General Assistant

GSF Car Parts Limited; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 13,776 - 16,531; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance based bonus

20 days annual leave plus additional days

Free flu vaccine

Life assurance scheme

Discounts from household names

Paid time off to volunteer

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

GSF Car Parts Limited in Bolton is seeking a General Assistant to support various roles including delivery driving, warehouse operations, and retail assistance. Your focus will be on customer service and ensuring operational efficiency.

The role requires a full UK driving license, good teamwork skills, and the ability to work flexibly. Benefits include performance bonuses, annual leave, and training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a customer-facing role, ideally within retail, sales, warehouse or delivery environments.
• Motivated and target-driven, with ability to contribute towards branch performance.
• Knowledge of car parts or the automotive industry is advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Delivery driving duties ensuring timely delivery of parts to customers.
• Serving trade and retail customers and upselling where appropriate.
• Picking and packing parts efficiently for customer orders.

Skills

Customer service experience

Teamwork skills

Attention to detail

Proactive approach

IT systems proficiency

Flexibility in roles

Education

Full UK driving licence

Tools

MAM

Allicat

MS Office

Job description

About The Role

At GSF Car Parts, the role of a General Assistant is all encompassing to support our aim of delivering excellent Customer Service. This role requires flexibility across multiple areas of the branch, including working as a Delivery Driver, Warehouse Operative and Retail Counter Assistant, ensuring the smooth and efficient running of daily operations.

You will play a crucial part of the team; contributing towards achieving branch and individual targets through face‑to‑face sales, servicing click and collect orders, and developing strong customer relationships.

Main duties include:

• Delivery driving duties, ensuring accurate, safe and timely delivery of parts to customers whilst providing excellent service at all times.
• Serving trade and retail customers on the counter, supporting with enquiries, orders and upselling where appropriate.
• Picking and packing parts from the warehouse to fulfil customer and delivery orders efficiently and accurately.
• Supporting click and collect orders and ensuring customers are served promptly.
• Assisting the sales team with product promotions, handling telephone and electronic queries as required.
• Fully satisfying customer needs in respect of any part orders, returns or queries.
• Checking customer returns for resale, warranty or surcharge purposes.
• Contributing to a positive team performance whilst working towards individual KPIs and sales targets.
• Maintaining high standards of organisation, cleanliness and health & safety across warehouse and customer‑facing areas.
• Developing strong working relationships with customers and understanding their needs.
• Promoting a professional company image and representing GSF values at all times.
• Utilising the e‑learning portal to develop product knowledge and improve performance.
• Always working towards the achievement of relevant set KPI’s.

Working hours are Monday to Saturday, 20 hours per week, with the opportunity to increase up to 41 hours depending on business needs.

About You

What you'll need to succeed:

• Proven experience in a customer‑facing role, ideally within retail, sales, warehouse or delivery environments
• A positive, proactive approach with a strong focus on customer service and resolving queries effectively
• Motivated and target‑driven, with the ability to contribute towards sales and branch performance
• Confident using IT systems to support order processing, stock management and customer interactions
• Ability to work flexibly across delivery driving, warehouse operations and counter sales
• Strong teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a fast‑paced environment
• Good attention to detail, particularly when picking orders and handling customer requests
• A full UK driving licence (or requirement to drive, if applicable)
• Knowledge of car parts or the automotive industry is advantageous but not essential
• Familiarity with systems such as MAM, Allicat or MS Office is desirable

What we’ll offer:

• Opportunity to earn a performance based bonus as part of this role
• 20 days annual leave (including bank holidays) plus the opportunity to earn up to 5 more with time‑served
• Free flu vaccine
• Health & wellbeing toolsFree support from pension experts
• Life assurance scheme
• Discounts from 100s of household names including Asda, Nike & John Lewis
• A suite of financial wellbeing products including advances and savings schemes
• Paid time off to volunteer
• Training qualifications and career progression opportunities

About Us

GSF Car Parts is one of the UK’s leading automotive parts distributors, supplying thousands of independent garages throughout the UK and Ireland with parts, tools, garage equipment and specialist training. The group has over 175 branches nationwide and a turnover exceeding £475 million. Built on the heritage and success of a dozen local brand identities acquired over several years, we have traded as one brand since November 2021. Our branch network is bolstered by centralised support and expertise from specialist departments in key areas such as procurement and supply chain, marketing and national accounts. The business also benefits from integrated IT systems, which include our industry leading catalogue system, Allicat, and access to the Group’s national garage programme, Servicesure.