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Service Advisor Job in Weston-Super-Mare

Somerset
Weston-Super-Mare
Service Department, Car Dealership
£29000 - £31558 per annum
138030
Vehicle Service Advisor required in Weston-super-Mare.
  • SALARY: Up to £27-29,000 per annum pending experience with Saturdays paid as overtime at time and a half.
  • HOURS: Monday to Friday 8:00am-5:30pm with 1 in 2 Saturdays 8:00am-1:00pm.
  • BENEFITS: Staff purchase discounts, health and wellbeing support, cycle to work scheme, and a high street/holiday voucher club, amongst others.
Our client, a multi-award winning used car supermarket with dealerships across Southwest England, is currently looking to recruit a Service Advisor to join the service reception team at one of their dealerships in Weston-super-Mare.

Reporting to the Service Manager and working alongside a service reception and workshop team, as a Service Advisor you will be responsible for:
  • Greeting customers and listening to their requests, taking note of all issues, and answering their queries.
  • Liaising with Vehicle Technicians you’ll schedule appointments and book repairs and services.
  • Keeping customers updated with progress reports and follow-up calls, making sure expectations are being set, succeeded and surpassed where possible.
  • Processing customer payments, and providing cost estimations.
  • While liaising with our client's Vehicle Preparation Centre, their parts and their sales teams, to provide a seamless service.
  • Maintaining and developing relationships with customers, ensuring repeat business and customer retention.
  • While displaying extensive knowledge about products and services to give a professional transaction and helping demonstrate why our clients are the service to choose again.
In order to be eligible, experience working as a Vehicle Service Advisor or in a similar aftersales customer service-orientated role in the motor trade such (parts/accident repair/rental) would be highly desirable however is non-essential as full training is provided. You will need to have previous experience in a customer service role, ideally working to targets, have a full UK driving licence with minimal points, and have a good standard of English and Maths (GCSE Level C and above, or Numeracy and Literacy Level 2 on the NQF or equivalent). Overall you will be IT literate, quickly establish and build rapport with customers, have a passion for delivering exceptional customer service, be able to work on your initiative, and know how to prioritise workloads.

What's in it for you? For your hard work as a Vehicle Service Advisor, our client is offering:
  • Starting salary up to £27-29,000 per annum pending experience.
  • Overtime, including Saturdays, paid as time and a half. 
  • In-house training and career development. 
  • 31 days annual leave including bank holidays, increasing to 35 days over 5 years.
  • Workplace pension scheme.
  • Access to many internal benefits including staff purchase discounts, health and wellbeing support, cycle to work scheme, and a high street/holiday voucher club, amongst others.
  • Opportunity to work with a company recognised as a "Great Place to Work" and recipient of the "People and Culture Award" by Autotrader on multiple occasions.
  • Working hours from 8:00am-5:30pm Monday to Friday with 1 in 2 Saturdays 8:00am-1:00pm.
If you are interested in hearing more about this Service Advisor job in the Weston-super-Mare area, please contact Hamish Lowrie at Perfect Placement Today.

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