Parts Counter Sales Associate

Parts Counter Sales Associate

Highway 90 - Houston, TX 77049

Description

Sells parts to all customers, over the counter, through the shop, or on the phone.

Assists all customers (retail and shop) in selecting required parts in a friendly, professional, and efficient manner.

Informs customers of companion part requirements and specials, and ensures that the customer is exposed to the full product line.

Answers phone calls, providing price quotes and other information.

Reviews body shop estimates to be sure the parts that are ordered are correct and all pricing is in line with the estimate.

Provides high level of service to internal and external customers.

Pulls and fills orders from stock.

Notifies parts manager of out-of-stock parts or shop materials that need immediate attention.

Locates out-of-stock parts from outside source and submits an emergency order, if necessary.

Notifies the service advisor and the customer when special ordered parts have been received.

Notifies the body shop when all parts have arrived and when they will be delivered.

Follows up on back-ordered parts.

Verifies will-call and back-order files weekly and returns to vendors, or stocks those items not picked up or required.

Assists outside sales representatives with their orders.

Makes sure all internal requests for parts are billed on service repair order.

Receives payment from retail customers or obtains credit authorization.

Ensures that all charge sales are signed by the customer.

Ensures that all customers receive their copy of the invoice.

Issues credit for parts returned, ensuring that the original invoice, or its number, is available so that purchase and pricing can be verified.

Issues and tracks requested shop tools to technicians.

Keeps orderly records of all repair orders, invoices, insurance estimates, and special-order parts.

Sets up orders for daily shipment, delivery, or pick-up.

Solicits assigned accounts by phone.

Keeps front and rear counter areas clean and uncluttered.

Participates in all training programs that are made available.

Keeps current on new products and product updates.

Participates with the parts manager in maintaining a lost sales tracking program.

Assists in perpetual inventory program with ongoing cycle counts and annual physical inventory counts.

Maintains professional appearance.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Background screening is a mandatory prerequisite for employment consideration.

Vanguard Truck Centers afford equal employment opportunity to all qualified employees and applicants for employment and will prohibit discrimination because of race, color, sex, religion, nation of origin, age, handicap or veteran status.