Assistant Branch Manager

Alliance-Automotive-Group-Lv; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on car parts

Pension advice

Health & wellbeing tools

Monthly bonus

Career progression training

Job summary

Alliance Automotive Group UK is seeking an Assistant Branch Manager to support the branch manager, maximise sales and ensure first-class customer service. You will lead the branch team to hit sales and promotional targets while controlling costs and stock, and safeguarding health and safety. Prior experience in automotive retail or motor factor roles is preferred.

The role offers potential for career progression, training, and staff benefits within a global market leader.

Qualifications

• Experience in the automotive industry as an Assistant Branch Manager or a Motor Factor Parts Advisor seeking progression.
• Ability to manage and motivate a team to achieve objectives.
• Strong communication across all levels and with customers.

Responsibilities

• Achieve branch sales, margin and targets.
• Provide first-class service to all customers.
• Drive the branch team with excellent customer service and communication.
• Drive the branch team to achieve sales and promotional targets.
• Manage and control branch running costs.
• Manage stock control, including stock taking and adjustments.
• Handle cash and manage specific customer accounts.
• Support senior management in implementing and maintaining policies and procedures.
• Communicate aims and objectives to your team.
• Oversee daily running of all aspects of the branch and depot health and safety.

Skills

Team management

Communication skills

Customer relationships

Sales orientation

Leadership

Multitasking

Prioritization

Local area knowledge

Tools

Online cataloguing systems

Windows-based cataloguing systems

Job description

NAPA Auto Parts was founded in 1925 to meet America’s need for an effective automotive parts distribution system. In the century since, NAPA has exploded across the globe, carrying a reputation of quality and excellence with it.

Distributed by Alliance Automotive Group (AAG) in the United Kingdom, NAPA has become a market-leading parts brand in the country with a championship-winning motorsport team. Now, over 275 AAG UK subsidiaries are unifying under the NAPA Auto Parts name, joining the largest network of motor factors in the world. The prestigious NAPA Auto Parts family boasts a staggering 6,000+ locations across the US, Canada, and Australia — and now the United Kingdom.

We are currently looking for an Assistant Branch Manager to join our busy team. As Assistant Branch Manager your focus will be on supporting the branch manager in maximizing sales and achieving targets whilst ensuring first-class service to all our customers.

The ideal candidate will already be working in the automotive industry as an Assistant Branch Manager or will be an experienced Motor Factor Parts Advisor looking for progression.

Responsibilities

• Achieve branch sales, margin and targets.
• To ensure a first-class service to all our customers.
• To drive the branch team focusing on great customer service and communication.
• To drive the branch team to achieve sales and Promotional targets.
• Manage and control branch and running costs.
• Manage stock control, including stock taking and adjustments.
• Manage cash handling and control of specific customer accounts.
• Support the organisation’s senior management in implementing and maintaining policies and procedures.
• Communication to your team, key aims and objectives.
• Responsibility for the daily running of all aspects of the branch.
• Responsibility for maintaining health and safety within your depot.

To be successful in this role

• Ability to manage and motivate a team to achieve objectives.
• Ability to communicate at all levels.
• Experience in building and maintaining customer relationships.
• Experience with using online and windows based cataloguing systems.
• Ability to lead from the front and create a team environment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Sales focused with a can-do attitude.
• Ability to multitask and distinguish between “urgent and important” tasks.
• Knowledge of the local areas and customer base would be a desired. (but not essential).

In return we offer

• An opportunity to join a global brand and market leader.
• Exclusive discounts and cashback from 1000s of major retailers and grocers via the AAG Benefits App, including Tesco, Boots and Just Eat.
• Opportunities for career progression and bespoke training.
• Free pension advice from our standard pension provider.
• Free access to Health, Wellbeing and Financial tools.
• Potential to earn a performance based bonus, paid monthly.
• Discount on car parts

Alliance Automotive Group is an equal opportunities employer.

Since 1928, GPC has set the standards for performance and value for our customers and our stakeholders. Today, we’re proud to say we’re the largest global auto parts network and a leading industrial parts distributor, one that offers rewarding careers that combine small company feel with a global scale. Our strengths are in the relationships we build and the value we deliver by merging local expertise with a global force.