Parts Advisor- Ayr

Volvo; Ayr; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive company in Ayr is seeking a Parts Advisor to manage stock, assist customers with parts, and ensure accurate documentation. The ideal candidate will have a driving license and strong communication skills, with a proactive and detail-oriented approach. This role offers competitive pay and benefits including holiday entitlement and healthcare plan.

Benefits

33 days holiday including bank holidays

Company pension

Overtime pay

Healthcare plan with dental insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Referral schemes

Discounts for family and friends

Qualifications

• Able to effectively communicate at all levels, both written and verbally.
• Numerical skills for managing part numbers.
• Ability to use catalogues and systems for identifying parts.

Responsibilities

• Receive deliveries and store parts in stockroom.
• Maintain inventory of stock and report shortages.
• Produce quotations for customers.
• Ensure condition and documentation of returned parts.
• Discuss part features with customers and promote sales.
• Compile parts for repairs from job cards.

Skills

Driving Licence

Ability to identify parts

Numerical ability

Communication skills

Sales ability

Documenting information

IT literacy

Proactive approach

Attention to detail

Flexibility

Commercial awareness

Job description

Parts Advisor- Ayr

Salary: £15 per hour

Shifts: Dayshift - 08.00 am - 16.45 pm Mon - Thurs, 08.00 am - 1.30 pm Fri

Backshift - 2.30 pm - 10.30 pm Mon - Thurs, 12.30 pm - 21.00 pm Fri

07.00 am - 13.00 pm Sat

What you will do

• Receiving deliveries, record and store parts in stockroom according to prearranged systems.
• Locating and label parts and maintain inventory of stock, reporting stock shortages to parts supervisor.
• Maintain a good standard of housekeeping, operating within health & safety company guidelines
• Produce parts quotations for internal/external customers.
• Documenting and supervising the condition of parts returned for credit including old unit cores and reporting damaged or unsuitable items to the Parts Supervisor.
• Ensuring that all parts and returns are correctly labelled and packed, alongside the relevant documentation and paperwork
• Discussing part features and uses with customers whilst proactively promoting and selling parts.
• Accurately compile parts from job cards for repairs being carried out in the workshop.
• Feedback all information about competitors to Parts Supervisor.
• Work with Parts Supervisor to achieve their maximum competency level.
• Pick up and deliver parts on occasion

Who are you?

• Driving Licence required
• Able to identify different parts using catalogues and systems.
• Numerical ability to be able to work with part numbers.
• To be able to effectively communicate at all levels both written and verbally with people inside the organization as well as external customers.
• Selling/influencing others to buy additional parts.
• Documenting/recording information.
• IT literate to competently use DMS and associated software & systems.
• Proactive, enthusiastic and approachable.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Flexible and positive approach to changing circumstances/priorities.
• Commercial awareness.

What’s in it for you?

• 33 days holiday including bank holidays
• Company pension
• overtime @ time and a half Mon to Sat, double time Sun and bank hols
• Healthcare plan with access to dental insurance
• Enhanced paternity/maternity/foster leave
• Referral schemes earn yourself £1000!
• Many discounts for yourself and family/friends on theme days, travel, hotels, gym memberships, plus many more!

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Who we are and what we believe in

We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.

At Volvo Trucks you will be part of leading the way towards a sustainable transport industry. For nearly a century we have been innovating for people – to make life easier, better and safer. Driving progress is our promise to customers, to the industry and to society. At Volvo Trucks we share a curiosity to learn, we work with passion and we embrace change to stay ahead. Join us, together we move the world we want to live in.