by confirming and clarifying information
  • Upselling products and services where possible and actively working towards reaching sales targets.
  • Maintaining accurate customer records in our customer relationship management (CRM) system and completing call logs and reports.
  • Vehicle parts look up and pre-pick customer orders.
To be eligible, you will need to hold recent or current vehicle parts experience, ideally working within a similar franchise-approved automotive dealership, however, our client is also very interested in  Parts Advisors from a vehicle accident repair or motor factor background. You will also need to be IT literate given you will work daily with an electronic parts catalogue system, hold a UK driving license with minimal points, and have strong customer service/sales skills in a friendly and charismatic manner. Any experience with the Kerridge/ADP dealer management system would be highly advantageous but is non-essential.

What's in it for you? For your hard work as a Vehicle Trade Parts Advisor, our client is offering: 
  • Starting salary up to £25,000 per annum. 
  • Performance-related bonus scheme providing up to £28-29,000+ annual on-target-earnings.
  • 31 days annual leave (including bank holidays) with your holiday allowance increasing over the length of service.
  • Access to further technical training and development.
  • Various additional company benefits such as free MOTs and 50% off vehicle servicing, staff car lease scheme and discounted new car purchases, health care provisions, and discounts on hundreds of high street and online retailers.
  • Company pension scheme.
  • Fantastic long-term career prospects with an AM Top 200 retailer and a business awarded a "star'’ rating in the Sunday Times annual ‘Best Companies to Work For' listing.
  • Working hours from 8:30am-5:30pm Monday to Friday with an hour lunch and 1 in 4 Saturdays 8:30am-1:00pm.
If you are interested in hearing more about this Trade Parts Advisor job in the Cheltenham area, please contact Josh Buck at Perfect Placement today.

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